Managing Stress - A Practical Handbook to Program Planning - 50 Great Ideas for Working Well

Sep 29, 2026

Managing Stress presents a practical handbook for planning workplace wellness initiatives focused on stress management. It introduces key, data-driven insights about stress and its impact on adults, healthcare visits, medication use, job-related costs, and work absence. The handbook outlines approaches for addressing workplace stress through structured program elements and offers concrete ideas and planning guidance, including a measurement checklist to evaluate program performance.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages68

Reading Time2 h 51 min

AccessFree to download

Managing Stress

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PRCTICHLWELCOAThe Wellness Councils of AmericaHAMDB0UKTO PROGBHM # Managing Stress I GRET DES FOR WDRKNG ELL Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/managingstresspr0000john # MANRGING STRESS PRCTICHL HANDBOOKTO PROGRHM PLANING50GREHT IDESFOR WORKING WELL ## COPYRIGHT HND DISCLOSURE Information may not be reproduced,copied,cited,or circulatedin any printed or electronic form without written permission from the publisher:The information contained in this book has been carefully reviewed for accuracy.It is not intended to replace the advice of your pbysician or bealth care provider:Any mention of supplemental products or services in this publicationis strictly a suggestionnot an endorsement. Managing Stress ## A Practical Handbook to Program Planning50 Great Ideas for Working Well EXECUTIVE EDITORDavid M.Hunnicutt,PbDPresident,Wellness Councils of America ASSISTANT EDITOR Britanie LeffelmanAssistant to the PresidentWellnes Councils of America AUTHORS Craig Jobnson,Carie Maguire,Sara Spurgin,Marice ReyesWriting Staff;Wellness Councils of America DESIGNDavid TroubaCreative Director;Wellness Councils of America PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BYThe Wellnes Counciks of America(WELCOA)9802 Nicholas Street,Suite 315Omaha,NE 68114-2106 Phone:(402)827-3590 Fax:(402)827-3594 WEBSITE:wtm.zelcoa.org E-MAIL:wellworkplace@welcoa.org ◎2001Wellness Councis of America ## RBLE OF CONTENTS Preface.............................i With this series of programming books,the Wellness Councils of America contin-ues its efforts to build successful corporatewellness initiatives. Stress At A Glance ....................1Millions suffer from it,and thousands ofworkdays are lost because of it.Discovermore about how stress affects ournation's workforce. 50 Great Ideas............ ...4This is what it's all about——innovativeideas to help you design and develop suc-cessful wellness programs of your own. Looking Ahead .. ……...46Now it's time to take these ideas,deter-mine your intentions,and translate theminto reality The Well Workplace Checklist......47How do you measure up?Complete thechecklist to rate your program's perform-ance. For over a decade,The Wellness Councils of America(WELCOA)hasbeen dedicated to building and sustaining world-class corporate wellnessprograms.Our staff,directors,medical advisors,and local councils haveassisted hundreds of organizations in transforming their corporate culturesinto health conscious,wellness-oriented environments.With over 2,000member organizations throughout North America and 11 locally affiliatedcommunity "Wellness Councils,"WELCOA is recognized as the premierresource for worksite wellness. In our continuing efforts to build successful wellness initiatives,we areproud to introduce a new series of books titled 50 Great Ideas for WorkingWell.Each book focuses on a specific health concern and provides 50 tipson how to implement programs on each topic.Many of these “in thetrenches”ideas have been drawn from companies we have worked with inour continuous effort to build "well worksites." In this book,we have provided additional information for you to utilize inthe development of your programs.Much of this information comes in theform of online technology—a fast and convenient way for you to get start-ed.However,with the pace of today's technology,websites can changeovernight.If this does occur,don’t let it end your search,there are plentyof other options out there. Keep in mind that these 50 great ideas are by no means an exhaustivelist—these tips are meant to stimulate critical thinking and generate newideas for your own wellness initiatives.In addition,we encourage you tosend us your ideas and communicate your own successful wellness efforts. Lastly,we would like to give a special thanks to the practitioners who havecontributed to these 50 great ideas.We hope that their creativity and

FAQs

What does “Managing Stress” aim to help readers do?

It provides practical guidance for planning workplace wellness programs focused on managing stress and improving working well environments.

What kind of information does the handbook include about stress?

It includes statistics about how stress affects health, healthcare visits, prescriptions, job costs, and time off work.

How can readers use the handbook to design a wellness program?

It offers 50 great ideas and planning support, and it includes tools like a workplace checklist to help assess program performance.

Sep 29, 2026

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