Studies show that untargeted health-promotion campaigns have little long-term impact.                  

Chronic illnesss, which rob individuals and families of their health and happiness, represent major costs to employers in the form of health-care and disability costs, lost productivity, and absenteeism.                  

Health Promotion Programs should address risky behaviors that can help your staff members eat healthier, increase their level of exercise, help reduce stress, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and quit tobacco use. Health promotion programs should focus on assisting staff members achieve and maintain their optimal health status.

Extensive worksite-health programs focused on changing lifestyle behavior have been proven to yield a $3 to $6 return on investment for each dollar invested. It takes about three to five years after the initial program investment to realize these savings.

Ninety-three% of United States  companies offer some kind of health-promotion program for their workers, but is it the right type?

Main Kinds of Health Promotion Programs

Programs focusing on disease management. These programs monitor and treat specific diseases. Disease management follows the 80/20 rule –  80% of health-care costs are spent on 20% of employees.

Illness management is announced to have a $7 to $10 return on investment within a year. the 20 percent of employees requiring the greatest medical expenditures today are usually not the same 20 percent who’ll cause the greatest health care expenses a year or two down the road.

Programs focusing on health enhancement and risk management. These programs focus on lifestyle behavior change, and offer a $3 to $6 return on investment within two to five years, according to a 2004 report issued by the National Corporation Group on Health.

It is important to note that a $3 to $6 return on an entire worker population produces a higher sum savings than does disease management.

Good Data Drives Good Company Decisions

• Based on more than 120 scientific research studies, the National Company Group on Health stated that, within five years of program implementation, overall benefit-to-cost ratios (return on investment) of –

• $3.48 in decreased health-care costs per dollar invested.

• $5.82 in decrease absenteeism per dollar invested.