UC Irvine InfoKit

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Helping You

Help Your EmployeesTo B et t er Hea lt h

UCI Health Promotion Center

WorkplaceHealth Promotion

INFORMATION &

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For more information about Workplace Health Promotion or assistance withhealth promotion programs at your workplace, contact us at:

UCI HEALTH PROMOTION CENTER218-J Social Ecology IUniversity of California, IrvineIrvine, CA 92697-7075

Phone: (949) 824-5047Fax: (949) 824-2056E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.seweb.uci.edu/users/dstokols/hpc.html

Funded by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation


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About this Information and Resource Kit

The University of California Irvine Health Promotion Center (UCIHPC) ispleased to present you with this Workplace Health Promotion Information &Resource Kit . Whether you are just starting out or already working with wellnessactivities, we're certain you will find this kit a valuable tool. The approach in thiskit is unlike the traditional approaches to health promotion, which focus onindividual behavior change. Here, we focus on a comprehensive, socialecological approach: wherein the individual, the physical environment, theorganizational environment, and the community are all seen as integralcomponents in creating a healthy workplace. The reason for this comprehensive,multidisciplinary approach is that we find the single approaches used in healthpromotion to be insufficient in creating lasting health improvements within thecontext of todays rapidly changing society.

This kit has been prepared for you, the owners and managers of small andmedium-sized businesses. It will help you in three ways: (1) provide you with abasic understanding of what Workplace Health Promotion is and how it can helpyour company; (2) provide some realistic ideas about what you can do to improve(and maintain) the health of your employees; and (3) point you to sources of freeor low-cost help and information.

The UCI Health Promotion Center has prepared this kit to help youdevelop a workplace which actively and effectively promotes the health and well-being of your employees. We realize that you, the employer, are pivotal increating the changes necessary to bring about lasting health improvements inyour workplace, employees, and their families. The UCI Health Promotion Centerwishes you good luck with implementing health promotion in your workplace. Youare well on your way to creating health awareness in your employees!


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The Cost of Employee Illness and Injury

Like all enterprises, small businesses must minimize costs and maximizeproductivity to stay competitive. With health care costs and workers compensation ratessoaring, and rising more steeply for small businesses (i.e., under 500 employees) thanfor large corporations, health promotion activities are an effective way for employers toreduce these costs in the workplace. Since the American worker spends so much timeon the job, the workplace provides an excellent environment to communicate about thebenefits of creating positive well-being and optimal health.

There is no question that unhealthy behavior is linked to higher health care costs.

In fact, smoking, high cholesterol, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, alcoholand substance abuse, lack of exercise, lifting improperly, and not using seat belts areseveral key factors associated with unhealthy behaviors that cause over 80% of alldeaths, not to mention several direct and indirect health-related costs to employers.

What are the Direct and Indirect Costs to Your Company?

Direct (out-of-pocket) Costs:

Medical Care/Health Insurance Temporary Disability Insurance Workers Compensation Life Insurance

Indirect (lost output) Costs:

Increased Employee Absenteeism Impaired Employee Functioning on the Job Reduced Employee Productivity Employee Turnover, Replacement, and Retraining Negative Employee Morale and Company Social Climate Reduced Overall Quality of Life and Well-being of Employee Possible Premature Death of Employee

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What is Workplace Health Promotion?

Health promotion programs (i.e., consistent, ongoing efforts to optimize

individual and organizational wellness) help to improve employee health byoptimizing an organizations overall economic, structural, and culturalenvironment. In the book Design of Workplace Health Promotion Programs (seethe reference book section later in this kit), health promotion has been defined asthe science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward astate of optimal health, which involves the whole person. In the same book,optimal health is defined as a balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritualand intellectual health.

Health promotion programs are undertaken by companies to reducehealth care needs by motivating employees and their families to adopt better

health habits. In fact, many of the medical costs incurred by companies areactually due to the family members of employees. Therefore, one of the goals ofthis kit is to encourage family member participation in health promotive activities.Additionally, the importance of health promotion in all settings (home, work,community) is emphasized, because behaviors that persist over time tend to bethose supported by the environment.

