Excellence in Worksite Health Promotions
Presented by:
Montana Worksite Health Promotion Coalition and
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Excellence in Worksite Health Promotion Awards Mission:
The purpose of the Excellence in Worksite Health Promotion Awards is to encourage, recognize, educate and create a standard of excellence for worksite health promotion programs.
!2008 Excellence in Worksite Health Promotion Award Winners!
Press Coverage:
- Montana Businesses Honored for Worksite Health Promotion Leadership
- Fitting Fitness in at work by the Great Falls Tribune June 9, 2008
To read stories of ’08 Award winners, watch these:
!2007 Excellence in Worksite Health Promotion Award Winners!
2007 Health Promotion Awards :
Press Coverage:
Montana Worksite Health Promotion Coalition Mission:
Engage Montana employers in providing policies, benefits, environmental conditions, and programs that support heart-healthy behaviors among their employees
Coalition Goal:
- To recognize employers in Montana who are taking progressive steps to increase employee satisfaction and productivity via an awards model that encourages and guides worksites to implement best practices in the workplace.
- We hope to set the bar high with this educational tool—we seek a high standard and recognize that it may be difficult for small businesses to achieve. The awards provide a standard of credibility and can be a goal to strive toward in any organization.
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted between January 1 and Feb 13, 2008 only.
Award Presentation:
All applicants will be advised of their award status by April 10, 2008. Award recipients are expected and encouraged to attend the 2008 Montana Worksite Health Promotion Conference to accept their award. The 2008 Conference will be in West Yellowstone on May 21-22, 2008.
Questions or additional information - contact:
Crystelle Fogel at cfogle@mt.gov or (406) 947-2344
Application Tutorial: To learn about the criteria of the Awards, please review the below presentation, “Overview of Awards Criteria 2008”. For additional questions, please, contact Crystelle Fogle at (406) 947-2344 or cfogle@mt.gov.
General Application Guidelines:
- To apply for the award, all quality standards must have been in operation at least 1 year (January 2007 – December 2007).
- All criteria and services must have been offered within the previous calendar year (January 2007 – December 2007). For example: for quality standard #6, indicator C, “Wellness Classes/Brown Bag Lunch,” an organization must have offered three “Wellness Classes/Brown Bag Lunch” presentations between Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2007 to qualify for this option.
- Per the mission to “encourage, recognize, educate and create . . . ,” these guidelines have been created to help businesses coordinate and organize the yearly activities of a wellness program. One key objective of the awards is to help substantiate each wellness program within the state, and we do this by encouraging quality tracking and evaluation of program activities extensive documentation within the awards application.
- Please do not send any documentation with personal identifying information/personal identifiers in this application. Follow HIPPA guidelines for the information provided.
Why? Brief explanations of "why" each quality standard is an important component of a health and productivity management program
Awards Flyer: A glance at Gold Silver and Bronze
Acknowledgements
The Montana's Worksite Health Promotion Coalition would like to thank Jill Young, MS, CPC of the University of Montana for her contribution in authoring these award documents.
