Workforce Health

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Getting Started: Tips for Your Program

Workforce Health has many ideas to help you get a workforce health initiative started. Take a moment to review the following tips, then call (262) 253-5150 and let Workforce Health help you design an employee wellness program that fits the needs of your company.

Tip: Incorporate keeping employees healthy into the business plan. The most effective programs are not annual health fairs, but rather well-organized, ongoing efforts to promote the importance of good health.

Tip: Gather data about your employee population's state of health and evaluate what programs would affect unhealthy behaviors. Workforce Health can offer guidance on health issues pertinent to your workforce and help design a program around your workforce's needs.

Employee Screening

Tip: Routinely offer free preventive screenings and educational programs on wellness or health issues.

Tip: Target common health risk factors such as weight, smoking, high cholesterol and high glucose, and mental health and chemical dependency problems first, and incorporate disease management programs. These problems can lead to far worse health issues, meaning huge medical costs and absenteeism.

Tip: Understand the physical demands and ergonomics of your jobs. Design or modify jobs with the physical capabilities of your employees in mind. Select and place the most appropriate employees.