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The power of a good night’s sleep

Right now, a good night’s sleep is more important than ever for you and your workforce. Poor sleep can affect both physical and mental health by suppressing the body’s immune system — making it more vulnerable to infections and less able to cope with stress.¹ Help your employees stay healthier — and more engaged on the job — with our sleep management toolkit.

DID YOU KNOW

More than 1 in 5 people say their sleep quality is worse than usual since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

— SleepHelp.org, 2020²

Help your employees get on the path to better sleep habits

With the Rest & Revive Toolkit, you get resources to help you assess your company’s needs, plan a strategy, engage your employees, and measure your program’s success. The full interactive toolkit is available for download below.

Due to the pandemic, some of the tips and tools provided in this kit may not align with CDC-recommended safety guidelines for COVID-19 prevention. For additional information, please visit cdc.gov.

Identify opportunities for healthy changes

What to do

Get leadership endorsement.
- Present a business case to your leadership team on the benefits of healthy activities.
- Have your CEO or other leaders demonstrate their commitment to workforce health.
Gather baseline organizational data.
- Survey your employees on their interest in healthy lifestyle activities.
- Assess your work environment to see what you’re already doing to support healthy behaviors. Look at:
  - food in vending machines
  - how walkable your workspace is
  - whether you’re hosting healthy meetings

Tools and resources

Build a case for workforce health shows how to engage leadership with facts and figures.
Create your own free surveys with
SurveyMonkey external link or Google external link.
For more ideas, see our employee health interest survey.
Worksite walkability audit tool external link helps you assess walkability at your workplace.
Healthy Meetings Guide

Introduce the program to your employees

What to do

Form a wellness committee to manage your program.
Promote your program.
- Have a leader or your wellness coordinator send out the promotional email introducing the Rest and Revive program. Include:
  - program start date
  - details on the kickoff if you’re having one
- Print and post promotional materials in kitchen and break rooms.

Tools and resources

Wellness Committee Toolkit
Rest and Revive promotional materials:
- email
- flyer
Employee guide

Tip

Host a kickoff event and invite one of your top executives to speak. Include a short demonstration of a guided imagery. external link

Roll out the Rest and Revive program

What to do

Week 1: Send “Self-assessment and goal-setting” email.
Help your employees track their sleep habits and look for factors affecting their sleep.
Week 2: Send “Building a healthy foundation” email.
Learn about healthy sleep habits.
Week 3: Send “Understanding your sleep habits” email.
Have employees take the sleep survey and read what their responses indicate.
Week 4: Send “Identifying sleep thieves” email.
Learn tips for dealing with sleep thieves like caffeine and alcohol.
Week 5: Send “Managing stress” email.
Use deep breathing to relax, and practice mindfulness as another daytime relaxation technique.
Week 6: Send “What if I still can’t sleep?” email.
Share tips on making healthy behavior changes. If one of your employees thinks they have a more serious condition, tell them to contact their doctor.
Week 7: Send “Assessing your plan and looking forward” email.
Congratulate your employees for completing the Rest and Revive program. Ask them to evaluate their progress and look back on what they learned.

Tools and resources

Sleep workbook:
- sleep log
- daytime activity log
- sleep action plan
- personal notes
Tobacco-Free Campus Toolkit
Sleep topics external link from the National Sleep Foundation
Share stories external link to refresh your employees’ minds, bodies, and spirits.
Share podcasts external link.
Share information on insomnia and the question of sleeping pills external link.

Measure your program’s success

What to do

Evaluate your program.
- Survey program participants and capture results.
Plan future programs.
- Consider another program, such as a walking program, while employees are motivated.

Tools and resources

Create your own post-program surveys with SurveyMonkey external link or Google external link.
Walking for Workforce Health Toolkit
Other programs

Get started with the Rest and Revive Sleep Management Toolkit

Download the Toolkit

¹Traci Speed, MD, and Luis Buenaver, PhD, “Managing Sleep Problems During COVID-19,” Johns Hopkins Medicine, April 21, 2020.
²“The Effects of COVID-19 on Sleep,” SleepHelp.org, accessed June 16, 2020.

Sleep Management

The power of a good night’s sleep

DID YOU KNOW

Help your employees get on the path to better sleep habits

Identify opportunities for healthy changes

Introduce the program to your employees

Roll out the Rest and Revive program

Measure your program’s success

Get started with the Rest and Revive Sleep Management Toolkit

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