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How to Write Workplace Health Promotion Program Goals and Objectives
Why have Workplace Health Promotion Program goals?
Workplace Health Promotion Program goals take your corporation’s priorities for employee health improvement and make them specific and measurable. Well-defined Workplace Health Promotion Program goals provide direction for determining Procedures and a basis for which to measure progress.
Writing Workplace Health Promotion Program goals
Writing Workplace Health Promotion Program goals is [...]
Collecting information on staff member health behaviors
If your corporation is interested in measuring the impact of your Workplace Health Promotion Program efforts in future years, you’ll want to gather relevant baseline data on the health and health behaviors of your staff member population.
Workplace Health Promotion Program Data on your staff member population
Health Risk Assessments
Some health plans offer companies free internet-based health [...]
Assessment of workplace culture and environment
In addition to looking at the health behaviors of staff members, take a good look at your corporation. The following questions can help you identify opportunities for your corporation to support and encourage healthy behaviors among staff members.
A strong foundation for employee health improvement
1. To what extent does the senior management in your corporation actively [...]
Establishing a Workplace Health Promotion Program vision and brand for your corporation’s Workplace Health Promotion Program:
Why it’s important and how to do it
The Workplace Health Promotion Program Vision
A Workplace Health Promotion Program vision statement is a concise statement that summarizes the purpose and goals of your corporation’s commitment to creating a Workplace Health Promotion Program. Taking the time to clarify and describe your corporation’s Workplace Health Promotion Program vision can [...]
Establishing a Health and Wellness Committee
A representative Health and Wellness Committee is a cornerstone of a successful Workplace Health Promotion Program, regardless of the size of the corporation.
Membership of your Health and Wellness Committee
Aim for a committee of a manageable size (no more than 15 members, depending on your corporation’s size). Your Health and Wellness Committee should represent all employee [...]
Determining a budget for creating a Workplace Health Promotion Program
Establishing a Workplace Health Promotion Program need not be expensive, but will require the commitment of some financial resources. If possible, include the Workplace Health Promotion Program in your corporation’s annual business plan and budget as you do for other efforts important to your corporation’s success.
How much to budget for the Workplace Health Promotion Program?
There [...]
Locating a Workplace Health Promotion Program Coordinator
Locating an individual to guide your corporation in creating a Workplace Health Promotion Program
Without a qualified Workplace Health Promotion Program coordinator to guide and manage your corporation’s creation of a culture of wellness, efforts can be scattered and momentum can stall. While it’s vital that the creation of a culture of wellness be someone’s [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program: Getting Upper Management Support
Strong and visible leadership support for the Workplace Health Promotion Program promotes health and is vital to securing necessary Workplace Health Promotion Program resources (staff, time, and money) and implementing recommended changes.
1. Identify a Workplace Health Promotion Program champion
In a small corporation, there may be a single leader who is the clear choice to champion [...]
Establishing a Workplace Health Promotion Program
The workplace environment is a powerful, but frequently overlooked, component in managing staff member health. Here we will identify some of the best-practices in creating a Workplace Health Promotion Program that supports your organization’s employee health strategy and allows staff members to take charge of their own health. For example, a Workplace Health [...]
Sample Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas
Health Testing:
• Blood checks
• Breast cancer Testing
• Skin cancer Testing
• Diabetes Testing
• Cholesterol Testing
• Eye exams
• Body-fat Testing
• Flu shots
• Posture screening, spinal analysis
• On-site child immunizations
• Prostate cancer screenings
• Fitness Testing
• Depression Testing
Fitness Ideas:
• On-site fitness center or exercise room
• Walking and/or running club (during lunch hour or breaks)
• Bike rack on premises (so [...]