Employee Wellness : Corporate Health Promotion Program: Outcome Evaluation

Evaluations determine the outcome of a Corporate Wellness Program. They help you discover if your objectives were met. It is a good idea to add an assessment component to your Corporate Wellness Program.

Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may learn that a popular Workplace Wellness 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 advance 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 goals/objectives.

Three major areas of an evaluation

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

Common questions used to evaluate a Employee Wellness Program

Company Wellness Program Structure Questions

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

Worksite Health Promotion Program Process Questions

• How many people take part?
• Do participants complete the Company Health Promotion Program?
• Are participants satisfied?
• Which aspects of the Employee Health Promotion Program are best attended?

Workplace Wellness Program Outcome Questions

• Does the Company Health Promotion Program better knowledge about health concerns?
• Does the Workplace Health Promotion Program modify behavior?
• Does the Employee Health Promotion Program save the business money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?

• Ascertain through an employee survey what incentives/rewards they value.
• Determine what incentives and rewards the corporation can provide as well as what the budget will allow.
• Ensure that every attendant who achieves a objective receives some recognition.
• Avoid offering rewards and incentives for the “best” or the “most.”
• Avoid using food as a reward.
• Use incentives to promote your Company Wellness Program, through logos and branding.