Armed with data, Health Promotion Program topic preferences, objectives, and objectives – and a Health Promotion Committee rearing to get things done – it is now time to decide how best to take action. This website provides tools to help you!
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The Health Promotion Committee should set out a plan for the entire year that outlines accomplishing objectives and objectives, in addition to provides details for marketing and investigating the program.
The plan is the detailed map of what types of programs will be offered, when and where they will be scheduled, how they will be [...]
A Health Promotion Program without goals and goals is somewhat akin to taking a family trip without any planning; you will not know where you are going, how to get there, what you want to do once you’ve arrived, or even whether or not you’ve arrived!
The trip might end up ok, or it could [...]
Before you start planning your Health Promotion Program you need to know where you are now and then decide where you want to go. Completing a thorough needs assessment is vital to the success of your health promotion program for two reasons –
• First it ensures that your program activities will be targeted [...]
Establishing an active Health Promotion Committee provides opportunities for both management and staff member involvement in the program. The Committee ought to be a team of workers and managers who formally meet to plan activities to promote healthier staff member lifestyles.
Typical Functions of a Health Promotion Committee –
• Analyzing needs and interests
• Brainstorming [...]
As with any program, the two crucial elements for the success of your health promotion program are upper-level management support and staff member involvement. Executive management sets the vision and provides the resources from which action plans flow.
Genuine support from senior personnel also lends credibility to the health promotion program. It is key that [...]
Health Promotion Program Step 1 – Make sure to set the Foundation –
Build Support Among All Levels of the Organization
A key to a successful Health Promotion Program requires management commitment and worker involvement.
Health Promotion Program Step 2 – Form a Health Promotion Committee
An active Health Promotion Committee ensures employee involvement, provides buy-in, management support, [...]
The program design choices depend on the objectives and desired outcomes of your program. If your goal is to help workers change behavior, reduce risk factors, or save health care dollars then your health promotion program would be designed to accomplish those outcomes and a budget would be necessary to support that design.
There are [...]
Major advantages of healthy employees include –
• Lower Healthcare Costs
• Decreased Injuries
• Lowered Absenteeism
• Increased Morale and Loyalty
• Higher Productivity
• Lowered Use of Health Care Benefits
• Lowered Workers’ Compensation / Disability
• Positive Perception in Community
• Lowered Turnover
• Better recruitment for skilled employees
What’s NOT having a Health Promotion Program costing your company?
Consider the health [...]
A Health Promotion Program is an organized program to assist and support employees in establishing healthier lifestyles. This can include increasing worker awareness on health topics, scheduling behavior change programs, and/or establishing business policies that support health-related goals.
Programs and policies that promote increased physical activity, use of tobacco prevention and cessation, and healthful food [...]
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