Wellness Library

Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Programs involve all staff members, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the staff members and the workplace environment; offer periodic assessment of its results.  Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Programs emphasize follow-up and offers reinforcement for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Research studies have determined this approach to be highly thriving. Key components are planning, implementation, and assessment.

Planning inclusive Company Wellness Programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Company Wellness Program Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting objectives and goals for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and starting procedures to ensure confidentiality.

Implementation of accross the board Corporate Wellness Programs consist of five primary tasks:

1.   Health assessment and referral
2.   Follow-up and counseling staff members
3.   Follow-up with physicians
4.   Health improvement programs
5.   Organizing worksite-wide activities.

Evaluation involves monitoring Employee Wellness Programs to find out if it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify costs, and provides information for management to support continued programming.

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