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Free Company Health Promotion Programs and Low Cost Health Management Alternatives

Design a no cost Corporate Wellness Program or run a efficacious health management program in the office for little or no expense to your employer. The advantages of workplace wellness and learning how to start a health management program at work are many. The articles on health management have generated a variety of questions, mostly from wellness providers but also from corporations trying to start their own wellness workplace programs. There are a number of things to do to start a efficacious health management program at work.

Suggestions for Starting a Free or Low Cost Employee Health Promotion Program

Before starting an inexpensive or free wellness program for your organization, learn more about what staff members desire. Survey staff members to learn more about their wellness concerns. Keep the survey confidential to safeguard employees’ identities. Typically the most popular workplace wellness topics are tobacco cessation, weight loss concerns and heart and blood lipid health.

Look for Employee Health Promotion Program Freebies

Look for who will come in for no cost to talk to employees and look into partnerships with outside agents linked with workplace wellness. By way of example, contact a local branch of a well-known weight loss organization and ask if someone can come in and talk to employees. Look for agencies that are willing to come in and talk about subject matters related to wellness at no cost to employees, in exchange for something from you.

Find Employee Health Promotion Program Partnerships

Working with a weight loss corporation to set up a speaking engagement for staff members is an excellent opportunity to explore a potential wellness partnership. The weight loss corporation may say that if ten staff members join the program, they will have weekly gatherings at corporation headquarters for the people who joined. The weight loss group also might offer corporation staff members a discount if several people join the program.

Nonprofits an Untapped Health Leadership Resource

There are also plenty of nonprofit agencies who would be thrilled to visit a employer to discuss health management. But it’s up to you to offer them something in return. For example, if the MS Society came in and talked about the signs of MS, the employer might offer to organize an MS walk (in keeping with employer health management goals/objectives, right?), or an auction with employee and employer-donated items where the proceeds go to MS. The people at the nonprofit agencies would be glad to open a dialog with your employer and to talk about what they would want in return for a speaking engagement. In countless cases, they won’t need anything at all for a first meeting.

Collecting Data and Reviewing Company Wellness Program Results

Collecting data and analyzing results of a Worksite Wellness Program can be tricky because of HIPPA laws. Still, if at least 10 staff members joined the weight loss program, or 20 people participate daily in the all-new “Let’s Walk a Mile at Lunch” program, that sort of progress can speak strongly to management. And, employer successes will potentially give management more incentive to provide money for additional health management and Worksite Wellness Programs in the future.

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