A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL WORKPLACE CANCER INITIATIVE
UICC and Bupa have produced a series of ‘Healthy Workplace’ resources which provide you with guidance for implementing proven interventions for cancer prevention, early detection and supporting people to get back to work, as part of a broader workplace health and wellbeing programme. Here, we provide some practical information for building a workplace cancer initiative that will create a lasting positive impact on the health of your workforce and your business bottom line.
Eleven factors for success Our healthy workplace resources are designed to assist your business to create a culture of health where people are supported to make changes to prevent cancer, detect it early and improve their quality of life. These resources provide practical guidance on how to place the following success factors for health behaviour change at the core of any cancer workplace initiative: • Engage your workforce in creating healthy workplace solutions that meet their needs • Empower people to take control of their own health • Use incentives to motivate and remove barriers to change • Make the healthy choice the easy choice • Create an environment that helps sustain healthy behaviours over time
• Promote initiatives that connect people and increase social support • Use digital channels to personalise and scale interventions • Take an approach that covers both physical and emotional wellbeing • Engage families, carers and communities • Be role models for healthy behaviours • Measure outcomes and show impact