Worksite Initiatives
Businesses play a vital role in the health of their employees, and SHIP works closely with businesses across the state to help maintain a healthy, productive workforce.
- NEW! Workplace fact sheet (PDF: 438KB/2 page2)
- Featured story: Burnsville employer supports employees quitting smoking (PDF: 438KB/1 page)
With SHIP's help,
healthier employees save
money for businesses
Businesses play a vital role in the health of their employees. Worksite wellness efforts not only benefit the individual and the community, but the business itself, representing a significant strategy for enhancing productivity. Comprehensive worksite wellness efforts can help employers manage the cost of health care, benefits and insurance by providing a positive ROI: the annual return on investment for worksite wellness programs has been estimated at $3 to $6 saved for every $1 spent.
SHIP works closely with businesses large and small
Local SHIP staff work closely with businesses in communities around the state. One way is with the Alliance for a Healthier Minnesota, a coalition of Minnesota employers such as Target, Cargill, and General Mills, who employ more than 125,000 Minnesotans and more than 800,000 people globally.
2010-11 selected highlights
SHIP is making an impact in the health of employees by making the healthy choice the easy choice. Some successes from the first two years of SHIP include:
- SHIP has helped over 870 employers lead worksite wellness initiatives. Currently, these efforts reach over 138,000 employees across the state and set the stage to reduce obesity and tobacco use, improve productivity and help contain health care costs.
- 21 worksites have implemented tobacco-free grounds
and 20 additional sites are working to implement this strategy. - An effective way to increase physical activity is to incorporate it during the day. Across the state, 47 employers are promoting increased stair use at their businesses.
- Across Minnesota, 90 employers are improving food options available to staff.
SHIP Worksite Information Page (PDF: 175KB/1 page)
SHIP stories:
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(PDF:587KB/1 page)
Making it Better: Minnesota stories about people working to build a healthier community: http://makingitbettermn.org/
- Celebrate Screen-Free Week: April 30-May 6
The Minnesota Department of Health is proud to endorse Screen-Free Week (April 30-May 6). "Screen-Free week is a great way to encourage more physical activity and less snacking by turning off the television and the computers. After a week, many people may find this new, active lifestyle to be habit forming.--
-- MDH Commissioner Ed Ehlinger
- Minnesota Health Commissioner visits Eagan school on "local lunch day"
- The Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Program SHIP Progress Brief -
Year 2 (PDF: 2.3MB/44 pages)
is now available
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Community Transformation Grant (CTG) CTG works to expand efforts in tobacco-free living, active living and healthy eating, and quality clinical and other preventive services, all toward a goal of addressing health disparities, helping control health care spending, and creating a healthier future.
- contact us:
Health.OSHII@state.mn.us