Wellness Library : Corporate Wellness Program Screening And Corporate Wellness Program Intervention Programs
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Health screenings are important programs to identify chronic disease in their early stages. Once identified, wellness intervention programs can help prevent a disease from progressing. Working with local hospitals and other corporations, you can obtain information on providing evaluation and intervention programs that could better your employees’ health and save your company money in absenteeism, treatment for disease complications, and reduced productiveness. Below are some ideas to help get you started.
Based upon your Employee Needs & Interest Survey and the demographics of your workplace, consider offering periodic screenings to find specific health risks such as:
• Blood Pressure Checks to identify staff members with pre-hypertension or hypertension (elevated blood pressure),
• Cholesterol Screenings for total, HDL (good cholesterol), LDL (bad cholesterol) and/or Triglycerides
• Blood Sugar Screenings fasting or non-fasting to screen for possible diabetes,
• Body composition, such as body mass index (BMI) or body fat measures
• Bone density for potential risk of osteoporosis,
• Cancer screenings such as, skin examinations, mammograms, or PSA screenings,
• Vision checks for glaucoma, or visual acuity
• Other health screenings depending on your worker population and needs
Your local hospital, organization physician practice, or health department may offer assistance. Nonetheless, if you have workers you may want to concentrate on programs that will keep them healthy rather than screening for early identification of chronic disease. The focus of your wellness program might be healthy lifestyle practices to cut risk and prevent disease.
In addition to the wellness screenings, consider offering a Health Risk Appraisal / Health Risk Assessment to all employees. The Health Risk Appraisal / Health Risk Assessment will help to identify factors that may lead to additional risks, such as smoking history, stress levels, image of health, family history, job satisfaction, support systems, and mental health. Often the evaluation results are included on the Health Risk Appraisal / Health Risk Assessment, which supports a more accross the board snap shot of health risks. The summary results support the significant information to plan appropriate interventions.
Workplace Wellness Program Interventions
The key to the success of screenings and Health Risk Assessments / Health Risk Appraisals is the interventions or follow-up programs. The data collected during the screenings increases awareness and often motivates staff members to consider making healthier changes. It’s the follow up interventions that offer the critical reinforcement and assistance necessitated for staff members to actually make and maintain those changes. The interventions have the potential to include individual follow-up and ongoing counseling, individual or group health coaching on the risk factors, behavior change programs, and/or business reinforcement. Examples include:
• Strategies to lower Blood Pressure
• Managing diabetes
• Taking care of your heart
• Healthier eating
• Weight loss strategies
• Increasing physical activity
• Tobacco Cessation
Of course, this is for individual information only. Any follow-up interventions planned by the organization would be based on interest expressed by the employee.
Based on the outcome and your Corporate Wellness Program Committee goals you have the potential to plan the best strategies for your company and staff members. Consider the area resources available to provide services, such as health associations, hospitals, medical care providers, and/or public health agencies.
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