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Evaluations determine the outcome of a Workplace Health Promotion Program. They help you figure out if your objectives were met. It is a good idea to add an evaluation component to your Workplace Health Promotion Program.

Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may find that a popular Company Health Promotion Program expenditures 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 employees and management that your program is achieving its objectives.

Three primary areas of an assessment

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

Common questions used to evaluate a Worksite Health Promotion Program

Employee Health Promotion Program Structure Questions

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

Workplace Health Promotion Program Process Questions

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

Employee Health Promotion Program Outcome Questions

• Does the Corporate Wellness Program improve knowledge about health issues?
• Does the Workplace Wellness Program shift behavior?
• Does the Employee Health Promotion Program save the business money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?

• Identify through an employee survey what incentives/rewards they value.
• Determine what incentives and rewards the employer can support as well as what the budget will allow.
• Make sure that every participant who achieves a intention receives some recognition.
• Avoid offering incentives and rewards for the “best” or the “most.”
• Avoid using food as a reward.
• Use rewards and incentives to encourage your Corporate Wellness Program, through logos and branding.

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