Wellness Programs : Health Promotion Program Analysis.

Analysiss determine the outcome of a Wellness Program. They help you determine when your goals were met. It is a good idea to add an examination component to your Wellness Program.

Investigations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may find that a popular Health Promotion Program costs too much and didn’t really affect employees’ health.

While these might not be the outcomes you hoped for, without this information you might continue ineffective interventions. Having this information will help you develop better solutions.

When your results are good, it’s magnificent! You can spread the word to personnel and executive management that your wellness program is achieving its goals.

Three major areas of an evaluation

• Wellness Program structure - the basic framework of the program

• Wellness Program process - Precisely how well the program is run

• Wellness Program outcomes - Whether the wellness program met the set goals

Common questions used to evaluate a Health Promotion Program

Structure Questions

• What’s included in the Health Promotion Program? What’s the intervention?

• Where does the Wellness Program take place?

• Just how is the Wellness Program delivered? What content is included?

• Who manages the Health Promotion Program?

Process Questions

• Precisely how many people  participate?

• Do participants complete the Wellness Program?

• Are participants satisfied?

• Which aspects of the Health Promotion Program are best attended?

Outcome Questions

• Does the Health Promotion Program improve knowledge about health issues?

• Does the Health Promotion Program change behavior?

• Does the Health Promotion Program save the business money?

• What’s the Return On Investment (ROI)?

Download a sample wellness program (http - //www.ibx.com/pdfs/custom/wellness_partners/services/turnkey_programs/walking/participant_eval.pdf) examination from IBC’s Walking Towards Health Promotion program.

• Identify through an employee survey what incentives they value.

• Identify what incentives the company can provide in addition to what the budget will allow.

• Ensure that every participant who achieves a goal receives some recognition.

• Avoid offering incentives for the “best” or the “most.”

• Prevent using food as a reward.

• Use incentives to promote your health promotion program, through logos and branding.