Vaccine Hesitancy Resources
HERO knows that many employers are searching for ways to combat vaccine hesitancy. As the COVID-19 Delta variant creates a new wave of infections, many organizations are seeking to mandate vaccinations for employment. HERO recommends the following links to resources and research that can help your organization combat hesitation, encourage …
The Employer’s Role in Countering Mis- and Disinformation: HERO Summer Think Tank
Every day we are bombarded with information. Flooded from sources like social media, news outlets, friends, family members, and co-workers, we are all trying to find our way through the sea of data, infographics, and opinions. Little do we realize that the information coming our way is not random but …
The War on Truth Reading List
HERO’s Summer Think Tank’s Theme is “The employer’s role in plugging the disinformation rabbit hole.” Below is our reading list on this subject to help us consider our roles as guardians against the growing assaults on science. Paul E. Terry, PhD, “Untangling Truth, Facts, and Opinions: Why Simple Tenets of Science Have …
HERO April Briefs
HEROForum21: Something for everyone! Early in life, I learned that you can’t please everyone all of the time, or even some of the time. While I still believe that to be true, I think we’re very close to a variety of options for HEROForum21 that will satisfy even the harshest …
HERO March Briefs
Celebrate Women’s History Month! Last week at our regular HERO team Zoom meeting, we had a celebration. As each person logged in to the meeting the screen filled with the faces of our team members, culminating in a perfect 3×3 “Brady Bunch” grid of women’s faces, and we took the …
Reply Below with Your Best Books of All Time for Health Promotion Professionals
Assembling a best books list of any kind is fraught with the potential to disappoint, dissimulate and devolve into controversy about what books did and did not make the list. I must say up front, I just love that! What better way to provoke thought about what has brought us …
New well-being assessment provides a tool to measure broader health and well-being impact
New well-being assessment provides employers and their collaborators with a brief, validated tool to measure broader health and well-being impact By IHI authors in collaboration with Karen Moseley and Jessica Grossmeier at HERO Years ago, employers and industry collaborators first approached HERO with a request to identify the core metrics …
Changing Health and Well-Being Practices among Large Employers: Reviewing 
Six Years of HERO Scorecard Data
Authored by Beth Umland, Director of Employer Research for Health and Benefits, Mercer More than 1,300 organizations have completed Version 4 of the HERO Health and Well-Being Best Practices Scorecard in Collaboration with Mercer since it was launched in 2014. As we prepare to move on to Version 5 of …
More thoughts from our HEROForum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jesse Diggins (Interview Part 3)
For the full interview, go the AJHP at: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2PVYKDVT9TBUXXTI9UAG/full More thoughts from our HEROForum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jesse Diggins (Interview part three) HEROForum20 begins next week! We have virtual learning sessions scheduled throughout the month of September. (See dates below or on our website). Our opening session is: Tuesday, September …
Countdown to Forum: Jessie Diggins Interview Part 2
For the full interview, go the AJHP at: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2PVYKDVT9TBUXXTI9UAG/full More thoughts from our HEROForum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jesse Diggins (Interview part two) HEROForum20 is almost here! We have virtual learning sessions scheduled throughout the month of September. (See dates below or on our website). Our opening session is: Tuesday, September …