Drug Education and Intervention in the Workplace

Comprehensive Employee Health Promotion Programs involve all workers, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the workers and the worksite environment; offer periodic assessment of its outcome.  Comprehensive Employee Health Promotion Programs emphasize follow-up and offers reinforcement for the employee as long as he/she is employed. Research studies have demonstrated this approach to be highly efficacious. Key components are planning, implementation, and assessment.

Developing all-inclusive Worksite Health Promotion Programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a Worksite Health Promotion Program Committee, selecting wellness providers, setting goals and objectives for the corporate wellness program, marketing/promoting the program, and instituting procedures to ensure confidentiality.

Implementation of accross the board Employee Wellness Programs consist of five major tasks:

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

Evaluation involves monitoring Workplace Wellness 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 provides information for management to support continued programming.