In-House Worksite Wellness Program Business Plan

Proposal for Implementing an In-House Worksite Wellness Program

Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3
Introduction 4
Return of Investment (ROI) 4-5
Implementing the Program 5
How to get Started 5-6
Engaging Employees – Communication & Marketing 6-7
Assessing the Worksite Wellness Program 8
Programming for the Worksite Wellness Program 8-9
Making Decisions – Focusing Effort 10-11
Surveying the Worksite 11
Evaluation of the Worksite Wellness Program 11-12
Do’s & Don’ts 13-14
Conclusion 14-15
References 16-17
In-text Citations 17
Table 1-3 18
Figure 1 19
Figure 2 20-23
Table 5-6 24
Table 7-8 25
Appendices 26

List of Illustrations
Employees can access the wellness program information at their convenience and in the privacy of their own homes.
Bulletin board notices – Another method of awareness commination which is required by many state and federal laws.
Department-wide meetings – One of the more effective methods. An informational announcement as part of a meeting with employees and key staff.
See additional communication in Table 3 in the appendices.
You can design the most elegant program ever conceived, but if you fail to deploy messaging that fits your organization, you are, quite simply, destined for failure (Lindahl, 2011).

Assessing the Worksite Wellness Program
Dutton (2012) advises the best way to engage employees are to get their input while planning the program. Find out what health, diet or exercise issues are most important to the employees and develop programs that address the concerns.
What good is a worksite wellness program if no one participates? It is important to make sure that employee needs and interests are assessed with respect to worksite wellness programs. If not, the program will likely result in a wellness program with low participation and little or no improvement in employee health. See Figure 1 and 2 in in the
We need the opinions of key staff about the nature of the program. Visiting other programs will give us a general ideal of what OHP wellness program should look like. I have included a list of things to look for during a walk through at other programs, see Table 4 in the list of illustrations. These “walk-throughs” are helpful, and taking notes about each issue will provide a sense of what wellness activity will be necessary for OHPs wellness program.
Evaluating the Worksite Wellness Program
Setting a realistic set of objectives will require a few resources. Start small; we can always expand the program as it grows. Decide priorities and develop a specific action plan to implement the program. The action plan should include, but not limited to:
The goals and objectives of the wellness plan;
Recommendations on strategies to implement; if these recommendations are not clear the evaluation won’t be meaningful.
Chose activities.
Chose staff, resources and material needed to get