Wellness Program Step 1 – Be certain to set the Foundation –  

Build Support Among All Levels of the Organization

A key to a successful Health Promotion Program requires management commitment and employee involvement.

Health Promotion Program Step 2 –  Form a Health Promotion Committee

An active Health Promotion Committee ensures employee involvement, provides buy-in, executive management support, and maintains a crew that is ready to take action to integrate health promotion programs.

Wellness Program Step 3 –  Gather Data to Identify Key Needs and Expectations

The next critical component is to base the Health Promotion Program on the needs and interests of your business and its staff members.

Health Promotion Program Step 4 –  Establish Objectives and Goals

Goals and goals are the road maps to guide you where your program needs to go.   These are the foundation for planning and investigating  activities to ensure that your health promotion program is going to meet your unique needs.

Health Promotion Program Step 5 – Develop a Detailed Action Plan

There’s no such thing as over planning!  the best of intentions can get lost, overstepped, or forgotten without adequate planning, and then it would be all for naught.

Health Promotion Program Step 6 – Choose and Implement a Plan

Armed with the needs assessment information, a Wellness Committee, and goals and goals, it is now time to put your plan into action!

Wellness Program Step 7 –  Monitor and Evaluate Your Wellness Program

Investigation is a necessary step to keep a health promotion program on target, as well as to ensure that the health promotion program is reaching its objectives or achieving the desired results.

Summary

These Seven Steps outline considerations for a robust approach to establish an effective health promotion program. Can you implement components of wellness activities without following these steps?  

Definitely, but you might not have the sustainability or ability to obtain desired outcomes.  Following the Seven Steps doesn’t have to be complicated or burdensome.  A very simple approach can achieve a successful health promotion program!

As a result, to ensure a successful wellness program consider the key components as you plan your wellness program or improve your current wellness program –

• Senior Management Support and Staff Member Involvement

• Active Wellness Committee

• Health Promotion Program is Based on Worker Needs and Interests

• Objectives and Goals are Established

• Detailed Action Plan Based on Resources and Budget

• Health Promotion Program Implementation and Internal Marketing and Advertising

• Analysis of Health Promotion Program Outcomes