How can employers play a major role in worker health promotion?

Health begins with prevention. Preventive medical testings and healthy lifestyles reduce health risks. Businesses who are committed to supporting healthy staff members can do so by periodically offering preventive medical care on site.

A mammogram screening opportunity is one way to promote wellness in the workplace. A mammogram is the x-raying of a woman’s breasts. A mammogram is the best way to detect the early stages of breast cancer.

There are portable mammography units that can come to companies as a part of their health promotion program and provide this important screening to women.

Eye exams can also be a part of an staff member health promotion program.  As with mammography units, there are travelling ophthalmology units that’ll provide eye exams for your corporation health promotion program.

Eye exams are supposed be done on a regular basis, but often people  do not go to the doctor for an eye exam unless there’s a problem. Providing an ophthalmologist to staff members will encourage them to get a routine eye exam and receive follow up care when needed.

Another form of preventive medicine that can be brought to the workplace is yearly physicals. Some physicians that routinely perform physicals have the ability to bring all the necessary equipment to your office.

As with mammograms and eye exams, physicals are supposed to be done annually but are often overlooked by individuals  who are too busy or can’t afford well checks.

Corporations that offer these routine preventive services once a year play a major role in maintaining healthy employees. Unfortunately, many adults don’t seek medical care until a problem is so bad it has cramped their lifestyle, leading to much more comprehensive medical care than wouldn’t have been necessary had the problem been detected sooner.

Although the cost of inviting physicians to the workplace could be high, early diagnosis and treatment of problems will save both the corporation and the staff member a excellent deal of money in the long run.