1. CDC Workplace Health Tools and Resources
Jason Lang, MPH, MS
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
June 16, 2011
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2. Learning Objectives
 Describe CDC’s health promotion framework and
strategy for chronic disease prevention in the
workplace.
 Provide examples of CDC Workplace Health
information, tools, resources, and guidance
 Discuss ongoing efforts to develop additional
Workplace Health resources
Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention TM

3. Reasons Employers Are Not Taking Action
 Lack of:
– Resources
– Understanding of health risk/conditions and
effective interventions
– Capacity
– Publicly available tools
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4. CDC Organizational Priorities
 Mission: Collaborating to create the
expertise, information, and tools that
people and communities need to protect
their health – through health promotion,
prevention of disease, injury and
disability, and preparedness for new
health threats
 Priorities
– Strengthen surveillance and epidemiology
– Improving support to states and localities
– Improving policy effectiveness, including
health reform
– Better address the leading causes of death
and disability
– Provide global health leadership TM

5. Workplace Health Goals
 Create the standard for what employers should do; and
how to measure progress
 Increase the number of employers that provide
workplace health promotion programs
 Improve the quality of employer efforts
– Implement cross-cutting interventions that address
multiple outcomes simultaneously
– Apply existing, categorical, evidenced-based
interventions in a comprehensive, strategic, and
sustained fashion
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6. CDC’s Roles in Promoting a
Healthy Workforce
 Expand the science base for effective prevention
approaches at the workplace
 Promote action through partnerships
 Monitor workplace policies, programs and practices
 Provide high quality information that addresses
business needs
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7. Expand the Science Base for Effective
Prevention Approaches at the
Workplace
 Determine effective interventions to prevent chronic
disease that are relevant for the workplace
 Translate the interventions with the most rigorous
evaluations and evidence for effectiveness in workplace
settings
 Disseminate resources and tools to employers that
address business needs
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8. The Guide to Community Preventive
Services – (The Community Guide)
 Summarizes what is known about the effectiveness,
economic efficiency, and feasibility of interventions to
promote health and prevent disease
www.thecommunityguide.org
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9. Community Guide Worksite Reviews
www.thecommunityguide.org/worksite/index.html
 Deceasing Tobacco Use in Worksite Settings (2000)
 Promoting Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (2001-
2007)
 Interventions to Promote Seasonal Influenza Vaccinations
(2008)
 Assessment of Health Risks with Feedback (AHRF)
(2008)
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10. Peer Reviewed Publications
www.cdc.gov/pcd TM

11. A Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
 Developed by CDC, the
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
(AHRQ), and the National
Business Group on Health
(NBGH)
 Recommended clinical
preventive services for health
benefits design
 Targeted to all health care
purchasers (public and
private)
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12. Purchaser’s Guide 2.0
http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/preventive
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13. Physical Activity Guidelines Employer
Toolkit
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14. Health and Sustainability Guidelines for
Federal Concessions and Vending Operations
http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/guidelines/food
-service-guidelines.htm
 Goal of the Guidelines
is to assist contractors
in increasing healthy
food and beverage
choices and
sustainable practices
at federal worksites
 Translates the 2010
Dietary Guidelines for
Americans
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15. Promote Action Through Partnership
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16. Partnership for Prevention
http://www.prevent.org/Initiatives/Leading-by-Example.aspx
 Leading by Example (LBE): Leading
Practices for Employee Health
Management (2007)
 Investing in Health (2008)
 Community Health Promotion Action
Guides (2008)
 LBE Resource Guide for Small and
Mid-size Employers (2011)
 Creating Healthy Communities
through Corporate Engagement
(2011)
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17. Leading by Example Employer Guides
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18. Leading by Example: The Value of Worksite
Health Promotion to Small and Medium-
Sized Employers
 Small Employer Sidebars
 Business Case
 Wellness Strategies and
Interventions
 Health Management
Initiative Assessment
 Invitation to Join the Leading
by Example Initiative
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19. Support for Business Cooperative
Agreement
 National Business
Group on Health
– Employer Case Studies
– Monthly Health Tips to
Members
– Purchaser’s Guide to
Clinical Preventive
Services: Moving Science
into Coverage
– Tobacco: The Business of
Quitting Website
(http://www.businessgroup
health.org/tobacco/)
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20. Support for Business Cooperative
Agreement
 National Safety
Council
– Development and
delivery of Web-based
safety and health
decision support tools
with Information on best
practices for employee
health management
and development of
effective health and
safety promotion
programs
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21. National Safety Council Off the Job
Resource
http://beyondworkplace.nsc.org
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22. Support for Business Cooperative Agreement
 National Business
Coalition on Health
– Community Health
Partnerships
– Diabetes Seed
Grant Program
– eValue8
– Health Risk
Appraisals (HRA)
at the Worksite:
Basics for HRA
Decision Making www.nbch.org TM

