Evaluating Workplace Health Programs

It is important to understand the value of programs your organization already has in place to address mental health issues at work and your areas for improvement. Doing so will identify the areas in which you can centralize your efforts and maximize the positive impact on both employees and the organization's bottom line. In addition, when considering new programs, you can apply this framework to be able to make informed decisions about adopting new approaches. Be sure to check out the resources at the bottom of this page for helpful tools and strategies.

Action Plan

• Assess the resources available for the program evaluation, including time, money and staff.
• Establish if you will use qualitative methods (recording what people say) such as focus groups or quantitative methods (recording data like numbers, true/false or an internet survey) or a combination of both.
• Enhance your program by establishing clearly defined goals, outcomes and indicators of success.
• Engage employees by asking them to define their workplace interests and expectations.
• Take evaluation results and make decisions about next steps.
• Review tools shown below.

Tools

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