Health and Wellness Planning Guide
Getting Started – Secure management support
• Justifications for having a Health and Wellness
• Health Risk Assessments
• Help for high-risk population: smokers, obese workers
• Early detection of diabetes, heart disease risk factors (high cholesterol, high blood pressure)
Health and Wellness Participation – Identify your audience
• Employees only, whole family, retirees?
• Community involvement? Theme?
Health and Wellness Time Line
• Set a date and time Allow 4-6 months of planning time
Health and Wellness Planning
• Identify health-related screenings, tests, other activities you’ll offer Identify educational literature and other learning opportunities Health and Wellness will provide Include any “fun” activities, or food/beverage needs for the fair
Health and Wellness Location & Logistics
• Consider location big enough to accommodate the largest volume of employees at “peak time” periods
• Determine how booths/stations will be set up
Health and Wellness Vendors
• Target relevant health/safety-related community and corporate vendors to provide services, educational materials, incentives and giveaways
Health and Wellness Marketing
• Determine marketing tools to be used to inform workers/participants (posters, mailings, e-mail)
• Determine any incentives or giveaways that will be included in the fair or used to promote participation in the fair
Health and Wellness Scheduling
• Coordinate timing and events with staff and/or volunteers
Health and Wellness Personnel
• Schedule appropriate experts Physician or similar medical personnel to provide patient consultation for review of blood draw lab results
• Nurse(s) to administer immunizations
• Administrative/all-purpose individual to facilitate paper work, finger sticks and to provide general assistance
• Pharmacist or pharmacist assistant if appropriate Dietitian for nutritional counseling suggested personnel designated for health fairs
Footnotes
1 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via Reuters Health E-Line.
2 Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, (9/11/03)
3 www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/press/archive/lower_cost.htm
4 “Is Stress Nibbling Away at Your Bottom Line?” By Stephen Alper, Nov. 15, 2002.
5 Health Promotion in the Workplace, Michael P. O’Donnell, page 415.
6 http://www.bmpcoe.org/bestpractices/internal/dayto/dayto_6.html