WHP Porject
GUIDELINES and GRADING CRITERIA
Workplace Health Promotion Program Project
Description of Assignment: Students will select a company and design a workplace health promotion program which will focus on needed health issues within that workplace. A workplace profile will be required as well as a detailed program including assessment, design, implementation and evaluation. Please reference all borrowed information: APA style.
A 10 minute presentation using PowerPoint is also required.
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Company Profile |
Company profile is complete -name -location -type of industry / business (what does the company produce or services provided) -company mission (how can it be linked to wellness?) -CEO/management (also does management support wellness?) -workforce demographics number of employees gender makeup ethnic makeup average age union or nonunion -built environment -work rotation -major work activities -profit trends (last 5-10 years) -types of health promotion programs already available |
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Assessment |
Assessment is complete -identification -identifies health-related problems (ex: obesity, tobacco use, high blood pressure, joint injury, low-back pain, etc.…) -list the identification strategies used, and why (ex: workforce demographic data, employee health records, health care claims and costs, workers’ compensation claims and cost data, worksite environment and health risk appraisal data)
-Assessment -assesses employee’s interest survey -feasibility study 5 questions for a feasibility study: 1) What are the organization’s motives for considering the development of a program? (Ex. absenteeism, aging workforce, image, productivity, etc.….) and what are the organization’s goals for considering the development of a program? (Ex. lower health cost, more productive employees, etc.…..) 2) Is this program cost effective for the organization? Yes or no and why. 3) What is the level of support, need, and interest among employees, middle managers and top managers? 4) Does organization have access to resources needed? 5) What are the key factors to be considered during the design of the program? |
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Design/Planning |
Review collected data in previous section to answer the following four questions: 1) How prevalent is the problem? 2) What are the consequences of the problem? 3) What are the causes of the problem? 4) Which workers in the company are at greatest risk?
-Develop vision and mission statement -Develop goals and objectives (these should be specific and measurable) and activities. -Budget clearly established with justifications. |
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Implementation |
-Develop a marketing strategy using the 4 Ps of marketing -Develop a promotion poster or newsletter -Describe methods to promote program adherence and recruitment of employees that do not participate and high risk employees: -verbal support -written feedback -discuss incentives -discuss how to identify employee’s values, interests and readiness to participate (surveys, incentives, rewards) -Discuss how these influencing factors might affect implementation: -management support -employee support -wellness committee member’s responsibility -knowledge and experience of wellness director |
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Evaluation |
-Review your program’s goals and objectives. establish a time frame, measurement intervals design.(questionnaires, health risk appraisals, health care claims data report, absenteeism logs, productivity reports, etc.…)
-Perform measurement process evaluation: Questionnaires designed for feedback from employees about the program to determine if changes are needed to be more effective outcome evaluation: Data which will determine if the program actually improves the health/lifestyles/productivity of employees. This can be obtained by health risks appraisals, healthcare claims data report, absenteeism logs, productivity reports or specific results such as fitness level, weight, etc.…
-Discuss how you will provide feedback to employee and management |
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References APA Format & Presentation Style |
Provides reference for the materials being reviewed. Presentation was presented with knowledge of content. |