A complete program (1) actively involves employees in its planning,preparation, presentation and evaluation of its success; (2) identifies and helpsremedy employee health and safety concerns; (3) reinforces health promotion inyour company's policies and procedures; and (4) takes advantage of community

resources to help improve and maintain your employees' health and well-being.

Examples of Successful Workplace Health Promotion

Although most health promotion programs are concentrated in largecorporations, small businesses can benefit greatly from scaled-down versions ofthe health promotion programs found in the larger companies. Most importantly,there is an appropriate program, with bottom-line payoff, for any size business.Many research studies have documented the substantial health benefits andfinancial savings associated with workplace health promotion programs. For

instance: Tenneco compared illness and absenteeism rates for exercise program users

and non-users and found participants had fewer sick hours and lower medicalcosts than non-users.




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Reducing Employer Health-Related Costs

Health promotion programs are becoming increasingly common in Americanworkplaces. A 1992 national survey revealed that more than 81% of private workplaceswith 50 or more employees offer at least one health promotion activity for theiremployees.

The more health risks employees have, the more medical care they utilize and themore health-related costs (i.e., medical claims) they generate. Therefore, improvementsin health behavior patterns will benefit both the individual employees and your company.

How your company can cut costs through health promotion:

Provide scaled-down versions of programs found in larger firms.

Utilize your health-care/insurance providers services and resources (many HMOs &PPOs offer discounts to health clubs, screenings, video tapes on self-care, andother programs).

Utilize the free and low-cost services of health-related non-profit organizations (seelistings in kit) and your local police/fire departments.

Work jointly with other small-medium size businesses (e.g., within the same buildingor business complex) to pool health resources.

Provide injury and illness prevention training, for example, proper lifting techniques,stretching, proper posture at the workstation, emergency escape routes, disasterpreparedness, first aid and CPR.

Give employees more responsibility for health costs (e.g., base their contributions forhealth benefits on the expected claim costs for low or moderate risk levels, sincelower risk means lower cost).

Provide self-care information (e.g., books, pamphlets) to employees to treat minorhealth problems on their own, thus reducing emergency room and doctor visits.




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Coors Company evaluated the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of acardiac rehabilitation program for 180 post-coronary employees and found

savings of over $1,000,000 over six years. General Motors evaluated the medical and cost benefits of a workplace bloodpressure control program and found the cost of medical care claims lower forthose involved in the program. In fact, they found a medical cost reduction of$1.89 to $2.72 for every dollar spent on the program.

Blue Shield of California evaluated a workplace health education program toreduce unnecessary outpatient visits and found program participants to havereduced household visits by 17%.

What Can Employers Do?

In general, there are three things that can help you improve the health ofyour company and your employees: (1) Communicate more with your employeesabout health-related concerns and goals; (2) Implement those health promotionprograms that make sense for your workplace, and that your company canafford; and (3) Make a permanent commitment to improving and maintainingyour employees' health and well-being.

Communicate More With Employees

The success of any Workplace Health Promotion program depends on the

active participation of employees. Employee health and safety should bediscussed specifically at employee and company meetings. Establishing one ormore ongoing ways to communicate with employees will help. For example, anemployee newsletter that includes health-related information, a health and safetycommittee, or a Suggestion Box (to encourage employees to make anonymoussuggestions about improving the health and safety of the workplace) could beutilized.

Implement Health Promotion Programs

There are many ways employers can implement successful programs at

little or no cost. For example, you can utilize the services and programs offeredby your health care provider or local non-profit organizations. As you learn moreabout workplace health promotion, identify those programs and activities that youthink will be most effective at your workplace, with your employees. Manyprograms are very simple, for example: placing health and safety posters at keyplaces in your workplace where employees are likely to see them; developing


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The Top 12 Workplace Health Promotion Strategies

1. Implement Employee Lifestyle Change Programs (e.g., smoking cessation,physical fitness activities, improved nutrition, lower back care, stress reduction).