23. School Employee Wellness Guide
www.schoolempwell.org
 Developed with Directors of
Health Promotion and
Education (DHPE)
 Addresses 4% of the
nation’s workforce
 Addresses the Employee
Wellness component of the
coordinated school health
model
 Provides a model for
establishing programs and
tools to implement them
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24. Monitor workplace policies, programs and
practices
CDC HealthScoreCard (HSC)
 Update of original Heart Check and Heart Check Lite
assessment tools
 Emphasis on heart disease and stroke prevention
 Approximately 100 item instrument
 Assist employers in creating healthier worksites through
organizational questions (program, policy, and practice) that
identify best practice, opportunities, and gaps
 Comprehensive in organization and content
 Conduct reliability, validity, and feasibility with employers
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25. CHANGE Assessment Tool
Community Health Assessment aNd Group Evaluation
 Purpose of the CHANGE
tool
– Capture current snapshot
of the community
– Group activity/consensus
building
 5 Sectors: Community,
Worksite, School,
Community-Based
Institution, and Healthcare
 Modules: Demographics,
Physical Activity, Nutrition,
Tobacco Use, Chronic
Disease Management,
http://www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/ Leadership, & After-School
change.htm
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26. Provide high quality information in
Business Terms that Address Business
Needs
 Enhance communication by
 Developing effective employer and community
communication and education programs focused on the
benefits of and options for health promotion and
disease and injury prevention, and
 Using proven marketing and social marketing
techniques to promote individual behavioral and
community change
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27. CDC Workplace Health Promotion Toolkit
and Portal
www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion
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28. CDC LEANWorks!
www.cdc.gov/leanworks
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29. Healthier Worksite Initiative (HWI)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/hwi/index.htm
 Began October 2002
as an internal
initiative for worksite
health promotion to
become a part of
CDC culture
 Expanded to include
development of tools
to share information
and lessons learned
with other federal
agencies
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30. Tobacco Cessation Resources
www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/implementation/topics/tobacco-use.html
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31. Successful Business Strategies to Prevent
Heart Disease and Stroke Toolkit
 Provides information on
recommended preventive health
benefits and services and worksite
health promotion interventions
 Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/
employers_toolkit.htm
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32. Moving into Action Guides
 Updates to 2005 guides
 Target Audiences: Governors,
State Legislators, Local Leaders,
and Employers
 Comprehensive approach
through policy and legislation
 Examples with sample policy
language, highlights, emerging
opportunities, tools and
resources, and testimonials
 Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/mov
ing_into_action.htm
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33. National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) Business Health
Strategy Workgroup (BHS) Goals and Partners
 To increase awareness of the
benefits of quality diabetes care
among employers, benefits
managers and managed care
decision makers
 To provide employers, health plans
and employees with tools and
information for incorporating
diabetes education programs into
the workplace
 To promote the value of investing
in prevention
 Available at:
www.Diabetesatwork.org and
www.ndep.nih.gov
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34. Integration of Traditional Occupational
Health with Health Promotion
WorkLife
A National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health Initiative
www.cdc.gov/niosh/worklife
 Essential Elements of Effective
Workplace Programs
 Stress…At Work
 Resources Page: 99 Web-Links
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35. CDC Workplace Health Promotion Toolkit
and Portal
www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion
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36. CDC Workplace Health Promotion Toolkit
and Portal
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37. Orientation Videos
http://bcove.me/r43dob93
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38. Other CDC Access Portals
www.cdc.gov/workplace
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39. Community Health Resources Web Portal
www.cdc.gov/communityhealthresources
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40. Walking the Walk – CDC’s Wellness
Program
 Tobacco Cessation
 Garden Markets
 Stairwell Campaign
 Fall Flu Campaign
 Go Green Get Healthy
 Walking Clubs
 Occupational Health Clinics
 Lifestyles Program
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41. Acknowledgements
 Wendy Heaps – Office of the Associate Director for Policy, CDC
 Casey Chosewood – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
CDC
 Pam Allweiss – National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, CDC
 Dyann Matson Koffman – National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, CDC
 Tina Lankford – National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, CDC
 Bo Kimsey – National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, CDC
 Suzanne Mercure – National Business Coalition on Health
 Tess Benham – National Safety Council
 Ron Finch – National Business Group on Health
 Katherine Ruffatto – Partnership for Prevention
 Amy Slonim and Margaret Hawkins - AARP TM

42. Thank You
Contact Information:
Jason Lang
jlang@cdc.gov
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