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Drug Education and Intervention in the Workplace : Employee Health Promotion Program: Outcome Assessment

Posted by admin | Posted in Drug Education and Intervention | Posted on 13-08-2009

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Evaluations determine the outcome of a Company Health Promotion Program. They help you discover if your objectives were met. It is a great idea to add an assessment component to your Company Health Promotion Program.

Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may discover that a popular Employee Health Promotion Program expenditures too much and didn’t really affect employees’ health. While these may not be the outcomes you hoped for, without this information you might continue ineffective interventions. Having this information will help you foster better solutions. When your results are great, it’s magnificent! You can spread the word to workers and management that your program is achieving its goals and objectives.

Three primary areas of an assessment

• Workplace Wellness Program structure – The basic framework of the program
• Workplace Wellness Program process – How well the program is run
• Company Wellness Program outcomes – Whether the program met the set objectives

Common questions used to evaluate a Employee Wellness Program

Company Wellness Program Structure Questions

• What is included in the Corporate Wellness Program? What is the intervention?
• Where does the Corporate Health Promotion Program take place?
• How is the Employee Health Promotion Program delivered? What content is included?
• Who manages the Corporate Health Promotion Program?

Company Wellness Program Process Questions

• How many people participate?
• Do participants complete the Employee Wellness Program?
• Are participants satisfied?
• Which aspects of the Corporate Wellness Program are best attended?

Workplace Health Promotion Program Outcome Questions

• Does the Workplace Wellness Program improve knowledge about health problems?
• Does the Workplace Health Promotion Program modify behavior?
• Does the Company Wellness Program save the corporation money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?

• Determine through an employee survey what incentives and rewards they value.
• Identify what incentives and rewards the business can support as well as what the budget will allow.
• Make sure that every colleague who achieves a objective receives some recognition.
• Avoid offering rewards and incentives for the “best” or the “most.”
• Avoid using food as a reward.
• Use incentives/rewards to promote your Corporate Wellness Program, through logos and branding.

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