2. Institute a Corporate Health Risk Appraisal and Counseling Program.

3. Demonstrate Management Support of Health Promotion. Specifically, Develop aCorporate Health Promotion Mission Statement.

4. Develop an Organizational Culture That is Flexible, Socially Supportive, andResponsive to Employees Needs (e.g., training in team-building, conflictresolution, and violence prevention skills).

5. Establish a Corporate Policy to Maintain a Smoke-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

6. Form a Workplace Health and Safety Committee that meets regularly.

7. Regularly Monitor Health Promotion Programs Effectiveness, Costs, Benefitsand Participation.

8. Promote Corporate Compliance with Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA) and Cal-OSHA Regulations.

9. Offer a Program of Flexible Employee Medical and Disease Prevention Benefitsthat Includes Clinical Preventive Services (e.g., immunizations) for Employees

and their Dependents.

10. Offer Occupational Safety and Health Training Programs that are Targeted to theRequirements of Particular Jobs and Industries.

11. Create and Maintain Health Promotive Facilities by Conducting WorkplaceEnvironmental Quality Audits at Regular Intervals and Taking Steps to AddressIdentified Problem Areas (e.g., by ensuring closer adherence to ergonomic,safety, signage, and clean air standards in the workplace).

12. Communicate Regularly with Employees Regarding Health Promotion (e.g.,meetings, newsletters, posters, e-mail, payroll inserts).

More information about these high-leverage strategies of workplace healthpromotion can be found on the UCIHPC Web site under Links to Other HealthPromotion Web Sites or by contacting us at the UCIHPC.




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and communicating health-related statements such as a 'No Smoking' policy or a

'Sexual Harassment' policy; or inviting a non-profit agency to come give a freelunch-hour presentation for employees about the benefits of an exercise programor ways to control personal stress at work. Opportunities for participation inthese programs should be extended to employees family members, wheneverpossible. To increase participation in, and effectiveness of, health promotionprograms, please see the box entitled Key Elements of Effective WorkplaceHealth Programs.

Make a Permanent Commitment

A permanent commitment doesn't mean an unlimited commitment of your

company's resources or management time. 'Permanent Commitment' meansthat you are convinced that improving and maintaining the health of youremployees is in your company's best interest, and that you intend to consistentlyprovide a realistic level of health promotion activities at your workplace. Thereare four essential elements of a permanent commitment to Workplace HealthPromotion: (1) include a statement about the importance of employee health inyour company's mission statement and regularly consider employee health inannual planning and budgeting; (2) insure (by asking employees) that you areproviding the most important health promotion activities, and that these activitiesare available to employees and their families at convenient times; (3) regularlymonitor the success of your health promotion efforts, and those procedures and

conditions at your workplace that might affect employee health or well-being; (4)track important organizational outcomes like rates of employee absenteeism,injury, illness, productivity and other, more direct, health-related costs, in order tohelp justify your investment.

Getting Started

We're sure that once you become convinced that actively promoting thehealth of your employees is indeed in your company's best interest, you'll want tomake a permanent commitment to a comprehensive workplace health promotion

program. After reviewing this kit, we hope youre motivated to call a local non-profit organization to arrange a free presentation at your workplace, to read someof the helpful books recommended later in this kit, to implement some of thehealth promotion programming suggestions found in this kit, or to contact the UCIHealth Promotion Center for more information and assistance.




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PROGRAMMING SUGGESTIONS

Implementing health promotion programs that integrate the individual,physical environment, organizational, and community components of health

promotion will be much more effective than focusing on any one area alone.Examples of health promotion activities focusing on all four areas include:

INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Encourage Workstation Stretching Techniques Organize a Healthy Potluck, Including a Recipe Exchange Provide Self-Care Health Guides to All Employees Target Holidays and Summer Months for Fitness/Nutrition Facilitate Team-Building Activities for Work Groups Put Together a Walking Club for Employees

PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT

Change Vending Machine Snacks to Lowfat Items Place Announcements on Stairwells to Encourage Walking Identify CPR/First Aid Trained Employees by Displaying a

Red Cross at Their Workstations Display Signs to Encourage Safe Lifting, Seat Belt Use,

Use of Personal Protective Equipment, etc.

