Building a Healthier Chicago

MBGH has partnered with the Building a Healthier Chicago Healthy Worksite Initiative to support Chicagoland employers in improving the health and productivity of their employees and families.

This employer-focused initiative has the following objectives:
  • Educate employers to promote physical activity, healthy eating and the detection, prevention and control of high blood pressure
  • Encourage Chicagoland employers to integrate healthy living and wellness into their health benefits and health improvement efforts
  • Identify and share current best practices and implementation strategies in wellness and offer access to high quality information, resources and tools
  • Recognize and support the efforts of employer participants

 
James Galloway, MD, FACP, FACC, FAFA
Assistant US Surgeon General USPHS    
In March 2012, Building a Healthier Chicago officially launched the Worksite Wellness Assessment Tool. This assessment evaluates an employer's current wellness program offerings, provides a gap analysis to help them better target how time and resources are allocated, and offers recommendations, tools, and resources to support their health improvement efforts.

In September 2012, MBGH co-hosted the Employer Wellness Forum attended by more than 80 employers. Several MBGH members were honored for their best-in-class worksite wellness efforts. Click here to view the winners and access presentations. 

Click here to learn more about the BHC's Health Worksite Initiative and the Worksite Wellness Assessment Tool
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Also available for employers is BHC's Worksite Wellness Guide. The Guide is a comprehensive online resource, offering high-quality health and wellness information, access to no-cost resources and successful employer practices. 


Key Elements of the Worksite Wellness Guide

Why Wellness is Important
Leadership Commitment and Support
Wellness Coordination
Program Design Assessment
Data Measurement and Management

Click here to learn more and download the Guide

For more information regarding the BHC Worksite Wellness Initiative, contact Cheryl Larson, Vice President