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Educating Business Leaders on Designing a Health-Workplace Environment to Promote Health, Safety
and Well-Being 143rd APHA Annual Meeting| Chicago, IL
November 4, 2015
Who We Are
• Nonprofit Initiative from the University of Colorado School of Public Health– Launched in July 2013
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• Mission: To advise, certify and connect businesses to help them improve the health, safety and well-being of employers, employees, families and their communities.
How it Works
• A Focus on Small Businesses– Our economy is driven by small businesses!
• Over 125,000 small businesses in Colorado (20 – 499 employees), representing over 1 million employees (over 50% of the private sector jobs)
– Historically these organizations have not had the resources or the support to implement worksite wellness programs
• Use the Integration of Health and Safety– An evidence-based framework adopted from
CDC, World Health Organization and Total Worker Health (NIOSH) models
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Why the Workplace?
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92% of Adults
work 40hours or more per
week
Building the Business Case!
• Improve employee health outcomes• Reduce work-related injuries and illnesses and their
associated costs• Improve productivity
– Reduce absenteeism and presenteeism
• Employee retention and attracting high quality new hires
• Improve corporate culture• Enhance morale• Improve job safety• Improve job performance
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What is workplace wellness?
Pillars of Wellness
Social Physical
Mental & Emotional Financial
Investing in a balanced
portfolio
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Creating the Building Blocks for Wellness
Leadership Resources Assessing Needs
Goals & Priorities
Integrate Systems
Employee Engagement
Communication Evaluation
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Healthy Business Certification
Scores on 8 Benchmarks
Education Tool
Immediate Feedback Tailored Solutions
Certified Healthy Business Certified Healthy
Business PartnerCertified Healthy Business Leader
Leadership commitment
Designated wellness champion
Conducted an employee needs assessment
Developed wellness and safety goals
Communicate to employees
Evaluated how to improve activities, participation and impact
Create Policies for Health & Safety
Demonstrate employee engagement
Established comprehensive wellness and safety programs
Tailored programs to reach all employees
Share information with families
Measured outcomes
Demonstrate innovation
Collect and track health outcome data
Actively promote health, wellness and safety in the community
Apply for Kick-
Start
Work with an expert
advisor to create your
healthy business
action plan
Get connected to
your neighborhood
resources
Learn from certified healthy
businesses on what works
Whole Healt
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Employees (demographics, health equity)
Community Geographic Region
Industry
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Capacity Building
Hands-On Approach
Research-Based
Educational Mission for Sustainability
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Health Links
Impact
• 214 businesses• 11 Regions • 30 Counties
• 150+ Preferred Vendors
• 263 People Trained
Thank you! If you have more questions about the training session please contact a member from our Health Links Team
303.724.7814
Go to healthlinkscolorado.org and apply for advising and certification today!
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Resources• Comprehensive worksite wellness information for all organizations:
CDC National Healthy Worksite Program:http://www.cdc.gov/nationalhealthyworksite/index.htm
• Comprehensive worksite wellness information (designed for state and federal government but has resources for all organizations): CDC National Healthier Worksite Initiative:http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/hwi/index.htm
• Integration of NIOSH and workplace health promotion, with comprehensive resources:Total Worker Health:http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/TWH/
• General guide, resources, and framework:CDC Worksite Health Promotion:http://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/
Resources• Evidence-based interventions specific to workplace:
The Guide to Community Preventive Services:http://www.thecommunityguide.org/worksite/index.html
• Assessment tool, and program ideas:CDC Worksite Health Scorecard Manual: http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/docs/HSC_Manual.pdf
• Comprehensive evidence-based resources on a variety of workplace wellness topics: http://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/pdfs/wh-resources.pdf
• Wellness information targeting hospitals:Healthy Hospital Choices:http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/hwi/docs/HealthyHospBkWeb.pdf
