Employee Wellness Newsletter : What Is A Complete Workplace Wellness Program?

Complete Workplace Health Promotion Programs involve all workers, deal with all primary health risks, offers choices, and target both the workers and the workplace environment; support periodic assessment of its results.  Complete Workplace Health Promotion Programs emphasize follow-up and offers reinforcement for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Studies have demonstrated this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and assessment.

Beginning all-inclusive Employee Health Promotion Programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Employee Health Promotion Program Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting goals for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality.

Implementation of all-inclusive Worksite Health Promotion Programs consist of five major tasks:

1.   Health assessment and referral
2.   Follow-up and counseling workers
3.   Follow-up with physicians
4.   Health improvement programs
5.   Organizing workplace-wide activities.

Evaluation involves monitoring Corporate Wellness Programs to learn if it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify expenditures, and supports information for management to support continued programming.