Create and Maintain a Health Bulletin Board Designate a Quiet Room for Relaxation/Meditation




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PROGRAMMING SUGGESTIONS

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICIES

Organize Activities Around Health Theme Months Subsidize Fitness/Health Club Memberships Send Periodic Health Tips Via E -mail, Flyers,

Newsletters, Payroll Inserts, etc. Create Departmental Competitions for Miles Walked,

Weight Lost, Hours of Exercise, etc. Acknowledge Participants in Flyers and/or Newsletters Organize Company Olympics to Encourage Exercise

and Team-Building

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION Organize a Health-Related Speaker Series or

Lunch-Hour Discussion Groups Ask a Local Restaurant to Conduct a Lowfat Cooking Class Sponsor a Community Event (e.g. 5K, 10K) and Encourage

Participation of Employees and Their Families Have a Contest for Employees Children to Create Health

Promotional Posters for Work Sponsor School/Parks/Recreation Programs for Health Get Healthy Local Vendors to Sponsor Your

Company Contests




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Key Elements of Effective Workplace Health Programs

Although most health promotion programs are concentrated in largecorporations, most employees are employed by smaller companies. In fact, nearly 60%of U.S. workers are employed by firms with 2-500 employees. Listed here are severalkey elements, which help increase participation in, and effectiveness of, healthpromotion programs:

Demonstrate management support of and involvement in programs. Involve employees in the program planning stage and beyond.

Offer programs at a time and place convenient to employees. Offer incentives (e.g., discounts to health club, cash, recognition). Make program goals clear and identify employee health needs. Reward participants for achievement of program goals. Assure employees that their health status will remain confidential. Offer a variety of programs that meet employee needs. Make the workplace environment support lifestyle change efforts. Help employees understand the implications of health problems (e.g., controlling high blood pressure to prevent heart disease).

One size does not fit all!

The unique needs of your company, and its employees, will determine thecontent, scope and focus of your particular health promotion programs. Some programscan be targeted to meet the needs of high-risk groups (e.g., employees who smoke orhave high cholesterol), while others can be aimed at the entire workforce (e.g., safetytraining, exercise/fitness programs). The most effective programs incorporate the keyelements above, regularly monitor costs and outcomes, and continually revise theprograms as needed.


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A MODEL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM

A model workplace health promotion program, as conceptualized by theUCI Health Promotion Center, consists of permanent organizational commitmentto the health and well-being of all the organization's employees. This is anongoing, cyclic process of implementing health promotion programs with thegreatest potential for improving the health of employees, regularly evaluatingprogram effectiveness, and revising programs as necessary. A model workplacehealth promotion program is comprehensive and focuses on four maincomponents: (1) the individual employee, (2) the physical workplace, (3) theorganization, and (4) the community.

Many companies implement health promotion strategies that focus on theindividual employees . These may be very familiar to you and include:

lifestyle/behavior change programs (e.g., programs to help employees stopsmoking or abusing drugs, lose weight, or better manage stress)

health and safety training (e.g., training employees on general workplacesafety practices and those that apply to their specific jobs)

clinical and preventive services (e.g., screenings and immunizations foremployees and their families)

Companies can also implement health promotion strategies that focus onthe physical work environment . For example:

supplying each employee with furniture that adjusts to fit his/her body installing workplace safety features (e.g., machine guards) putting up safety signage to increase employee safety awareness installing facilities that will encourage employees to lead healthy lives (e.g., an

exercise room, lockers and showers, and vending machines with healthyselections)

managing workplace hazards (e.g., correctly storing toxic chemicals) maintaining a safe and orderly workplace (e.g., avoiding fire hazards)

Although many people do not realize it, there are organizationalstrategies that can improve employee health, too. For example:

considering employee health in the organization's mission statement complying with all health and safety regulations implementing health-related policies such as a no-smoking policy providing a full range of health benefits to employees including employees' families in organizational wellness programs



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A MODEL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM (continued)

There are also health promotion strategies that focus on communityresources. These strategies include:

participating in local health coalitions and collaborating with other businesses,government agencies, and non-profit organizations to develop healthy citiesprograms

offering free and low-cost services through your health care provider or non-profit organizations (see enclosed resource directory for a sample of localnon-profit organizations promoting health)

Many current workplace health promotion programs reach relatively smallnumbers of people, and generally only the most healthy employees. A modelworkplace health promotion program works to involve a large proportion of thecompanys employees, and not just the healthy ones. In fact, all types/levels ofemployees should be involved at each step of program development, becauseonly the employees themselves know what their specific health needs are andwhat types of health promotion programs are likely to be well attended. A modelprogram targets employees most in need of specific health promotionprogramming. A successful program will offer a broad range of health promotionprograms that vary in the level of organizational resource commitment requiredand cost to the individual in terms of time and effort, and it will be accessible andconvenient for the majority of employees.

The UCIHPC believes that a companys adoption of our modelworkplace health promotion program will lead to many positive outcomes for theorganization and its employees. These outcomes may be (1) individual-leveloutcomes, such as improvements in employee health and employee productivity;(2) social outcomes, such as improved social climate and employee morale; (3)organizational outcomes, such as reduced absenteeism and employeeturnover, greater organizational productivity, and reduced workers' compensationand health care costs; (4) environmental outcomes, such as a healthier, lesshazardous work environment; and even (5) community-level outcomes, suchas an improved reputation in the community as an organization that cares for its

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NATIONAL HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES

American Heart Month(800) AHA-USA1 / (714) 856-3555

Wise Health Consumer Month(800) 539-1800 / (810) 539-1808: Fax

February 1: National Girls & Women inSports Day(800) 227-3988 / (516) 542-4716: Fax

March of Dimes Birth Defects PreventionMonth(714) 263-1100 / (914) 428-7100

National Volunteer Blood Donor Month(301) 907-6977

Migraine Awareness Month(800) 843-2256

National Cancer Control Month(800) ACS-2345 / (404) 320-3333

National Alcohol Awareness Month(212) 206-6770 / (212) 645-1690: Fax

National Child Abuse Prevention Month(800) 394-3366 / (312) 663-3520

American Red Cross Month(714) 835-5381 / (703) 206-6000

National Nutrition Month(312) 899-0040

National Poison Prevention Month(415) 332-4066

March 16-22: National PoisonPrevention Week(301) 504-0580 ext. 1184

National Safety Month(847) 699-2929 ext. 218

Cancer in the Sun Month

(415) 332-4066National Headache Awareness Week(800) 843-2256 / (312) 525-7357: Fax

AIDS Walk Orange County(714) 955-1400

J a n u a r y F e b r u a r y


M a r c h A p r i l

National High Blood Pressure EducationMonth(301) 251-1222

National Mental Health Month(703) 684-7722

National Physical Fitness and SportsMonth(202) 690-9000

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NATIONAL HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES

Foot Health Month(312) 856-8811 (contact: Michelle Frigo)

National Eye Exam Month(800) 331-2020

July 13-19: International Massage Week(303) 674-8478 / (303) 674-0859: Fax

Family Health Month(800) 274-2237 / (816) 333-9700

National Crime Prevention Month(419) 535-3232

Breast Cancer Awareness Month(800) 4-CANCER / (800) ACS-2345

JDF Walk to Cure Diabetes(949) 553-0363 / (949) 553-8813: Fax

National Cholesterol EducationAwareness Month(301) 251-1222

Baby Safety Awareness Month(301) 504-0580 / (609) 231-8500

Last Sunday of September:

Family Health & Fitness Day USA(800) 828-8225 / (847) 816-8662: Fax

Safe Toys and Gifts Month(800) 331-2020 / (847) 843-2020

National Drunk and Drugged DrivingAwareness Month(800) 621-7619 / (202) 293-2270

December 1: World AIDS Day(202) 466-5883

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National Diabetes Month(800) 232-3472 / (703) 549-1500

