Promoting Healthy Worksites: The California Way

Presented By:

Chris Tompkins, MS, MBA – Marketing Specialist

Jacqueline Cheung, MBA – Program Manager

Network for a Healthy California-Worksite Program

Goal of Network for a Healthy California-Worksite Program

To reduce the risk of chronic diseases

such as cancer, heart disease, type 2

diabetes, and obesity by empowering

low-income workers to eat the daily

recommended amounts of fruits and

vegetables and engage in physical

activity every day.

What makes California unique?

California is diverse, racially and ethnically

2009 U.S. Census Bureau

California National

Hispanic 37.0% 15.8%

Asian American and

Pacific Islanders

13.1% 4.8%

African Americans 6.6% 12.9%

Non-Hispanic Whites 41.7% 65.1%

Cost to California

• 61% increase in obesity from

2001 – 2009

• Overweight and obesity

– 41.2 billion – 21.0 billion

• Physical inactivity

– 20.2 billion – half comes from

lost productivity

• 5% reduction of overweight,

obesity, and physical

inactivity

– 2.4 billion per year

• 2009 California Dietary Practices Survey

Belief of healthy lifestyles

In a survey polling 1248 Americans ages

25-44, 8 of 10 Americans believe they live

healthy lifestyles.

In the same group 3 of 10 Americans, are

actually living healthy lifestyles by eating the

daily recommended amounts of fruits and

vegetables and being physically active every

day.

American Stroke Association

Why Implement Worksite Programs?

• 3/5 working-age Californians are

currently employed

– Worksites are a viable place to promote

fruit and vegetable consumption and

physical activity

Worksite Program Funding and

Target Population

Network for a Healthy California – Worksite Program

is funded from USDA SNAP, known in California as

CalFresh (formerly Food Stamps)

CalFresh provides assistance to low-income

households and can help buy nutritious foods for

better health

CalFresh information, call 1-877-847-3663

Important nutrition information, visit

www.cachampionsforchange.net

Worksite Program target industries

• Agricultural Industry

– Packing Plants

– Farming

– Equipment Manufacturers

• Retail Industry

– Ex. Cardenas Market, Northgate Market

• Hotel Industry

– Ex. Hilton, Pinnacle, Doubletree

• Non Profit/For Profit Companies

– Ex. Goodwill Industries, Corcoran YMCA

Regional Map

California Fit Business Kit

• Based on sound research

•10 Free Tools

•http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CPNS/Pages/WorksiteProgram.aspx

Why the California Fit Business Kit?

Comprehensive program that offers nutrition and physical

activity education

10 tools to help employers and their employees create

sustainable environmental changes

Improve employee health, productivity, and morale while

reducing absenteeism

Sell-in Brochure

• Informational brochure

– Benefits of worksite wellness programs

– Aspects of the California Fit Business Kit

– Success stories

– Common questions and answers

– How to get started

Check for Health

– Evaluating the culture of health in

your organization

• Workforce characteristics

• Insurance

• Health promotion programs and

services

• Food environment

• Physical activity

• Policies and incentives

• Administrative support

• Health forms and values

• Individual characteristics

Wellness Committee

• Primary infrastructure sustaining long-

term health promotion in worksites

– Establishing a worksite wellness

committee

– Getting started: Identify and recruit

members

– First Meeting: Bring the committee

together

– Second Meeting: Review survey results

– Third Meeting: Action plan & find funding

– Fourth Meeting: Check your progress

– Fifth Meeting: Check your progress

– Sixth Meeting: Year end evaluation

Healthy Meeting • Ideas for healthy food options at

meetings

– Snacks during meetings• Fresh fruits and vegetables

• 100% fruit and vegetable juices

• Water and tea

• Vegetable spreads

– Hummus and pesto

• Whole grain products

– Breads, bagels, rolls, muffins, brown

rice, whole grain cereals

– Meals during meetings• Fresh variety of colorful vegetables and

fruits

• Sandwiches

– Sliced low fat cheeses, Lean meats,

Low fat spreads

• Side dishes

– Tasty beans, Peas, Lentils

Healthy Vending

• Food Standards– Mandatory Nutrition Standards

– Recommended Nutrition Standards

– Mandatory Pricing/Placement Standards

• Beverage Standards– Mandatory Nutrition Standards

– Mandatory Pricing/Placement Standards

Healthy Dining

• Healthy dining entrée

guidelines

– Calories

– Fat

– Cholesterol

– Sodium

• Healthy dining guidelines

for

– Side dishes

– Appetizers

– Desserts

Take Action!www.takeactionca.com

• 10 week, web-based

program– Employees set their own goals

for fruit and vegetable

consumption or physical activity

• Planning phase

• Promotion phase

• Activity phase

• Evaluation phase

Produce Deliveries or Fruit Club

• Encourages employers

to increase employee

access to healthy food

options at work

– Step by step instructions

on how to order fresh

fruits and vegetables from

local farmers

Physical Activity Club

• Suggestions for offering

physical activity to

accommodate the needs

of all your employees

– Step by step

instructions for starting,

maintaining and

evaluating physical

activity clubs

Healthy Stairwells

• Suggests how to

introduce physical activity

by including stairwell use

at the worksite

– Stairwell basics

– Creating attractive and inviting

stairwells

– Encouraging stairwell use

– Safety

– Additional resources

Farmers’ Market

• Guide to set up

and maintain a

farmers’ market at

or near your

worksite

Worksite Wellness Resource Directory

• Lists all the regional

worksite wellness

resources that can be

used to develop a

worksite wellness

program within the

specific region

Network for a Healthy CaliforniaCookbooks

Healthy Eating Posters

Physical Activity Posters

Future Ideas to Evolve the Worksite Program

• Developing new/current partnerships

• Training regional staff for industry

specific sell-ins

• Restructuring/Changing the California

Fit Business Kit Tools

– Expanding the PA component

• Tool and Packet

– Working w/ other campaigns &

programs, revising current tools,

developing new tools

Resources

• California Fit Business Kit:http://www.takeactionca.com/california-fit-business-kit-tools.asp

• Take Action! :

http://www.takeactionca.com/

• Worksite Program: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CPNS/Pages/WorksiteProgram.aspx

• Champions for Change website: http://www.cachampionsforchange.net/en/index.php

For More Information Contact:

Chris Tompkins, Marketing Specialist

Network for a Healthy California – Worksite Program

Christopher.Tompkins@cdph.ca.gov

(916) 449-5438

Or

Jacqueline Cheung, Program Manager

Network for a Healthy California – Worksite Program

Jacqueline.Cheung@cdph.ca.gov

(916) 319-9289

www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CPNS/Pages/WorksiteProgram.aspx