Why Complete a Employee Health and Wellness Program Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to identify your worksite’s strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment will lead your workgroup to recommend actions for changes to make the worksite more supportive of healthy behaviors (i.e. healthy food choices in vending machines, policies to enforce no smoking on worksite grounds or encouraging walking during break times). You may find some of the actions for supporting healthy behaviors are easy to do and others may not be feasible or efficient in your worksite. The assessment results can also be used as a baseline measure for evaluation. The initial assessment can later be compared with a follow-up assessment several months later to note progress. Who should do the Employee Health and Wellness Program Environment Assessment? Identify a workgroup (at least 4-5 employees) who will be responsible for completing the assessment. This may be a subset of your wellness workgroup. Forming a diverse group from all areas and level
