What We Do
Live Well @ Work utilizes a variety of strategies and tools to support businesses through the process of crafting healthier workplace environments. From assessing worksites to developing wellness brands to program implementation and evaluation, Live Well @ Work will ensure that your organization’s wellness plan is successful.
ASSESSMENT
- Conduct the Health ScoreCard, an easy-to-use tool to assess the worksite’s current food and physical activity environments, culture of health, and wellness efforts.
- Identify and interpret worksites health promotion needs from the results of employer assessment.
- Develop an employer-specific action plan based on identified areas of interest.
ENGAGEMENT
- Present the business case to secure management participation and support in starting or expanding employee wellness programs.
- Support in establishing a wellness committee comprised of staff representing different levels of an organization.
EDUCATION
- Assist in developing a unique wellness brand to effectively market program messages and engage employee participation.
- Provide a variety of marketing and educational tools such as posters, brochures, cookbooks, and wellness board materials to strengthen program efforts.
- Assist in connecting organizations with community partners to facilitate lunch and learns, seminars, and classes.
- Distribute monthly Live Well @ Work newsletters featuring a free events calendar, healthy recipes ideas, and additional resources for improving employee wellness.
ENVIRONMENT
- Create environmental supports that encourage healthy behaviors in the workplace.
- Develop a campaign to promote safe, inviting stairwells that encourages employees to take the stairs more often.
- Support in identifying safe, walkable routes to healthy places close by to encourage physical activity.
- Connect employers to local farmers to have fresh produce delivered directly to the worksite.
- Support employers in implementing healthy menu guidelines that set nutrition standards for their onsite employee cafeteria and dining facilities.
POLICY
- Support the development or revision of workplace polices to help support employees achieve healthy lifestyles.
- Assist in creating healthy meeting policies that promotes healthy choices at workplace meetings, gatherings, and events.
- Facilitate the development of a healthy vending policy to provide healthy food and beverage options in employee vending machines at a discounted rate.