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Workplace Health Promotion Programs: Low-Cost Programs That Work
Workplace Health Promotion Programs that support staff members and the environment that they work in have been shown to be a good ROI. Workplace Health Promotion Programs can be extensive and sometimes expensive. However, there are ways for small companies to make positive changes at little or no cost.
Workplace Health Promotion Program: Nutrition Programs
Fruit and [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Programs: Supporting Scientific Research and Wellness Statistics
(Adapted from The Health Promotion First Act prepared by David Anderson, Ph.D., StayWell Health Management)
Staff Member Lifestyles Impact Staff Member Health
• Approximately 40% of all deaths in the United States are premature (at least 900,000 deaths annually) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, misuse of alcohol and [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program: Conditions for Success
1. Senior management involvement in the Workplace Health Promotion Program- Evidence of enthusiastic commitment and involvement of senior management helps staff members understand their companies’ serious commitment to health. Employees need to perceive that their senior management, supervisors, and coworkers have positive attitudes toward health since these factors have all been associated with improved employee [...]
Benefits of Workplace Health Promotion Programs
Introduction to Workplace Health Promotion Programs
Risky health behaviors by staff members cost a company. Changing those behaviors can save the employer money and increase the staff member’s productivity.
Because work gives an staff member a stable environment and support system, Workplace Health Promotion Programs can have a great impact on decreasing high-risk behaviors. This impact results [...]
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 [...]