November 20: Great AmericanSmokeout(800) ACS-2345 ext. 100(404) 320-3333

November 23-29: National Family Week(414) 359-1040 / (414) 359-1074: Fax

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BOOKS

Design of Workplace Health Promotion Programs (4th Edition, 1995)

Health Promotion in the Workplace (2nd Edition, 1994)This workbook (1995) accompanies the widely recognized text (1994 )edited by Michael P. O'Donnell. Ph.D., MBA, MPH and Jeffrey S. Harris,MD, MBA, MPH. The workbook can assist both health professionals andbusiness managers (with little health promotion training) in the research,design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotionprogram development. Provides several copy-ready forms for assessingemployee/employer needs and interests. Considers the impact of finance,group process, and organization politics on programs.

Design of Workplace Health Promotion Programs, M.P. ODonnell

Health Promotion in the Workplace, M.P. ODonnell & J.S. Harris(810) 682-0707

Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and DiseasePrevention Objectives (1991)A consensus document of over 22 expert working groups with review andcomment from almost 300 national organizations, all state healthdepartments, the Institute of Medicine, testimony from over 750 individualsand review and comment from over 10,000 people. Contains 22 sets ofobjectives and goals for the nation for the year 2000.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health ServiceGovernment Printing OfficeWashington, DC 20402(202) 512-1800

Healthy People at the Worksite 2000Offers 77 low-cost health promotion ideas for any workplace. Informativebooklet outlines worksite health promotion activities, focusing on areassuch as alcohol, tobacco, nutrition, and exercise.

Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA)7101 Newport AvenueSuite 311, Community Health PlazaOmaha, NE 68152




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BOOKS

Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: A How to Guide for Worksite Health

Promotion Managers (3rd Edition, 1995)Describes how to plan, implement, and evaluate worksite programs;program ideas that work, includes copy-ready forms and surveysdeveloped by Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA).

WELCOA7101 Newport AvenueSuite 311, Community Health PlazaOmaha, NE 68152(402) 572-3590 / (402) 572-3594: Fax

How Employers Are Saving Through Wellness and Fitness Programs(2nd Edition, 1994)Provides information on actual wellness programs implemented incompanies. Covers various topics including smoking cessation, stressmanagement, prenatal care, weight management, etc. Provides costsavings in the various companies.

Editor: Beth-Ann KarberAmerican Business PublishingP.O. BOX 1442

Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442

National Survey of Worksite Health Promotion Activities: SummaryReport (1992)This report examines 1,507 U.S. worksites with over 50 employees.Specifically, the survey assessed the policies, practices, services andfacilities, information, and activities sponsored by employers to improvethe health of their employees, dependents and retirees. The survey wasconducted to measure the growth of worksite health promotion activitiessince the first national survey in 1985.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health ServiceGovernment Printing OfficeWashington, DC 20402(202) 512-1800




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BOOKS

Well Now: A Manager's Guide to Worksite Health Promotion (1992)Provides health promotion managers with practical guidelines to design,implement, and evaluate worksite health promotion programs. It isdesigned to be a primer for health promotion managers. Guide developedby Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA).

WELCOA, James M. Eddy, Ph.D. & Harold S. Kahler, Jr., Ph.D.7101 Newport AvenueSuite 311, Community Health PlazaOmaha, NE 68152(402) 572-3590 / (402) 572-3594: fax

Wellness at Work: a Practical Guide for Health Promotion in SmallBusiness (1988)Originally a guide for worksite wellness in Montana, it has been adaptedfor nationwide use. This manual is written for small business use andprovides examples and practical advice based on what other companieshave done. Includes discussions on cost-effectiveness, employer-employee communication, health risk appraisals, evaluation procedures,and resources for small business health promotion.

WELCOA7101 Newport AvenueSuite 311, Community Health PlazaOmaha, NE 68152(402) 572-3590 / (402) 572-3594: fax

Working for Good Health: Health Promotion and Small Business(1992)Focuses on small businesses (less than 500 employees). Discussesbenefits of health promotion activities and perceived barriers to starting aprogram. Also addresses the role of business coalitions and mental healthpromotion and provides suggestions for small business owners.

