Monthly Health Topics

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

Physical fitness can play a vital role in your workplace. It can enhance the health and safety of your employees, make them more engaged at work, and improve their overall job satisfaction. Regular exercise can reduce stress, improve sleep, and lead to fewer missed work days.1 It can even help prevent costly conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.2,3

Exercise also boosts brain health and emotional resilience. It improves memory, attention, and focus and reduces anxiety and the risk for depression.2,3

Explore our Healthy Lifestyle Toolkit for fitness resources you can use to improve your employees’ well-being.

February
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Heart Health

Heart disease is one of the costliest medical conditions for employers — and its costs are expected to keep rising.4 Because people in the U.S. spend a third of their waking hours at work, it’s vital that workplaces support heart-healthy lifestyles.5

You can take an active role in your employees’ health by promoting healthy eating, exercise, stress management, and sleep habits, and encouraging regular screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes. In addition, research has shown that fulfilling social relationships are crucial to preventing heart disease.6 By supporting the best physical, mental, and social health of your employees, you can have a significant impact on one of the costliest illnesses facing the U.S. workforce.

Explore tips and tools to help support your employees’ heart health.

March
Three people making a healthy meal

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.

Footnotes:

  • 1Charlie Waters, “8 Reasons Why Fitness in the Office is Important,” Occupational Health & Safety, February 8, 2023.

  • 2Benefits of Physical Activity,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 24, 2024.

  • 3Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2018.

  • 4Dhruv Kazi et al., “Forecasting the Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association,” American Heart Association Journal, June 4, 2024.

  • 5Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey 2023 Results, June 27, 2024.

  • 6“Social Connection,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 27, 2024.