Employee Health Promotion

Incentives encourage staff members to adopt positive behaviors or maintain an existing positive behavior that may potentially help the staff member stay healthy and live longer. Adopting positive health behavior is fundamentally what wellness is about.

Incentives can be used to increase participation rates, help individuals complete a Health Promotion Program, or help individuals change or adhere to healthy behaviors.

Providing incentives and rewards will send an important message to the workforce that your corporation is committed to assisting them with improving their health. It also plays a meaningful role in motivating individuals to participate.

Tips on how to choose appropriate incentives -

o  Identify through an worker survey what incentives they value.

o  Identify what incentives the company can provide in addition to what the budget will allow.

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

o  Avoid 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.

When developing a robust Health Promotion Program, be sure that it consists of a selection of awareness, lifestyle change, supportive environment programs, policies and activities that target risk behaviors, and the needs and interests of the employees.

It will be crucial that you review and revise existing policies governing such areas as use of tobacco sections and the staff cafeteria.

Tips on designing a Wellness Program -

o  Create activities based on your plan goals addressing the specific needs of your workforce. Focus on those topics that are of greatest interest to your workforce and the greatest needs of your company, in that order. Prevent topics with narrow appeal.

o  Keep it simple. Design the Health Promotion Program so it’s easy for the participants to understand and track.

o  Integrate a combination of activities to include awareness, educational, and behavior elements.

o  Choose activities in which every employee can participate.

Suggestions for your Health Promotion Program -

o  Challenges. Activities that focus on practicing a desired behavior that continues for 4-8 weeks and focuses on specific topics (such as exercise, nutrition, or stress management).

o  Learning experiences. This includes seminars, videos, and classes.

o  Behavior changes (like tobacco use cessation). You may or may not offer interventions at the worksite. Nonetheless, you ought to encourage individuals to make lifestyle changes that they want to make even without an external incentive.

o  Education on illness management. for  instance, support and education groups for diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.

o  Learing new skills. for  instance, CPR and first aid.

o  Preventive screenings like blood pressure, cholesterol, and vision.