Workplace Physical Activity Programs – Analysis Guide.

What Do You Want to Achieve?

Think about why you’re reviewing  and what your evaluation is going to measure.

When you’re trying to determine whether an program has been successful, see when you followed your mission statement and met your objectives and objectives.

When you do not have a mission statement or objectives or objectives, decide with executive management and your staff member committee how your corporation will measure success.

For example, you can measure success by changes in -

o  Physical measures (e.g., strength, flexibility, waist circumference of employees).

o  Psychological measures (e.g., employee morale, satisfaction levels, stress levels).

o  Productivity measures (e.g., decrease in absenteeism rates, increased employee productivity).

Thinking About Employees

When you’re considering making improvements to the program, think about whether the program is still relevant and appropriate for workers. Find out when there are any barriers to participation in the wellness program or to participation in physical activity during the workday.

As staff are the ones participating in the wellness program, it’s crucial to give them a chance to provide feedback on the exercise initiative.

Choosing an Investigation Method

Decide on your analysis method. Both measurable results (e.g., absenteeism rates or questionnaire responses) and descriptive results (e.g., one-on-one interviews or focus groups) can be used to evaluate.

The method you pick will depend on the time and funding available and what you want to measure.

Deciding Precisely how to Do the Evaluation

Plan when and where you will do your evaluation (and who’ll be examined). for additional information, peruse the “Types of Investigations” section on this website.

You could want to pilot test your analysis (e.g., with members of the worker committee) before sending it out to staff members.  The worker committee may also want to evaluate the program’s planning process.

Doing the Analysis

o  Compare your results to baseline information (i.e., investigation results from before the launch of your program). If you don’t have this information, save your investigation results to compare with later results.

You can also look at other information you may have, such as staff member satisfaction survey results.

o  Analyse and share meaningful and easy-to-understand results with upper management and staff members.

o  Evaluation results can be used to enhance the current exercise program and/or to create new health promotion programs in future.