Building Healthy Texans
A guide to lower health-care costs and more productive employees

Building Healthy Texans Worksite Wellness Toolkit To request a copy of the toolkit or for further information, please contact , Department of State Health Services.

This toolkit, developed in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, is a guide to help Texas employers develop and improve programs for employee wellness.

The toolkit has three components:

• A section describing the benefits to employers of launching a successful worksite wellness program.
• A section describing the essential steps required to launch a successful program.
• Texas success stories, including those from school districts, municipalities, mid-size employers, and large employers.

File Download

Individual items found in the toolkit are provided as PDF files below (PDF viewing information).

	Letter from Commissioner Worksite Wellness - Reap the Benefits of Health (59 kb)
	Why Invest in Worksite Wellness? (27 kb)
	What Do Worksite Wellness Programs Cost? (54 kb)
	Choosing the Right Type of Worksite Wellness Program (53 kb)
	Success Story - Public Sector (61 kb)
	Success Story - School District (54 kb)
	How Do I Get Started? (Executive Summary of how-to) (19 kb)
	Developing Management Support · Wellness Advisory Team (39 kb)
	Organizational Assessment · Vision and Mission (39 kb)
	Wellness Plan · Incentive Strategy (34 kb)
	Communications to Employees (137 kb)
	Success Story · Large Employeer (71 kb)
	Success Story · Medium Sized Employeer (75 kb)
	Sources & Resources (35 kb)
	View/print entire toolkit (733 kb)

Last Updated November 2, 2005