Here you’ll find web-based resources to help your
business rise to the Challenge and put prevention first!
Resources
Physical Activity
Nutrition
Quitting Tobacco Use
Tobacco-free Worksites
Worksite Wellness
Preventive Health Insurance Benefits
Consulting Services
General Tools
Healthcare Costs and Prevention Investments Worksheets
Diabetes Prevention & Support Questionnaire
Papers and Other Published Tools
Physical Activity
NC Good Health Directory
www.ncgoodhealthdirectory.com
Search the NC Good Health Directory for physical activity-related
resources near you.
Be Active North Carolina
Site Link
Be Active North Carolina offers advice on how to turn your worksite
into an active one.
Eat Smart, Move More...NC
www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com
This website offers resources to help worksites focus on eating smart and moving more.
America on the Move
www.americaonthemove.org
America on the Move urges Americans to aim for an extra
2,000 steps a day, and encourages them to join as individuals or groups to work
toward this goal.
National Association for Health and
Fitness
http://www.physicalfitness.org/nehf.html
The National Association for Health and Fitness has a National Employee
Health and Fitness division which advocates physically active businesses, as
well as organizing the annual National Employee Health and Fitness Day.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
website offers a variety of ideas and resources for increasing
physical activity.
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Nutrition
NC Good Health Directory
www.ncgoodhealthdirectory.com
Search the NC Good Health Directory for nutrition-related resources
near you.
Eat Smart, Move More...NC
www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com
This website offers resources to help worksites focus on eating smart and moving more.
To view guidelines for healthy foods and beverages at meetings, gatherings and events,
click here.
Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining
Program (Snack list)
Site Link
The Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining Program
is a nutrition program that identifies healthy snacks
for workplace vending machines.
Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining
Program (Program information)
www.winnerscirclehealthydining.com
The Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining program uses one consistent logo—a purple star with a gold fork—
to identify healthy foods anywhere people eat away from home. The program can be implemented in worksites.
Weight Watchers
www.weightwatchers.com
Weight Watchers connects participants with healthy eating strategies
and plans.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Site Link
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
website offers a variety of ideas and
resources for improving nutrition, including information on
choosing healthier foods for meetings and conferences.
NC Cooperative Extension
www.ces.ncsu.edu/HealthNutrition/
North Carolina State University’s NC Cooperative
Extension includes a variety of advice and links relating to North Carolinians’
health and nutrition needs.
Shape Up
America
www.shapeup.org
Shape Up America is a “non-profit organization dedicated to achieving
healthy weight for life.” Their website includes access to directories, portion
control guidelines, and nutrition information.
American Dietetic Association
www.eatright.org
The American Dietetic Association offers
nutrition guidelines, a list of registered dietitians, and MyPyramid, a tool
for figuring out personal food group portions.
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
The American Diabetes
Association advises visitors on exercise, nutrition, and diabetes prevention.
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Quitting Tobacco Use
NC Good Health Directory
www.ncgoodhealthdirectory.com
Search the NC Good Health Directory for tobacco-quitting resources near
you.
Great American Smokeout
Site Link
The American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout website displays
a list of strategies for creating tobacco cessation programs in the
workplace.
Quit Now NC!
www.quitnownc.org
Quit Now NC! has a
website with information and resources for people interested in learning more
about quitting.
NC Quitline
The Quitline is a free hotline for tobacco users wanting to quit.
1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
website offers a variety of ideas and
resources for quitting tobacco use.
National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/tobacco
The National Cancer Institute website has a wealth of information
on tobacco, cancer, and prevention strategies and benefits.
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Tobacco-free Worksites
Working Smoke Free
http://www.workingsmokefree.com/
Working Smoke Free maintains a database of smoke-free businesses in North
Carolina, as well as resources on establishing a smoke-free worksite policy.
Make It Your Business: Insure a Tobacco-Free Workforce
www.makeityourbusiness.net/
Make It Your Business urges businesses and insurance companies to voluntarily cover and promote help for smokers who want to quit. The website includes an Employer's Toolkit and additional resources for tobacco-free worksites.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Training, Education and
Research (EnTER) Program
www.fammed.unc.edu/enter/
The
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Training, Education and Research (EnTER)
Program at the University of North Carolina offers training,
consultations, and presentations on how to advocate for smoke-free policies.
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Worksite Wellness
Saving Dollars and Making Sense: A Comprehensive Guide to Workforce Health Promotion
Site Link
The Saving Dollars and Making Sense Management Guide is an easy step-by-step guide that will help businesses implement a comprehensive workforce health promotion program and will ultimately help keep your health costs under control.
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Preventive Health Insurance Benefits
Preventive Benefits Profile
Site Link
The Preventive Benefits Profile is a web-based profile of the preventive benefits offered by private and public health insurance
plans in NC. NC Prevention Partners maintains the profile.
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General Tools
Healthcare Costs and Prevention Investments Worksheets
Healthcare Costs Worksheet
Use this worksheet to collect the general healthcare costs of your business.
To gain a more complete understanding of the variability of these costs,
it is recommended that your business tracks them on an annual basis.
Prevention & Wellness Investments Worksheet
Use this worksheet to collect the general prevention and wellness
investments of your business. To gain a more complete understanding of the variability of these investments,
it is recommended that your business track them on an annual basis.
Employee Population Profile Worksheet
Use this worksheet to summarize and track the general
characteristics and the leading health behaviors of your employee population on an annual basis.
Diabetes Prevention & Support Questionnaire
Diabetes Prevention & Support Questionnaire
Use this questionnaire to determine the strength of your business’ Diabetes Prevention & Support efforts. For any NO responses, read the NEXT STEP to learn more about
what your worksite can do to improve its Diabetes Prevention & Support efforts.
Papers and Other Published Tools
Summary of Cost Effectiveness Literature for Worksite Health Promotion Interventions
This brief analysis was prepared by the UNC-RTI Center for Health Economics Promotion.
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Consulting Services
Site Link
NC Prevention Partners offers
consultation for businesses interested in
creating health-supportive policies and environments to promote healthy behaviors
(healthy eating, physical activity, and quitting all tobacco use) among
employees.
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