Employee Wellness Newsletter : Workplace Health Promotion Programs on a Budget

Free Workplace Health Promotion Programs and Low Cost Health Management Alternatives

Create a no cost Employee Health Promotion Program or run a successful health management program in the workplace for little or no cost to your employer. The advantages of workplace wellness and learning how to start a health management program at work are many. The articles on health management have generated a variety of questions, mostly from wellness providers but also from corporations trying to start their own wellness workplace programs. There are a number of things to do to start a successful health management program at work.

Ideas for Starting a Free or Low Cost Corporate Health Promotion Program

Prior to starting a low cost or no cost wellness program for your business, learn more about what staff members want. Survey staff members to learn more about their wellness issues. Keep the survey confidential to protect employees’ identities. Typically the most popular workplace wellness issues are smoking cessation, weight loss issues and heart and cholesterol health.

Look for Corporate Wellness Program Freebies

Look for who will come in for free to talk to workers and explore partnerships with outside agents linked with workplace wellness. For example, contact a local branch of a well-known weight loss business and ask if someone is able to come in and talk to workers. Seek agencies that are willing to come in and talk about subject matters related to wellness at no expense to workers, in exchange for something from you.

Find Employee Health Promotion Program Partnerships

Working with a weight loss employer to set up a speaking engagement for employees is the perfect opportunity to explore a potential wellness partnership. The weight loss employer may say that if 10 employees join the program, they will have weekly meetings at employer headquarters for the people who joined. The weight loss group also might offer employer employees a discount if multiple people join the program.

Nonprofits an Untapped Health Leadership Resource

There are also plenty of nonprofit agencies who would be thrilled to visit a company to discuss health management. But it’s up to you to offer them something in return. For example, if the MS Society came in and talked about the signs of MS, the company might offer to organize an MS walk (in keeping with company health management goals, right?), or an auction with employee and company-donated items where the proceeds go to MS. The people at the nonprofit agencies would be glad to open a dialog with your company and to talk about what they would want in return for a speaking engagement. In many cases, they won’t need anything at all for a first meeting.

Collecting Data and Analyzing Company Wellness Program Results

Collecting data and analyzing results of a Workplace Health Promotion Program can be tricky because of HIPPA laws. However, if at least ten workers joined the weight loss program, or 20 people participate daily in the all-new “Let’s Walk a Mile at Lunch” program, that sort of progress can speak strongly to senior staff. And, corporation successes will potentially give senior staff more incentive to support money for additional health management and Workplace Health Promotion Programs in the future.