Creating a Culture of Wellness - UCSF
In: Workplace WellnessOrganizations create cultures of wellness by combining health education with onsite efforts to promote healthy behaviors and an institutional emphasis on health as a central value. For employees in such organizations, health is part of the culture, and to be healthy is to be part of the community These organizations create environments that ease and …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
Jamie's Food Revolution
In: PreventionSpearheaded by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Jamie’s Food Revolution has spurred national, coordinated nutrition movements in the UK, Canada, and Australia. The revolution’s six-point plan focuses on wide-sweeping changes for governments, schools, and individuals. The initiative includes a number of programs, including: Jamie’s Ministry of Food, which provides classes on cooking healthy meals; a …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Community Outreach/Engagement, Environmental Change, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Population Health
Mass in Motion
In: PreventionMass in Motion is a comprehensive health promotion program that encourages physical activity and healthy eating throughout Massachusetts. The initiative’s multi-setting approach includes schools, childcare centers, businesses, municipalities/communities, and more. Mass in Motion’s extensive public-private partnerships allow for state-sponsored engagement of community partners and stakeholders. Efforts target people at locations where they are easily reached, …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: State/Municipal
Attributes: Environmental Change, Free for Participants, Physical Activity Promotion, Population Health
Shape Up Somerville
In: PreventionInitially a childhood obesity intervention, Shape-Up Somerville has become a leading example of community health promotion through environmental change. The program’s Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) methods mean that community members define their greatest needs and therefore shape program design. Shape-Up Somerville has strong partnerships with public, private, and non-profit partners throughout the community. Somerville …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: State/Municipal
Attributes: Community Outreach/Engagement, Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Free for Participants, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health
Smart Choice and Healthy Beverage Programs
In: PreventionAs joint programs, Smart Choice and Healthy Beverage aim to make healthier food and drink options available on the various medical campuses of the University of California, San Francisco. Smart Choice created a standardized system for communicating nutritional information, including printing nutrition facts on receipts and labeling healthy choices with a recognizable logo. The Smart …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Social Determinants of Health
Stanford Health improvement Program (HIP), BeWell, & Coordinated Care
In: Workplace WellnessStanford HIP promotes the health of its employees by offering healthy living and fitness classes to university and hospital employees. Employees can also enroll in Stanford BeWell, which awards up to $580 financial incentives for participating in Wellness Profiling, the Healthy Work Environment program, and/or “Berries.” Employees can also get credit for participating in HIP …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Physical Activity Promotion, School-Based