Helpful Links
Below are helpful online resources recommended by Michigan Wellness Council. We encourage you to visit these sites and resources and check back often as we continue to update this page.
FOR EMPLOYERS
Resource Organizations: For the latest research, tools, newsletters, webinars (continuing education), conferences, and trainings on workplace wellness and the wellness field:
Guide to Employee Mental Health: Resources for Mindfulness at Work
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and 4×4 Plan Overview
SHINE – Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise helps corporations across all sectors measure and accelerate the ways in which they help the world become a healthier, more sustainable place. We are setting a bold vision for companies to factor their impact on our health into all business decisions, and act in ways that will protect us and our planet.
Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
American Journal of Health Promotion
US Chamber of Commerce: 2016 Winning With Wellness Report
Partnership for a Healthier America: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice
America’s Health Insurance Plans
Healthy Workplaces Healthy Communities
Hope Health Resource Library – Wellness Communications
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Culture of Health
Wellness Calendar: Help you plan your worksite wellness programming around designated times of the year and help leverage other events by other organizations in the community http://bit.ly/1V6Sql6
Benchmark Scorecard: The HERO Scorecard is designed to help organizations learn about best practices for promoting workplace health and well-being, and to discover opportunities to improve and measure progress over
Community Organizations: speakers (lunch and learn), events and health & wellness resources
Greater Detroit Area Health Council
American Heart Association – SE MI
American Heart Association – Western MI
American Heart Association – Lansing
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
American Medical Association – Prevent Diabetes in the workplace ROI Calculator
Worksite Wellness Tools for Employees:
Merck Engage: In Spanish and English a customizable fitness and diet plans for employees for general health or to manage a specific disease; COST: free
MDHHS Designing Healthy Workplaces
Creating Culture of Health Literacy among Employees
Learnvest: Online Tool for Financial Health
Happify: Increasing Positive Wellbeing – reduce stress and increase resiliency
Trainings:
Worksite Wellness Certifications and Continuing Education:
National Wellness Institute: Certified Wellness Practitioner
Chapman institute: WellCert
Mental Health First Aid is a national in-person training program that teaches you how to help people developing a mental illness or in a crisis.
Human Centered Design Approach to developing a sustainable and effective workplace wellness program – Design Kit: The Course for Human-Centered Design is a seven-week curriculum that will introduce you to the concepts of human-centered design and how this approach can be used to create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions for social change. This course has been created to reach those who are brand new to human-centered design, so no prior experience required.
Recognition for Worksite Wellness Success:
MDHHS: Share your worksite wellness success stories
Governor’s Fitness Awards: annual award
Best & Brightest in Wellness: annual award
White Papers & Artilces: Research in the industry
World Economic Forum: The Workplace Wellness Alliance – Making the Right Investment: Employee Health and the Power of Metrics
Helping Employees Stay Healthy Is a Good Investment:
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/dee-edington.aspx
Stress and Mental Wellbeing:
Why Mental Well-Being Matters In The Workplace
10 Creative Ways to Help Employees Relieve Stress at Work
Tips to Reduce and Manage Job and Workplace Stress
Toolkits:
Human Centered Design Approach to developing a sustainable and effective workplace wellness program – Design Kit: The Course for Human-Centered Design is a seven-week curriculum that will introduce you to the concepts of human-centered design and how this approach can be used to create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions for social change. This course has been created to reach those who are brand new to human-centered design, so no prior experience required.
FOR VENDORS
MDHHS: Apply to be a Wellness Provider in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) directory where vendors are listed by classification.
Follow Michigan Wellness Council on social media for more resources and news: