Healthy Arizona Worksites

About

Purpose of the Assessment
The Overview and Summary
Benefits of Completing the Assessment
Eligibility
How to Complete the Assessment
Acknowledgements 

Purpose of the Assessment

The Arizona Department of Health Services is to help Arizona's workforce acheive better health through increased physical activity, healthier eating and adopting tobacco-free lifestyles. People cannot be active, eat well, and sustain a tobacco-free lifestyle unless their social and physical environment supports these behaviors.

The purpose of the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment is to enable Arizona business to:
  • Assess their current environment and health-related policies;
  • Increase their awareness of the steps they can take to promote better health among employees; and
  • Identify and define actions they can take that will make it easier for employees to be healthy.

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The Overview and Summary

Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment is an online questionnaire intended to provide an assessment of a worksite's health environment with regard to:

  • Organizational Support for Healthy Lifestyles
  • Health Promotion and Education
  • Smoke-Free Environments & Tobacco-Free Lifestyles
  • Physical Activity
  • Healthy Eating

Arizona worksites that wish to complete the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment must register to personalize the assessment for their location.

The Assessment takes 30 - 60 minutes to complete online after conducting the research and collecting the data necessary to answer the questions. It is estimated that it will take 2 to 4 hours for research and data collection. To assist worksites in completing the assessment, it is recommended that you print a preview copy of the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment before you complete the online assessment. The copy is available in the Printable PDF section of this website.

The Assessment addresses five categories:

  • Section 1 - Organization Support
  • Section 2 - Health Promotion and Education
  • Section 3 - Tobacco
  • Section 4 - Physical Activity
  • Section 5 - Healthy Eating

The Healthy Arizona Worksites Assessment tool also includes a scorecard. Scores are calculated each time you save when completing the online assessment, thereby giving feedback each time you enter and save your data.

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Benefits of Completing the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment

Arizona's current health statistics and their associated economic burden provide a compelling benefit for taking steps to improve the health of Arizona workers.

Additionally, tobacco-free worksite campuses; opportunities for physical activity throughout the day, and delicious healthful foods at reasonable prices rank high on most peoples' list of desirable characteristics for a worksite.

Completing the assessment is an important initial step in improving a worksite's health as it helps to identify strengths to build on as well as targeting areas and possible actions for positive change. Your worksite will receive a final feedback report after completion of the assessment that can be used to assist in planning for changes.

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Eligibility

Any worksite in the State of Arizona is eligible to complete the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment.

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How to Complete the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment

Arizona worksites that wish to complete the Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment begin by registering on this website. Registration takes less than 10 minutes. Immediately after registration, the worksite has access to their assessment along with instructions for completion. After registration, worksites can login anytime they wish to enter data in their assessment. (The login box is located on the toolbar of this website.)

Data entry can be done in as many data entry sessions as the worksite wishes. The data entry for the online Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment simply involves clicking on the appropriate response for each question. Complete instructions for completing Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment are provided on this website.

For a preview of Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment (including a printable version), please see the Printable PDF section of this website.

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Acknowledgements

The Healthy Arizona Worksite Assessment is an adaptation of the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Designing Healthy Environments at Work assessment. The Arizona Department of Health Services worked with many partners to adapt this Assessment. Its creation would not have been possible without the assistance of numerous local community experts and the Michigan Department of Community Health staff. We gratefully acknowledge the following organizations and individuals for their contributions and expertise:

Paola Ball, MS: Phoenix College

Rae Darden: City of Scottsdale

Eric Day, MBA: Arizona Department of Health Services

Lisa DeMarie, MA: Arizona Department of Health Services

Glenn Devlin: Arizona Department of Health Services

Pat Duryea, PhD: Scottsdale Healthcare

Winona Ellfritz, RN: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Sharon-Hoelscher-Day, MA, CFCS: University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

Amanda House: Arizona Department of Administration

Dan Johnson: Wellness Council of Arizona

Heather Keller, MC, LPC, LISAC: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

Sheri Kush, MS, RD: Arizona Department of Health Services

Christina Lyons: City of Avondale

Angie Lorenzo: Arizona Department of Health Services

Suzanne Miller: American Diabetes Association

Anita Murcko, MD, FACP: Healthcare Group of Arizona

Barbara Matthews: Arizona State University

Laura Sand: American Cancer Society/AZ HealthLinks

Nita Surathu, Arizona Department of Health Services

Trish Treanor, MS, RD: Arizona Department of Health Services

Jennifer Tweedy: Arizona Department of Health Services

Shobha Vaddireddy: Arizona Department of Health Services

Veronica Venturini: Healthcare Group of Arizona

Carrie White, BA: American Cancer Society/AZ HealthLinks

Melva Zerkoune, MS, RD: Inter-tribal Council of Arizona

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