Health and Wellness Leads : What Is A Complete Company Health Promotion Program?

Complete Employee Wellness Programs involve all staff members, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the staff members and the worksite environment; support periodic assessment of its outcome.  Complete Employee Wellness Programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Studies have established this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and assessment.

Creating comprehensive Employee Wellness Programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Employee Wellness Program Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting objectives and goals for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and adopting procedures to ensure confidentiality.

Implementation of accross the board Worksite Wellness Programs consist of five major tasks:

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

Assessment involves monitoring Company Health Promotion Programs to learn if it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify expenditures, and supplies information for management to support continued programming.