Employee Health Screening

Ways businesses can boost worker health promotion participation

Staff Member health promotion programs are vital that you worksite benefits. However, they don’t make any difference if your staff are not participating. Does your business have an staff member health promotion program that seems to be failing as a result of lack of participation? When so, there are creative ways that you can motivate your workforce to take control of their health, and participate in the health promotion program.

Giving wellness program materials upon sign-up is a excellent way to show personnel that the company acknowledges and encourages their wellness efforts. Receiving free wellness program materials, like pedometers and exercise guides, will boost participation for personnel with little time or money.

These wellness program materials could be quite cheap when bought in bulk. Plus, the organization will still be saving money because their workers will be getting fit and there will be less sick days taken.

The toughest times when starting a new exercise regimen, are at six weeks and six months. When a person could make it to the six week point when starting to exercise, they’re more likely to continue. Those first six weeks are very critical.

After exercisers have made it past the six week mark, many stick with their fitness routine until six months, at which point they often become bored or lose motivation. During these two vital times it is essential that personnel have motivation to continue. One way to celebrate participants’ successes is to recognize their achievements through incentives.

Incentives such as a celebration banquet, certificate of achievement for making it past six weeks or six months and even cash incentives, work well to increase morale and increase participation. Employee health promotion programs that stay involved by checking in on participants, stimulating and rewarding them, often see better results.

If your organization is struggling to elevate participation in the worker health promotion program, take a good look at how involved the employer is in the process. Offering start-up materials and continued support will get more individuals  on board and keep staff members focused on fitness.