Drug Education and Intervention in the Workplace

When beginning a all-inclusive Employee Wellness Program, make sure that it consists of a variety of awareness, lifestyle modification, supportive environment programs, policies and activities that target risk behaviors, and the needs and interests of the workers. It will be important to review and revise existing policies governing such areas as smoking sections and the employee cafeteria.

Tips on starting a Company Health Promotion Program:

• Establish activities based on your intended goals and objectives approaching the specific needs of your workers. Focus on those subject matters that are of greatest interest to your workers and the greatest needs of your business, in that order. Avoid subject matters with narrow appeal.
• Keep it simple. Design the Company Health Promotion Program so it’s easy for the participants to understand and track.
• Integrate a combination of activities to include awareness, educational, and behavior components.
• Select activities in which every employee can take part.

Ideas for your Corporate Wellness Program:

• Challenges. Activities that focus on practicing a desired behavior that continues for 4-8 weeks and focuses on specific issues (such as physical exercise, diet, or stress management).
• Learning experiences. This includes classes, videos, and classes.
• Behavior changes (such as smoking cessation). You may or may not offer interventions at the worksite. Still, you ought to bolster people to make lifestyle changes that they want to make even without an external incentive.
• Education on disease management. By way of example, support and education groups for diabetes, high Blood Pressure (BP), etc.
• Learing new skills. For example, CPR and first aid.
• Preventive screenings like Blood Pressure (BP), cholesterol, and vision.

Source: Adapted from the Building Healthy Texans Job Site Wellness Toolkit.