Company Health and Wellness : What Is A Comprehensive Company Health Promotion Program?

All-Inclusive Workplace Health Promotion Programs involve all workers, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the workers and the workplace environment; support periodic assessment of its outcome.  All-Inclusive Workplace Health Promotion Programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Studies have established this approach to be highly efficacious. Key components are planning, implementation, and assessment.

Planning accross the board Workplace Health Promotion Programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Workplace Health Promotion Program Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting objectives and goals for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and instituting procedures to ensure confidentiality.

Implementation of all-inclusive Worksite Wellness Programs consist of five major tasks:

1.   Health screening and referral
2.   Follow-up and counseling workers
3.   Follow-up with physicians
4.   Health improvement programs
5.   Organizing workplace-wide activities.

Assessment involves monitoring Worksite Health Promotion Programs to find out if it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify expenditures, and supports information for management to support continued programming.