What is this about?

A major challenge for worksite wellness program managers is finding the many useful free websites on the Internet that can help with some aspect of the design or operation of an employee wellness program. This edition of the Connections newsletter contains the Solution Set that identifies many of these websites.  Links are provided and a quick assessment of the value of the website.  These websites have all been validated at the Connections newsletter.

The various websites identified in this document include the following wellness program functions and activities:

• Find out the status of ACA wellness provisions
• Find out authoritative science position on preventive interventions
• Get program intervention tools
• Get low-cost wellness education tools
• Get comparison data on employer benefits, productivity and costs
• Get comparison data on health risks, health behaviors and practices
• Find out federal wellness efforts and activities
• Get low or no cost federal wellness resources
• Find out about the most prestigious award for employer wellness programs
• Find out easy way to stay current on new developments

Why is this important?

There is a large number of useful resources on the Internet but it usually requires a fair amount of time to find them.  Most of us don’t have the time to do that and consequently we usually discovery valuable resources in a very haphazard manner.  This document is important because it can save you a significant amount of time.

What can you do with this document?

• First, look over the list and identify which websites are new to you and have potential value to your work.
• Visit those websites and familiarize yourself with their content.
• Based on the need or problem you need to address use the website that you select.
• Distribute this listing to your wellness advisory committee members and wellness champions and ask them to take a quick look at the ones that look interesting.
• If you decide that selected websites have high potential to be useful ask one of your committee members or champions to dive deep into a few and bring back useful resources that are discovered.

In summary, this Solution Set document can be used to help you efficiently find websites with free or low-cost resources for your worksite wellness program.