Health Handouts : Company Health Promotion Program Activities: Design and Implementation

When beginning a accross the board Corporate Health Promotion 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 employees. It will be significant to review and revise existing policies governing such areas as smoking sections and the employee cafeteria.

Tips on creating a Worksite Wellness Program:

• Develop activities based on your planned goals and objectives discussing the specific needs of your employees. Focus on those issues that are of greatest interest to your employees and the greatest needs of your business, in that order. Avoid issues with narrow appeal.
• Keep it simple. Design the Corporate Wellness Program so it’s easy for the participants to understand and track.
• Integrate a combination of activities to include awareness, educational, and behavior components.
• Choose activities in which every employee can take part.

Recommendations for your Company Wellness Program:

• Challenges. Activities that focus on practicing a desired behavior that continues for 4-8 weeks and focuses on specific subject matters (such as physical exercise, nutrition, or stress management).
• Learning experiences. This includes sessions, videos, and classes.
• Behavior changes (such as smoking cessation). You may or may not offer interventions at the worksite. Nevertheless, you ought to promote individuals 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, elevated Blood Pressure (BP), etc.
• Learing new skills. By way of example, CPR and first aid.
• Preventive screenings like Blood Pressure, blood lipids, and vision.

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