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.

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Gold Standard Application Guide:

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Application Download for Review

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This study highlights the potential cost savings from preventing weight gain and bringing about weight loss in an employed population.

The Impact of Weight Gain or Loss on Health Care Costs for Employees at the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

Smith Carls,Ginger, PhD, Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD, Rachel Mosher Henke, PhD, Jennifer Bruno, BS, Fikry Isaac, MD, and Janice McHugh, DBA, RN, COHN-S

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

General Best Practices

Discover Europe: Walking for Health and Wellness

AlphaMed Press

Prevention, Physical Activity, Health Education & Health Promotion

Discover Europe: Walking for Health and Wellness

The health and wellness initiative at AlphaMed Press focuses on fostering increased physical activity and sharing information on healthier diet options in a supportive and interactive team environment. Keeping in mind that physical activity, like walking, can improve health and fitness by helping lose body fat and helping to prevent heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and certain cancers. AlphaMed Press conducted its first program, “...

Articles of Interest

Yet Another Reason to Build a Culture of Health at Your Company

Goetzel, Ron

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Anti-smoking plan may kill cigarettes — and save Big Tobacco

Associated Press

STAT

Research & Evidence

Tracking the Market Performance of Companies That Integrate a Culture of Health and Safety

Fabius, Raymond MD, Ronald R. Loeppke, MD, MPH, Todd Hohn, CSP, Dan Fabius, DO, Barry Eisenberg, CAE, Doris L. Konicki, MHS, and Paul Larson, MS

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Effect of smokefree workplaces on smoking behaviour: systematic review

Fichtenberg, Caroline M.; Stanton A Glantz

British Medical Journal

Brochures

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.

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.

External Resources

Quality Treatment & Survivorship

Frankly Speaking About Cancer Webinars

Cancer Support Community

Frankly Speaking About Cancer webinars offer patients and their families educational resources on living with cancer. Leaders in oncology discuss the latest medical information in an easy-to-understand format to empower patients and their families to make informed decisions about their cancer care.

Nutrition & Healthy Weight

Body Weight and Cancer Risk

American Cancer Society

Being overweight or obese can have far-reaching health consequences, including raising your risk for certain types of cancer. Learn more about the link between body weight and cancer here.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2015-2020)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

The Dietary Guidelines is designed for professionals to help all individuals ages 2 years and older and their families consume a healthy, nutritionally adequate diet. The information in the Dietary Guidelines is used in developing Federal food, nutrition, and health policies and programs.

Tobacco Cessation

Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general.

Screening

80% by 2018

National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable

NCCRT members are rallying around our shared goal of reaching 80% screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.

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