Sonia Muchnick-Baku & Sarah OrrickNational Resource Center on Worksite Health Promotion777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 800Washington, DC 20002(202) 408-9320




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RESOURCES

Alzheimers Association of O.C.2540 N. Santiago Boulevard

Orange, CA 92867(714) 283-1111 / (800) 621-0379 (brochures)(714) 438-4380 (education and referral) Advocacy, education, help lines,

information about local resources andservices, patient and family services,research, & support groups.

One of 220 chapters of the NationalAlzheimers Association made up offamily, health care professionals, andfriends fighting Alzheimers.

American Cancer Society O.C. Region1940 E. Deere Avenue, Suite 100Santa Ana, CA 92704(714) 261-9446 / (714) 261-9419: Faxhttp://www.ca.cancer.org Educational materials/programs,

seminars, patient services (e.g., directassistance, low-cost mammograms,rehabilitation and support programs,transport patients to treatment centers,home care and equipment loans, daycamps).

American Diabetes Association - O.C.Chapter1570 Brookhollow Drive, #120Santa Ana, CA 92705(714) 662-7940 / (800) DIABETEShttp://www.diabetes.org Fund research, publish scientific findings,

and provide education and other servicesto people with diabetes, their families,and professionals.

Work to prevent and cure diabetes and toimprove the lives of all people affected bydiabetes.


A variety of Southern California non-profit organizations can assist you by

providing free and low-cost healtheducation materials, lectures, andother services. For more information,please contact the followingorganizations directly or the UCIHPCfor more national non-profit offices. Inaddition, you can access a variety ofhealth promotion Web sites bycontacting the UCIHPC home page(see address inside front cover of thiskit), where we have links to over 300

health-related sites.

The UCIHPC has not performed anyqualitative assessment of theresources listed here. Werecommend that you call theorganizations to verify any changesthat may have occurred since thisprinting.



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RESOURCES


Arthritis Foundation So. Cal. Chapter17155 Newhope, Suite A

Fountain Valley, CA 92708(714) 436-1623 / (714) 436-1625: Faxhttp://www.arthritis.org Provide information on how to adapt to

arthritis. Support research, hold educational

meetings, provide list of doctors andself-care tapes and videos.

American Heart Association - O.C. Region4600 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA 92612 or

P.O. Box 6046, Irvine, CA 92616-6046(714) 856-3555 / (714) 856-3364: Faxhttp://www.amhrt.org Provide worksite programs, information &

referrals (e.g. free individual copies ofeducational pamphlets about preventionand treatment of heart disease, CPRcourses, Heart and Sole Classic[run/walk], Heart to Heart Gala).

Aim to reduce disability and death fromheart disease and stroke.

American Lung Association of O.C.1570 E. 17th StreetSanta Ana, CA 92705(714) 835-5864 / (714) 835-0169: Faxe-mail: [email protected]://www.lungusa.org Educate doctors and other health

professionals, train medical personnel inthe best treatment techniques, supportmedical research, provide informationalmaterial, stimulate community actionagainst lung disease.

Smoking cessation programs & literature.

Cal / OSHA Consultation ServiceOccupational Safety & Health Administration(California)2100 E. Katella Avenue, Suite 220Anaheim, CA 92806(714) 935-2750http://www.dir.ca.gov Provide employers with free, on-site

technical assistance to help keep costsof occupational injury and illnesses at aminimum.

Help owners/managers establish andmaintain a safe and healthful workplace.

American Red Cross O.C. Chapter601 N. Golden Circle DriveP.O. Box 11364Santa Ana, CA 92711(714) 835-5381 / (714) 547-7904: Fax Educate and provide community with

techniques regarding emergency

disaster relief and preparedness, CPRand First Aid, health and safetyeducation programs and youth programs.

Center For Family Counseling - YMCA2 Executive Circle, Suite 200Irvine, CA 92614(714) 442-1000 / (714) 442-1004: Fax Provide individual, children, family, and

group counseling, Employee AssistancePrograms, community education, Project

Reach Out for seniors, crisis hotline, juvenile delinquency prevention. Services available in Spanish.



