Know Your Numbers

Know Your Numbers Employer Toolkit

As an employer, you can help improve the health of your employees and create healthier communities by promoting physical activity in your workplace and surrounding community.

The workplace provides many opportunities for promoting health and emotional well-being and preventing disease and injury. Workplace health programs can:

Influence social norms.
Establish health-promoting policies.
Increase healthy behaviors such as dietary and physical activity changes.
Improve employees’ health knowledge and skills.
Help employees get necessary health screenings, immunizations, and follow-up care.
Reduce employees’ on-the-job exposure to substances and hazards that can cause diseases and injury.

Leadership Medina County Signature Class of 2023 worked with the Living Well Medina County Coalition to develop a toolkit for you to use. It consists of of an overall brochure about the importance of employees knowing their Blood Pressure, Blood Cholesterol, and Blood Sugar numbers. A fact sheet for each area, along with social media/emails to be sent to your employees throughout the year.

To download the toolkit – click on the image or click here.
To download the tri-fold – click on the image or click here. Click here for a black and white version.
Click images at the bottom of this page for information specific to Blood Cholesterol, Blood Glucose, and Blood Pressure.

Questions about the toolkit? Email Kristen Hildreth.

What is Your Role as an Employer

You can help improve the health of your employees and create healthier communities by promoting physical activity in your workplace and surrounding community.

Workplace Health Model

Businesses can create a wellness culture that is employee-centered; provides supportive environments where safety is ensured and health can emerge; and provides access and opportunities for their employers to engage in a variety of workplace health programs.