Health Handouts : Company Health Promotion Program: Outcome Evaluation

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

Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may find that a popular Worksite 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 good, it’s magnificent! You can spread the word to workers and management that your program is achieving its objectives.

Three primary areas of an assessment

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

Common questions used to evaluate a Workplace Health Promotion Program

Corporate Health Promotion Program Structure Questions

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

Employee Health Promotion Program Process Questions

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

Company Wellness Program Outcome Questions

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

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