Other Healthy Choices Toolkits
The toolkits in this section are designed specifically for work sites
to encourage "healthy choices" and may contain checklists, step-by-step
guides, budgets, and other tools that aid in program planning, design, and
management. Before implementing any of these interventions, the toolkits
should be selected and evaluated based on the identified needs of your
employee population. Fees may also be associated with some of these
toolkits.
CDC toolkits are designated with
.
Federal Resources
Business Responds
to AIDS Labor Leader’s Kit*
The Labor Leader’s Kit, developed by CDC’s Business/Labor Responds to AIDS
program, includes all the resources labor leaders need to build
comprehensive HIV/AIDS work place programs.
Business
Responds to AIDS Manager’s Kit*
The Manager’s Kit, developed by CDC’s Business/Labor Responds to AIDS
program, includes all the resources businesses need to build comprehensive
HIV/AIDS work place programs.
Flu Toolkit
Developed by the Veterans Health Administration for the flu
season, this toolkit includes posters, a revised manual, and many resource
links to help you put together a successful immunization campaign.
Making Your Workplace Smokefree: A Decision Maker’s Guide
Developed by CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, this handbook offers
practical and proven strategies for implementing successful, comprehensive
smoking policies in a variety of work settings.
Telephone Quitlines: A
Resource for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation 
(PDF-3.8Mb)
Developed by CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, this guide is intended to
help state health departments, health care organizations, and employers to
contract for and monitor telephone-based tobacco cessation services.
State Resources
5 a Day — 5 a
Week*
This guide book provides how-to information on implementing and evaluating
the 4-week, 5 a Day – 5 a Week program. Developed by the Texas Department of
Health, the program encourages eating five servings of fruits and vegetables
each day, being physically active at least five days a week, and doing five
stress-reducing activities per week.
Good Work! Resource Kit*
The Good Work! Resource Kit was developed to help work sites interested in
developing low-cost ways to support employee health and productivity by
providing successful techniques used by Maine businesses. Included in the
resource kit is information about creating, writing, and implementing a
smoke-free policy.
NC HealthSmart Worksite Wellness Toolkit*
The NC HealthSmart Worksite Wellness Toolkit is a collection of guidelines
and ready-to-use materials to organize a worksite wellness committee and
implement worksite wellness programs. The Toolkit is comprised of five
workbooks – one on starting or enhancing an effective wellness committee,
and four resource books that address the main aspects of a healthy
lifestyle: healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco cessation and stress
management.
Tobacco-Free Workplace Tool Kit
The Tobacco-Free Workplace Tool Kit, developed by the Arkansas
Department of Health and Human Services, provides step-by-step instructions
for making a business or organization tobacco free.
Worksite Resource Kit*
(PDF-565k)
This Worksite Resource Kit was designed by the Colorado Physical Activity
and Nutrition Program for all work sites to gain resources and program ideas
to start or further work site wellness initiatives. This kit primarily
focuses on improving physical activity and nutrition, but also includes an
array of strategies and action steps for conducting health fairs and
preventive health screenings.
Other Resources
Doing Well
by Being Well: Designing Win-Win Employee Wellness Programs*
(PDF-290k)
Developed by the Healthy Ohioans Business Council, this guide includes a
health fair planning guide, resources to help develop a work site wellness
program, and examples of strategies and tactics that have proven successful
in the Ohio business community.
Employers’ Smoking Cessation Guide: Practical Approaches to a Costly
Workplace Problem*
A resource developed by Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy,
the Employers’ Smoking Cessation Guide is a tool to help employers enact
affordable, effective smoking cessation programs in their companies and
initiate smoking policies in the work place.
Health Fairs: Bring Healthy Events to Your Employees*
(PDF-57k)
As part of their Wellness in Action at Work toolkit, BlueCross of
Northeastern Pennsylvania offers planning steps and a vendor needs
assessment form to organize a health fair at their work site.
Make
it Your Business: Insure a Tobacco-Free Workforce*
Developed by the Tobacco-Free Coalition of Oregon, this employer’s toolkit
makes a case for helping employees quit tobacco, offers promotional tools,
and provides a step-by-step guide for those who want to insure a
tobacco-free workforce.
Michigan Smoke-Free Hospitals*
This University of Michigan Health System CD-ROM resource is designed as a
tool for hospitals interested in implementing a smoke-free campus (no
smoking both indoors and outdoors).
Workplace Safety Is
No Accident: An Employer's Online Toolkit to Protect Employees and
Volunteers*
The work place safety toolkit is available in a nonprofit version and a
special edition for public entities. It includes information on setting up a
work place safety program and provides links to detailed information on
special topics, such as work place stress and violence.
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: May 22, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
