Health And Wellness Programs

Successful health promotion programs are designed to meet the needs and interests of the workers. Ask workers what they’re interested in, and what needs they have.

Individuals  are more willing to participate and support wellness efforts when they’re involved in the decision-making process. Review the sample worker survey provided below.

Worker Interest Survey – can be edited (http – //www.ibx.com/pdfs/custom/worksite_wellness/employer_tools/employee_interest_survey.doc)

When developing a recent survey, keep the following hints in mind –

• Ask mostly closed form questions, particularly when you’ll be sending the survey to a large number of staff members. Closed form questions provide specific options and are easy to tabulate.

• Invite comments, suggestions and recommendations, or ask open-ended questions at the end of the survey. Open-ended items are more difficult to summarize.

• Include a brief explanatory cover letter with the survey with the signature of the company president. Be sure to include a statement about confidentiality and anonymity.

• Ask a group of representative workers to review the survey before it is distributed. Find out if the questions will be understood by workers and won’t be objected to.

• Include demographic information at the beginning, or end of the survey (gender, age, shift, site, department, etc.).

• Conduct a random drawing for a valued incentive item for all those who returned the survey. This could increase the response rate.

One rule to consider concerning surveys is when you’ve fewer than 500 workforce, everyone should receive one. the advantage of everyone receiving a recent survey can be significant. When you’ve over 500 workforce, a sample of the work population from each department will suffice.

The higher the response, the more accurate and reliable the results. A minimum response of 40% to 50% is considered valuable.