If employers truly want to improve their employees' well-being, they need to give all the factors contributing to their overall health proper attention. (Image: Shutterstock)
Low employee participation rates in preventive health care programs, such as fitness programs, employee assistance programs, smoking cessation programs and preventive cancer screenings, results in significant costs to employers. This leads to higher absence rates and reduced employee performance because of decreased well-being.
Many employees don't participate in these programs even though they are in their best interest. So what's stopping them and how can employers design benefit programs to change this trend and improve their employees' overall well-being?
In a recent research review I completed with Emily Stiehl, Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago, we concluded that social determinants of health, centering on socioeconomic status, are significant factors in employee engagement rates in health-related benefits.
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