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Comprehensive health promotion programs involve all staff members, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the staff members and the workplace environment; provide periodic evaluation of its results.     

Extensive wellness programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the worker since he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and investigation.   

Creating comprehensive health promotion programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, picking  wellness providers, setting goals/objectives for the health promotion program, advertising and marketing/promoting the health promotion program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality.   

Implementation of comprehensive wellness programs consist of five major tasks –    

1   Medical screening and referral

2   Follow-up and counseling employees

3   Follow-up with physicians

4   Health improvement programs

5   Organizing worksite-wide activities.

Investigation involves monitoring health promotion programs to determine when it is working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you have achieved, helps justify costs, and provides information for senior level management to support continued health promotion programming.   

Comprehensive wellness programs involve all workers, deal with all major health risks, offers choices, and target both the workers and the workplace environment; provide periodic examination of its results.     

Comprehensive wellness programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the employee if he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and evaluation

Planning comprehensive wellness programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, choosing  wellness providers, establishing goals/objectives for the wellness program, advertising/promoting the wellness program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality

Implementation of robust wellness programs consist of five major tasks –

• Medical testing and health risk appraisal

• Follow-up and counseling employees

• Follow-up with doctors

• Health betterment and disease prevention programs

• Organizing workplace-wide wellness program activities.

Investigation involves monitoring health promotion programs to find out if it is working and to help you refine it.

Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, assists justify costs, and provides information for upper management to support continued health promotion programming.