Links > Resources: Planning

Helping You Plan

• Creating a Healthy Workplace Environment: Toolkit  (ActNow BC): A toolkit that can help you plan activities, develop policy and do evaluations.

• Logic Models Workbook: A resource from the Health Communication Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto.  

• Making It Work (The Canadian Council for Health and Active Living at Work): A comprehensive manual with steps for promoting physical activity in the workplace.

• Logic Model (Program Development and Evaluation): A resource from the University of Wisconson - Extension. Here you can learn more about developing your own logic model.

Employee Surveys

• Employee Needs Assessment: Sample Questionnaire: Published by the British Heart Foundation. A questionnaire for collecting information about current physical activity behaviour, health needs, and physical activity interests and profiles. 
  

Assessing Your Work Environment

• Organizational Health Audit  (Trifit): This audit assesses your organization’s corporate culture; policies, procedures and work processes; programs and services; and physical environment. The audit helps you recognize how your workplace already supports employee health and identifies opportunities for improvement.

• Physical Activity Audit Template : Use this basic survey to measure current physical activity in the workplace and the facilities and resources in and around the workplace.

• Workplace Assessment: Sample Questionnaire  (British Heart Foundation): This survey helps you put together a workplace environmental assessment by analyzing your organization’s structure and current health promotion practices, facilities and related resources.

• Workplace Physical Activity Framework Audit Tool: A resource from the Alberta Centre for Active Living. This tool can be used as a baseline measuring tool and for continual evaluation.

• Catalogue of Situational Assessment Tools (Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion): A resource from the Health Communication Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto. At this link, you can learn more about assessment tools that have been reviewed.

• Recommended and Promising Practices for Situational Assessment Tools (Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion): A resource from the Health Communication Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto. Refer to page 10 to learn more about conducting an assessment of your workplace.

Employee Committees

• Role of the Coordinator (British Heart Foundation): Provides ideas about the responsibilities of the coordinator.

• What the Support Group Does (British Heart Foundation): Provides examples and suggestions about the role and responsibilities of the committee.

Physical Activity Policies

• Physical Activity Policy Samples (British Heart Foundation)

• Active Living by Design’s workplace policy.

• Hamilton Utilities Corporation workplace wellness policy.

Employee Recognition Programs

• Canada Awards for Excellence: Awards presented annually by the National Quality Institute (NQI) to private, public and not-for-profit organizations that have displayed outstanding performance in promoting a healthy workplace.

• Premier’s Award for Healthy Workplaces: An Alberta award for healthy workplaces. Go to the Healthy Alberta website and click on the “Premier’s Award” section.