Health and Wellness Leads : Workplace Wellness Program: Outcome Assessment

Evaluations determine the outcome of a Employee Wellness Program. They help you learn if your objectives were met. It is a great idea to add an evaluation component to your Employee Wellness Program.

Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may discover that a popular Worksite Wellness Program costs 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 cultivate better solutions. When your results are good, it’s magnificent! You can spread the word to workers and management that your program is achieving its goals/objectives.

Three primary areas of an evaluation

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

Common questions used to evaluate a Employee Wellness Program

Corporate Health Promotion Program Structure Questions

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

Corporate Health Promotion Program Process Questions

• How many people participate?
• Do participants complete the Corporate Health Promotion Program?
• Are participants satisfied?
• Which aspects of the Company Health Promotion Program are best attended?

Employee Wellness Program Outcome Questions

• Does the Worksite Health Promotion Program better knowledge about health concerns?
• Does the Workplace Wellness Program modify behavior?
• Does the Company Wellness Program save the company money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?

• Determine through an employee survey what incentives/rewards they value.
• Determine what rewards and incentives the company can provide as well as what the budget will allow.
• Be sure that every colleague who achieves a objective 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 reward your Employee Health Promotion Program, through logos and branding.