Educating Business Leaders on Designing a Health-Workplace Environment to Promote Health, Safety and Well-Being 143 rd APHA Annual Meeting| Chicago, IL November 4,

Who We Are Nonprofit Initiative from the University of Colorado School of Public Health –Launched in July 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

4 Why the Workplace?

5 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

7 What is workplace wellness?

Pillars of Wellness SocialPhysical Mental & Emotional Financial Investing in a balanced portfolio

Creating the Building Blocks for Wellness 10 LeadershipResources Assessing Needs Goals & Priorities Integrate Systems Employee Engagement CommunicationEvaluation

Healthy Business Certification 11 Scores on 8 Benchmarks Education Tool Immediate Feedback Tailored Solutions

Certified Healthy Business Certified Healthy Business Partner Certified 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 Health Employees (demographics, health equity) Community Geographic Region Industry

15 Capacity Building Hands-On Approach Research-Based Educational Mission for Sustainability

+ 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 Go to healthlinkscolorado.org and apply for advising and certification today! 17

Resources Comprehensive worksite wellness information for all organizations: CDC National Healthy Worksite Program: Comprehensive worksite wellness information (designed for state and federal government but has resources for all organizations): CDC National Healthier Worksite Initiative: Integration of NIOSH and workplace health promotion, with comprehensive resources: Total Worker Health: General guide, resources, and framework: CDC Worksite Health Promotion:

Resources Evidence-based interventions specific to workplace: The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Assessment tool, and program ideas: CDC Worksite Health Scorecard Manual: Comprehensive evidence-based resources on a variety of workplace wellness topics: resources.pdf resources.pdf Wellness information targeting hospitals: Healthy Hospital Choices: eb.pdf eb.pdf