Resources
The wellness resources listed below are provided to give you the data, guidance, and evidence-based examples for developing, implementing and expanding your agency wellness program. New resources will be added as they become available. If you do not find the resource you need listed here, contact the Worksite Wellness Texas Team for help.
Worksite Wellness Data and Evidence
- Obesity in (Corporate) America: Large Employer Concerns and Strategies of Response. Private Sector Responses to Overweight and Obesity. North Carolina Medical Journal
- Presenteeism – The Big Deal About Not Being Fully Present. Many workers and even some managers assume that showing up at work is important to get the job done. But work results are always changing, and many employees do little or no work on some workdays each year. Risk & Insurance Magazine
Resources for Developing a Wellness Plan
- DSHS Wellness Program Activity Interest Survey – Sample Survey
- Manual for Developing a Worksite Wellness Plan. Guide and basic starting point for creating an employee wellness plan. This document contains an outline to help look into, plan, and complete programs, policies, and helpful changes within the work setting.
- Developing an Organizational Employee Wellness Plan – Sample Outline. This outline is intended to be a starting point to guide state agencies in creating their own wellness plan. The outline talks about things to consider, but each agency will need to add additional information about what will be a good activity for the agency.
- CDC Workplace Health Strategies
Sample Wellness Policies
- Department of State Health Services Tobacco-Free Campus Policy
- Texas Education Agency Wellness Policies
- Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts Wellness Policy
- Board of Nursing Wellness Policy
- Board of Nursing Exercise Policy
Funding Opportunities
It is rare to find organizations that want to provide funds for your program. Usually, a worksite must build a list of organizations that usually fund worksite programs and keep track of their activities. A worker may be assigned to build a list of organizations and keep track of activities to make sure those organizations are found as soon as possible.
Or, a worksite may create an invitation for organizations to get involved in their wellness activities,. Worksites provide contact to adult populations, which can begin activities in different locations, for all kinds of people that may have different kinds of health problems.
The following sites offer information on searching for funding:
The following resources are helpful for learning more about evaluating worksite wellness programs:
- The CDC's introduction and guide to evaluating worksite wellness interventions
- Wellness Council of America- Worksite Wellness Program Evaluation Best Practices
- CDC resources for additional evaluation topics
2024 Statewide Wellness & Benefits Coordinator Conference
Below is a list of the sessions featured at the 2024 conference. To access the slides presented at each session, click on the session title.
- Keynote Address – Tedd & Janet Mitchell, MDs, Chancellor & First Lady, Texas Tech University System
- WebMD Buena Vida Overview, Lacy Wolff, Statewide Well-being Initiatives Coordinator, Employees Retirement System of Texas
- Vendor Overviews:
- Healthy Eating at Worksites : Food Service Guidelines, Madeline Lasell Gardner, MPH, RD, LD, CDCES, Nutrition Coordinator, DSHS
- Working Well in Texas : Government Code 664, Lesley Jimenez, MA, MPH, Statewide Wellness Coordinator, DSHS
- Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites, Tina Castellanos, MPA, IBCLC, Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program Coordinator, DSHS