Employee Wellness Newsletter : Worksite Wellness Program: Outcome Assessment

Evaluations determine the outcome of a Employee Wellness Program. They help you discover if your objectives were met. It is a good idea to add an evaluation component to your Employee Wellness Program.

Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may learn that a popular Worksite Health Promotion Program costs too much and didn’t really affect employees’ health. While these may not be the outcomes you hoped for, without this information you might continue ineffective interventions. Having this information will help you advance better solutions. When your results are great, it’s magnificent! You can spread the word to workers and management that your program is achieving its goals/objectives.

Three primary areas of an assessment

• Corporate Health Promotion Program structure – The basic framework of the program
• Corporate Wellness Program process – How well the program is run
• Workplace Health Promotion Program outcomes – Whether the program met the set objectives

Common questions used to evaluate a Company Health Promotion Program

Corporate Wellness Program Structure Questions

• What is included in the Company Health Promotion Program? What is the intervention?
• Where does the Worksite Wellness Program take place?
• How is the Corporate Health Promotion Program delivered? What content is included?
• Who manages the Company Health Promotion Program?

Workplace Wellness Program Process Questions

• How many people take part?
• Do participants complete the Employee Health Promotion Program?
• Are participants satisfied?
• Which aspects of the Corporate Health Promotion Program are best attended?

Workplace Health Promotion Program Outcome Questions

• Does the Worksite Wellness Program better knowledge about health concerns?
• Does the Employee Health Promotion Program change behavior?
• Does the Employee Wellness Program save the business money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?

• Ascertain through an employee survey what rewards and incentives they value.
• Determine what incentives the company can offer as well as what the budget will allow.
• Make sure that every colleague who achieves a intention receives some recognition.
• Avoid offering rewards and incentives for the “best” or the “most.”
• Avoid using food as a reward.
• Use incentives and rewards to encourage your Worksite Health Promotion Program, through logos and branding.