Health And Wellness Programs

Comprehensive wellness programs involve all personnel, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the personnel and the worksite environment; provide periodic investigation of its results.     

Robust health promotion programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the staff member as long as he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and examination.   

Planning comprehensive wellness programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, selecting  wellness providers, establishing goals/objectives for the wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality.   

Implementation of comprehensive health promotion programs consist of five major tasks –    

1   Biometric screening and referral

2   Follow-up and counseling personnel

3   Follow-up with physicians

4   Health betterment programs

5   Organizing worksite-wide activities.

Examination involves monitoring health promotion programs to find out when it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, helps justify costs, and provides information for management to support continued programming.   

Comprehensive wellness programs involve all staff members, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the staff members and the worksite environment; provide periodic examination of its results.     

Extensive wellness programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the employee since he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and investigation

Planning robust health promotion programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, picking  wellness providers, establishing goals/objectives for the health promotion program, marketing/promoting the program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality

Implementation of extensive health promotion programs consist of five major tasks –

• Medical testing and health risk (assessment|appraisal}

• Follow-up and counseling employees

• Follow-up with physicians

• Health betterment and illness avoidance programs

• Organizing worksite-wide wellness program activities.

Evaluation involves monitoring wellness programs to find out if it is working and to help you refine it.

Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, helps justify costs, and provides information for management to support continued programming.