General Toolkit

Employers can play a pivotal role in reducing cancer incidence and premature death. Healthier employees and healthier bottom lines can be achieved by providing evidence-based prevention and early detection services and encouraging employee engagement. By providing access and encouraging participation, more lives – and more money - can be saved.

Employers of all sizes, from diverse industries, and across geographies that have earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation are making a difference.

Are You Ready?

Access your readiness to begin the online application. Download Print version here.

Gold Standard Application Guide:

Use this guide to structure your approach to completing the online application. Download Print version here.

Application Download for Review

For reference only. The CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ application must be submitted online.

Gold Standard Organizations

In order to eliminate remaining disparities in smokefree workplace protections, accelerated efforts are warranted to protect all employed U.S. adults from the health risks posed by SHS in their workplaces.

Changes in Self-Reported Smokefree Workplace Policy Coverage Among Employed Adults— United States, 2003 and 2010–2011

Babb, Stephen MPH, Benmei Liu PhD, Brandon Kenemer MPH, Carissa Baker Holmes MPH, Anne M. Hartman MS, MA, James T. Gibson BS, Brian A. King PhD, MPH

Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Research

General Best Practices

BHealthy Employee Wellness Program

RWJBarnabas Health

Overall Wellness Programs

BHealthy Employee Wellness Program

At RWJ Barnabas Health, we are committed to providing highly valued and equitable resources to employees and their families that will inspire health and well-being action and accountability through engagement. BHealthy provides full on line health risk assessment and activities to help foster changes in lifestyle behaviors . Education is provided though the BHealthy online portal, enewsletter, regional health coaches and site coordinators.

Guiding principles include:

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Articles of Interest

Making Cancer Clinical Trials Available to More Patients

NCI Cancer Currents Blog

The hidden power of nonprofits in the struggle against cancer

Zalesky, Andrew

MedCity News

Research & Evidence

Emerging cancer trends among young adults in the USA: analysis of a population-based cancer registry

Sung, Hyuna; Rebecca L Siegel, Philip S Rosenberg, Ahmedin Jemal

Lancet Public Health

Winning With Wellness

US Chamber of Commerce

Brochures/Reference

Manager's Kit

After you’ve told your manager about your diagnosis, it will help to have a framework for discussions about your job. Understand that your manager will probably be worried for you — and for the company. The best antidote is information, which is why we created this kit. It contains need-to-know laws relating to cancer in the workplace; successful workplace strategies; tips for dealing with your HR department; and more. We recommend detaching this page and sharing the rest of the kit with your manager. Additional resources for both you and your employer can be found at cancerandcareers.org.

From Evidence to Practice: Workplace Wellness that Works

Employers know that keeping employees healthy is good for both the employees themselves and for the productivity and profitability of the business. However, most employers do not know precisely how to create a healthy workplace or healthy workforce. This workplace health promotion guide for employers fills that need: using the latest scientific evidence combined with expert opinion from business leaders, this guide offers easy to use, real world recommendations on the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs. Employers can use this guide to implement best and promising practices in their workplaces, thereby maximizing the impact of their program and the benefits to employees and business alike.

Prepared by: Institute for Health and Productivity Studies Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health In collaboration with Transamerica Center for Health Studies®

Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies

If you have cancer, you may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are a treatment option for many people with cancer. This book explains cancer treatment clinical trials and gives you some things to think about when deciding whether to take part. This booklet is for people with cancer, their family, and friends.

External Resources

Cancer Clinical Trials

NIH Clinical Research Trials and You

National Institute of Health (NIH)

It’s your involvement that helps researchers to ultimately uncover better ways to treat, prevent, diagnose and understand human disease.

Vaccines

Cervarix

Food and Drug Administration

Vaccines: Approved Products

Tobacco Cessation

Tobacco-Free Living

U.S. Surgeon General

Tobacco free living means avoiding use of all types of tobacco products—such as cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipes and hookahs—and also living free from secondhand smoke exposure.

Screening

Breast Cancer Screening

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in American women.

Nutrition & Healthy Weight

Winnable Battles: Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Winnable Battle materials below provide a snapshot of the context and background for this priority area, as well as descriptions of some of the systems, policy, and programmatic interventions pursued by CDC and our public health partners at the federal, state and local levels.

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