Health And Wellness Programs

Develop objectives and objectives

Objectives are general guidelines that explain what you want to achieve. Objectives define strategies or steps to take to attain the identified goal.

A wellness program should have a “destination”. Use the results of your surveys and your wellness committee’s mission statement as guides. Consider these ideas –  

• Focus on making medical information and learning resources readily available to workers

• Focus on group activities so workers can work together to support and encourage healthier life choices

• Develop a wellness program that is visible to both staff members and to your patrons

• Focus on written policies and guidelines

• Be certain to set goals for your wellness program.

Review Guidelines for Writing Goals.

Health Promotion Program Goals Should be

Specific – A goal is specific when it provides a description of what will be accomplished. It will state exactly what the organization intends to accomplish.

It ought to be written so that it could be easily and clearly communicated. A specific goal will make it easier for those writing goals and action plans to address the following questions –  

• Who is to be involved?

• What is to be accomplished?

• Where’s it to be done?

• When’s it to be done?

Measurable – A goal is measurable if it is quantifiable. to determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions like –  How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?

Attainable – You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Objectives that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable.

Realistic – Realistic, means “do-able.” the goal needs to be realistic for your organization and where the organization is at the moment.

A goal to take out all the high fat items in the vending machine may not be realistic for your corporation right now; a better goal would be to substitute some chips, candy bars and pies for pretzels, yogurt and dried fruit.

Timely – In conclusion, a goal must have a timeframe –  for next week, in three months, by age 35. It must have a beginning and ending point. It should also have some intermediate points at which progress can be analyzed.

Limiting the time in which a goal ought to be accomplished helps to focus effort toward its achievement. If you do not set a time, the commitment is too vague. It tends not to happen because you feel you can begin at any time. Without a time limit, there’s no urgency to begin taking action now.