Monthly Health Topics 2024

Inspire healthy living year-round with these featured topic emails, posters and more. Build your schedule based on the suggested monthly topics or develop a custom calendar for your business.

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January
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Fitness

Consider turning that check-in with your direct report into a 15-minute walk or adding 5 minutes of stretching or meditation to your virtual team meeting. Find “getting active” resources to share with your employees in the Healthy Lifestyle Toolkit and support your employees' engagement in mental and physical fitness by encouraging simple changes to their behavior and activity levels.

February
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Heart Health

Learn about Kaiser Permanente's cardiac care and how high blood pressure is a cost driver for employers. Encourage your employees to eat healthy, exercise, watch their cholesterol, manage stress, and maintain a healthy weight to help prevent heart disease. Help them keep heart health top of mind with these helpful tips and resources.

March
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Nutrition

Empower your employees to improve their nutrition with tips and information that can help them manage their weight, prevent health problems, and feel their best. Share the nutrition resources below and in the nutrition section of the Healthy Lifestyle Toolkit with your employees.

April
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Stress Management

Discover what can cause burnout and how to better equip your employees in managing stressors with this guide to recognizing and addressing employee burnout and this on-demand webinar providing strategies for battling burnout. Help your employees recognize and get ahead of stress with these tips and resources to help them manage it.

May
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Mental Health and Wellness

Get the guide to prioritizing mental well-being in the workplace and add this mental health awareness training to your employee engagement program. Support your employees’ mental health and wellness journey by sharing these resources with them.

June
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Brain Health

Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness. Encouraging your employees to challenge their brains in new ways and caring for their mental health can boost their brain health. Share these resources to help your employees take simple steps to improve their brain health now and into the future.

July
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Care While Traveling

Support your employees in staying healthy on the go by sharing useful tips and resources to support them before, during, and after their travels. If something unexpected happens while they’re away from home, it’s easier than ever for them to get care.

August
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Immunizations

Immunizations are a safe and effective way for your employees to protect themselves and the people around them against certain diseases. Vaccinations can help protect your employees and your business – share the benefits of getting immunized with your employees.

September
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Financial Health

Financial health is important for your employees' overall total health. Planning for financial stability gives them the confidence to reach their goals. Share these resources to help set up your employees on a path to financial wellness.

October
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Women's Health

Use this guide and this on-demand webinar to champion women's wellness in the workplace. From preventive care and disease management to pregnancy and childbirth, share these resources to help keep women's health top of mind and be an ally for their total health.

November
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Social Health

Tackling social drivers of health is a meaningful way to invest in your employees’ long-term well-being and essential to ensuring their optimal health. Use this social health guide and on-demand webinar to learn more about social health and share these resources with your employees to help connect them to community resources in support of their total health.

December
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Mind/Body Wellness

Encourage your employees to take care of their minds as well as bodies to help reduce stress and maintain mental health. Share the resources below and those in the “getting active” and “building a healthy mindset” sections of the Healthy Lifestyle Toolkit with your employees.

More ideas for any month

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Cancer Prevention

Use this cancer conversations guide as an actionable resource to champion prevention in the workplace and normalize difficult conversations surrounding cancer. Empower your employees to learn about cancer risks, prevention, screening, and care with these helpful resources and tools.

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Diabetes Management

Diabetes management can be made easier when your employees have the right resources at their disposal. Learn how KP's proactive approach to diabetes care helps minimize employee health risks. Help your employees understand how they can prevent and manage diabetes.

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Depression Screening

Depression screening can help anyone – including your employees. Learn about the benefits of creating a stigma-free workplace and how it's key to tackling the mental health crisis. Share these resources to help your employees fight back against depression.