This brochure will tell you more about it. But today, the term has a broader meaning. Health promotion means to give people the tools to improve their own health - tools in the form of information and health programming. In other words, health promotion helps people take care of themselves. Why Your Organization Should Be in the Health Promotion Business From management's perspective, having healthy employees is a definite plus.
Healthy employees are sick less often and recover from illness faster.
They are more efficient, energetic, alert, less prone to accidents and more able to manage stress. With the evidence of the positive effects of comprehensive workplace health programming mounting, companies can ill afford not to get involved. But improvements in employee health need not be equated directly with the bottom line. Employers who care about the people who work for them will want to play a part in improving the quality of their lives - so long as the cost is manageable. From the employee's perspective the benefits of having access to health programming include better eating habits, lower smoking rates, better working conditions, less conflict between management and staff, and an increased sense of self-worth.