What’s A Robust Wellness Program?
Posted by Health Promotion | Posted in Health Promotion, Wellness Programs | Posted on 22-02-2011
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Extensive wellness programs involve all employees, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the employees and the worksite environment; provide periodic investigation of its results.
Robust wellness programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and examination.
Creating comprehensive health promotion programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, choosing wellness providers, setting goals/objectives for the health promotion program, advertising/promoting the health promotion program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality.
Implementation of extensive wellness programs consist of five major tasks –
1 Biometric testing and referral
2 Follow-up and counseling staff members
3 Follow-up with physicians
4 Health improvement programs
5 Organizing workplace-wide activities.
Investigation involves monitoring wellness programs to find out if it’s working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, helps justify costs, and provides information for senior level management to support continued wellness programming.
Extensive health promotion programs involve all personnel, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the personnel and the workplace environment; provide periodic evaluation of its results.
Robust health promotion programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the worker since he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and analysis
Planning extensive health promotion programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, picking wellness providers, setting goals/objectives for the health promotion program, marketing/promoting the health promotion program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality
Implementation of robust wellness programs consist of five major tasks -
o Health screening and health risk appraisal
o Follow-up and counseling employees
o Follow-up with physicians
o Health betterment and disease avoidance programs
o Organizing worksite-wide wellness program activities.
Investigation involves monitoring wellness programs to determine if it is working and to help you refine it.
Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, assists justify costs, and provides information for senior level management to support continued health promotion programming.