Prevention & early detection
Spot problems before they turn into absences.
The legal references on this page relate to German law.
What is the Prevention & early detection field of action about?
Prevention and early detection run through the occupational-health service: health check-ups, vaccination campaigns, eye and hearing tests, screenings. They bring health to where many would otherwise not take care of it — to the workplace.
Why does the Prevention & early detection field of action pay off?
Many illnesses can be treated cheaply early and expensively late. Low-threshold prevention at the company significantly increases participation, reduces severe courses of illness and signals genuine care.
Which measures fit the Prevention & early detection field of action?
Prevention and early-detection measures for the company:
€0 · freeOpen vaccination clinic: vaccinations without a company doctor
Even without a company doctor of your own, you can offer your workforce vaccinations: through the open vaccination clinic of the public health office (Gesundhe…
€0 · freeHealth Newsletter
Internal communication in the WHP context is often either too infrequent or too boring. The health newsletter is neither—if done right: concise, relevant, with…
Upfit Holistic Prevention Program (Nutrition & Exercise)
Digital prevention program for employees: It combines a twelve-month nutrition coaching via the Upfit app with a certified online exercise course. Employees im…
The Health Day That Actually Works
The most visible WHP event of the year – in the right dose: A focused health day with preventive offers is more effective than an overloaded program.
€0 · freeSmoke-Free Support
Quitting smoking is one of the most effective health decisions a person can make – and one of the hardest to carry out alone. Workplace support measurably chan…
First Aid Refresher
Basic first-aider training is mandatory. What happens afterward is often forgetting. The refresher picks up where the original training left off – with what ha…
Heat Protection Measures
Heat waves are becoming more frequent, longer, and more extreme — and employers are obligated, both legally and as a matter of basic decency, to protect their …
Flu Vaccination Campaign
Flu waves lead to millions of sick notes in Germany: in the severe 2017/18 season, the Robert Koch Institute estimated around 5.3 million flu-related cases of …
Health Screening
In Germany, preventive care often fails not for lack of awareness but for lack of an easy path. Anyone who has to arrange their own doctor's appointment for bl…
Where do you stand on Prevention & early detection?
The self-check places you across all 10 action areas.