We’ve highlighted information from the
Healthy Workforce 2010: An Essential Health Promotion Sourcebook for
Employers, Large and Small, published by the Partnership For
Prevention in 2001.
Improve your
company's productivity:
- Health Promotion activities are likely to
yield greater returns from increased employee activity than from
medical care cost savings.
- The top 4 reasons employers give for
instituting health promotion programs are to:
–Improve employee morale
–Retain good workers
–Attract good employees
–Improve productivity
- Savings from a small decrease in reduced
absenteeism alone can more than offset the cost of a health
promotion program.
- A 1998 analysis of five absenteeism studies
determined average program savings of almost $5 for every $1
spent on the program.
Enhance your
corporate Image by promoting a healthy work environment:
- There is a direct connection between the
health of the community you serve and the success of your
business.
- Employers want their communities to provide:
–A pool of healthy, potential new employees.
–Productive current employees.
–Basic medical coverage for all local residents.
- Investing in health promotion enables your
company to:
–Demonstrate social responsibility.
–Directly and indirectly promote the health of retirees,
families of employees, consumers and potential employees.
Lower your
company's healthcare costs:
- Medically high-risk employees are high-cost
employees.
- Lowest costs are associated with individuals
with only one or two health risk factors, including smoking,
obesity, alcohol consumption, lack of exercise and exposure to
UV radiation.
- A collaborative study involving the Chrysler
Corporation and the United Auto Workers Union showed that those
with unhealthy weights had 143 percent higher hospital inpatient
utilization than those with healthy weights.
- A 1998 analysis of eight health promotion
programs showed an average reduction of healthcare expenses of
$3.35 for every $1 spent on the program.
Help America reach
its 2010 health objectives:
- Healthy People 2010 is a national initiative
focused on:
–Helping individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and
improve their quality of life.
–Eliminating health disparities among different segments of the
population.
- Since most adults spend a majority of their
daytime hours at work, the workplace will be a crucial site of
support in their quest to achieve and maintain health.
- Without business support, Healthy People 2010
will not be able to achieve its important goals.