Start thinking about evaluation when you are developing your action plans and base your evaluation methods on the measures of success. For some measures,
you may need to gather information (by reviewing policy documents or through worker surveys etc.) before implementing your action plan. Consider other factors
that may influence the action plan. For example, an action plan to increase the use of public transport by staff would be influenced by availability of train stations
within walking distance and traffic congestion in the area.
Action
How to monitor
Status before
Status after
three months
Status after
six months
Status after
12 months
Paper-based
survey
of staff before,
then
six months and 12
months after the
Health Hints
presentation on
healthy eating
10% of staff eat a
balanced diet
Informal feedback
about the Health
Hits presentation
positive
40% of staff eat a
balanced diet
30% of staff eat a
balanced diet
Some staff
members
indicated they
did not know
what the healthy
food options
were. Relevant
fact sheets from
the Get Healthy
at Work service
were made
available in the
lunch rooms.
Motivation for
eating a balanced
diet seems to
have decreased
Measure
of success
Key issues
Future actions
How to
communicate
PEOPLE
50% of workers to
eat a balanced
diet when
at work and at
home
Discussion groups
at
12 months
Reasons for
eating/
not eating a
balanced diet
included in the
12 month paperbased survey
Target not met
Motivation seems
to have decreased
over time
Offer team-based
workplace
challenge to
encourage staff
to eat healthily
All staff meetings
Action
How to monitor
Status before
Analysis of sales
data for the
vending machines
5% of the vending
machine sales are
healthy food
items
Status after
three months
Status after
six months
Status after
12 months
Measure
of success
Key issues
Future actions
How to
communicate
PLACE
To improve
workplace
vending machines
Interviews with
staff members
who use the
vending machines
Healthy eating
brochures put up
next to the
vending machines
Program in the
first month of
implementation
Healthy options
displayed
prominently in the
vending machines
15% of the
vending machine
sales are healthy
food items
Staff highlighted
that the higher
cost of healthy
food options was
a barrier to
healthy eating
45% of the
vending machine
sales are healthy
food items
45% of the
vending machine
sales are healthy
food items
40% increase in
the sale of healthy
food items from
the vending
machines
Some staff
members
appeared to
go back to
unhealthy food
items over time
Develop
incentives to
encourage
more staff to
choose healthy
options in the
vending machine
Action
How to monitor
Status before
Status after
three months
Status after
six months
Status after
12 months
Measure
of success
Key issues
No current
workplace
catering policy as
part of the
workplace health
policy
Approval obtained
from Board to
expand the
workplace health
policy
Draft updated
workplace health
policy to include
catering
developed in
consultation with
the experts
provided by the
Get Healthy at
Work service.
Workplace health
policy
incorporating
healthy catering is
in place.
Workplace health
policy
incorporating
healthy catering is
in place
Workplace health
policy created and
successfully
implemented
across all teams
Future actions
How to
communicate
Some staff
members think
the new catering
policies will
not help staff
eat healthily
Educate workers
about the
benefits of
healthy eating
using
the Get Healthy
at Work
brochures
POLICY
To create and
implement a
workplace
catering policy
Monitor the
development of
workplace
catering policy
and its
implementation
Ask team
managers if the
new policies have
been
implemented in
their teams.
Feedback on
draft workplace
health policy
received from
workers at team
meetings.
Updated draft
workplace health
policy endorsed
by floor
supervisors and
team managers.
Workplace health
policy is awaiting
sign off by
management.
Action
PEOPLE
PLACE
POLICY
How to monitor
Status before
Status after
three months
Status after
six months
Status after
12 months
Measure
of success
Key issues
Future actions
How to
communicate