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RESOURCES


CSP Administration Community Service Programs

16842 Von Karman, Suite 425Irvine, CA 92606(714) 250-0488 / (714) 251-1659: Faxe-mail: [email protected] Rehabilitation programs: youth service,

resolution services, Families First, gangprevention, youth shelter, victim/witnessassistance, domestic violenceassistance.

Center of Hope Counseling14140 Beach Boulevard, Suite 113

Westminster, CA 92683(714) 898-8155(714) 891-8681: Fax (call first) Provide individual, marriage, family, child

abuse, alcohol/drug abuse, and domesticviolence counseling. Eating disorder andparenting classes.

County of Orange - Drug Abuse Services1125 North Magnolia AvenueAnaheim, CA 92801(714) 490-5258 / (714) 520-7998: Fax Provide crisis intervention, counseling

and therapy, assessment & evaluation,community outreach, prevention-education, program for adolescents andtheir families.

Services for hearing impaired.

Easter Seal Society O.C. Region1661 North Raymond Avenue, Suite 100Anaheim, CA 92801(714) 441-3070 / (714) 441-3477: Fax Provide rehabilitation services,

technological assistance, disabilityprevention, advocacy, and publiceducation programs (e.g. informationabout the Americans with DisabilitiesAct).

Help people with disabilities achieveindependence.

County of Orange - Health Care AgencyTobacco Use Prevention Program12 Civic Center Plaza, Stuite 127Santa Ana, CA 92701(714) 541-1444 (English)(714) 834-2192 (Spanish)(714) 834-2909 (Vietnamese)

(714) 834-3492: Fax Quit smoking phone counseling,

seminars and self help materials. Tobacco prevention activities with

Orange County youths, including videos.

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation2031 Orchard Drive, Suite 250Newport Beach, CA 92663(714) 263-1100 / (714) 263-1195: Faxe-mail: [email protected] Workplace and school-based programs.

Dedicated to improving the health ofbabies by preventing birth defects, lowbirth weight, and infant mortality throughCommunity service, Advocacy,Research, and Education (C.A.R.E.).



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Orange County Council on Aging1300 South Grand Avenue, Bldg. B

Santa Ana, CA 92705(714) 567-7555 / (714) 567-5021: Faxe-mail: [email protected]://www.oc.ca.gov/aging/ Offers referrals to care centers and

nursing, acts as an ombudsman betweenthe facility and the patient.

Mental Health Association of O.C.822 Town and Country Road

Orange, CA 92868(714) 547-7559 / (714) 543-4431: Faxe-mail: [email protected]://www.mha.oc.org Offer medication management services,

rehabilitation services, and peer groups. Emphasize clients strengths, self-help,

and personal growth.

National Council on Alcoholism & DrugDependence of Orange County22471 Aspen Street, Suite 103Lake Forest, CA 92630(714) 770-2189 / (714) 770-4660: Fax Rehabilitation centers, shelters, driving

programs. Highly visible source of information in our

region for education, prevention,intervention, and referral to treatmentprograms for alcoholism and otherdrug/chemical dependency.

Orange County Wellness Coalitionc/o Tim Barr, OCWC AdministratorHealth Net3187 Redhill Avenue, Suite 200Costa Mesa, CA 92626http://www.ocwellness.org Promote appropriate demand on the

health care system by providing qualityeducation, training & resource network.

Monthly meetings/speakers discussingdifferent health promotion topics.

Annual resource and member directory.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - O.C.17500 Redhill Avenue, Suite 240Irvine, CA 92614(714) 752-1680 / (800) 486-MSOCe-mail: [email protected]://www.nmss.org Provide information and referral, newly

diagnosed support, lending library, jobs,education, support groups, research,exercise programs, medical equipmentloans, peer supporter training, advocacy.

One of over 140 chapters providing freeservices.

YMCA of Orange County(check local listings for location nearest you)YMCA Program Store(800) 747-0089 / (217) 351-1549: Fax Programs in areas such as aquatics,

child care, community development,family, health and fitness, sports, teen

leadership, volunteerism.


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