Wellness Programs : What is A Comprehensive Health Promotion Program?   

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

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

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

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

1   Health testing and referral

2   Follow-up and counseling employees

3   Follow-up with physicians

4   Health improvement programs

5   Organizing workplace-wide activities.

Examination involves monitoring health promotion 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 senior management to support continued health promotion programming.   

Extensive health promotion programs involve all staff, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the staff and the workplace environment; provide periodic evaluation of its results.     

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

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

Implementation of comprehensive wellness programs consist of five major tasks -

• Health testing and health risk assessment

• Follow-up and counseling employees

• Follow-up with physicians

• Health improvement and disease prevention programs

• Organizing worksite-wide wellness program activities.

Investigation involves monitoring wellness programs to find out when it’s working and to help you refine it.

Measuring success shows what you have achieved, assists justify costs, and provides information for senior management to support continued health promotion programming.