Wellness Programs : Health Promotion Program - Developing Goals and Objectives.

Create objectives and objectives

Goals are general guidelines that explain what you want to achieve. Goals 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 employees

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

• Create a wellness program that is visible to both workers and to your customers

• Focus on written policies and guidelines

• Make certain to set goals for your wellness program.

Review Guidelines for Writing Objectives.

Wellness Program Objectives Should be

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

It must be written so that it may 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’s to be involved?

• What’s to be accomplished?

• Where’s it to be done?

• When is it to be done?

Measurable - A goal is measurable if it is quantifiable.  To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as - 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 permits you to carry out those steps. Goals 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 business and where the business is at the moment.

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

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

Limiting the time in which a goal should be accomplished helps to focus effort toward its achievement. When you don’t 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.