Wellness Program Evaluation.

Analysiss determine the outcome of a Wellness Program. They help you determine if your goals were met. It’s a good idea to add an analysis component to your Wellness Program.

Analysiss may conclude that some interventions did not work well. You may find that a popular Health Promotion Program costs too much and did not really affect employees’ health.

While these might not be the outcomes you hoped for, without this information you could continue ineffective interventions. Having this information will help you create better solutions.

When your results are excellent, it is magnificent! You can spread the word to workers and upper management that your wellness program is achieving its objectives.

Three major areas of an examination

o  Wellness Program structure – the basic framework of the program

o  Health Promotion Program process – Exactly how well the program is run

o  Wellness Program outcomes – Whether the wellness program met the set objectives

Common questions used to evaluate a Wellness Program

Structure Questions

o  What’s included in the Health Promotion Program? What’s the intervention?

o  Where does the Health Promotion Program take place?

o  How’s the Wellness Program delivered? What content is included?

o  Who manages the Wellness Program?

Process Questions

o  How many individuals  participate?

o  Do participants complete the Health Promotion Program?

o  Are participants satisfied?

o  Which aspects of the Wellness Program are best attended?

Outcome Questions

o  Does the Wellness Program improve information about health issues?

o  Does the Wellness Program change behavior?

o  Does the Wellness Program save the corporation money?

o  What’s the Return On Investment?

Download a sample wellness program (http – //www.ibx.com/pdfs/custom/wellness_partners/services/turnkey_programs/walking/participant_eval.pdf) examination from IBC’s Walking Towards Health Promotion program.

o  Identify through an worker survey what incentives they value.

o  Identify what incentives the corporation can provide as well as what the budget will allow.

o  Ensure that every participant who achieves a goal receives some recognition.

o  Prevent offering incentives for the “best” or the “most.”

o  Avoid using food as a reward.

o  Use incentives to promote your wellness program, through logos and branding.