Wellness Program Incentives

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

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

Three major areas of an evaluation

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

Common questions used to evaluate a Corporate Health Promotion Program

Workplace Health Promotion Program Structure Questions

• What is included in the Employee 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?

Company Wellness Program Process Questions

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

Corporate Wellness Program Outcome Questions

• Does the Corporate Health Promotion Program better knowledge about health problems?
• Does the Company Wellness Program alter behavior?
• Does the Employee Health Promotion Program save the company money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?

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