Comprehensive CHEP Materials

• FULL REPORT: Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders—A Report of the Surgeon General

Unmet vital conditions keep many Americans from achieving their potential in the workforce and reaching economic independence. As a result, the health of Americans and their loved ones suffers. But the health of Americans is also important for the bottom lines of businesses. Businesses cannot succeed without a healthy workforce.

The Surgeon General’s Report on Community Health and Economic Prosperity highlights the important role that businesses play in strengthening communities and improving the health of residents. It also offers recommendations for how businesses can begin to help reverse the U.S. health disadvantage by engaging with and investing in communities while creating value, lowering business costs, and improving the health of employees and other stakeholders. Explore the links below for more information and citations.

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Executive Summary of Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders—A Report of the Surgeon General
  The Executive Summary of the Surgeon General’s Report on Community Health and Economic Prosperity presents a glimpse into the report and offers recommendations for how businesses can help reverse it by engaging with and investing in communities while creating value, lowering business costs, and improving the health of employees and other stakeholders.
• BUSINESS DIGEST: Community Health and Economic Prosperity: A Digest of the Surgeon General’s Report for Business Leaders
  Intended for business readers on the go, the Business Digest succinctly repurposes, both textually and visually, the main ideas, key takeaways, and recommendations from the full report.
• BRIEF: Community Health and Economic Prosperity: The Problem, the Causes, the Opportunities, and the Solutions—At a Glance
  This brief defines the U.S. health disadvantage and identifies what businesses can do to be part of a solution that strengthens businesses and improves the health of Americans.
• BRIEF: Community-Strengthening Business Practices as Highlighted in Community Health and Economic Prosperity Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders—A Report of the Surgeon General
  This brief presents 40 examples of business actions and community engagements that work to improve community health, wealth, and well-being and increase economic prosperity. These practices may motivate other businesses to strengthen communities and help the U.S. economy work for everyone.
• VIDEO: The U.S. Health Disadvantage: Implications for Businesses and Employers
  This brief animated video introduces the U.S. health disadvantage and the seven vital conditions that shape health, wealth, and well-being, and it describes how businesses can contribute to those conditions.
• VIDEO: Businesses Have an Interest in Improving the Vital Conditions for Health, Wealth and Well-Being
  This brief animated video makes the case for why businesses can partner with others through a stakeholder approach to improving community health.
• VIDEO: How Can Businesses Engage With Communities?
  This brief animated video explores how businesses and communities are connected and can work together to create healthy communities.
• FACT SHEET: What Is the U.S. Health Disadvantage?
• FACT SHEET: What Causes the U.S. Health Disadvantage?
• FACT SHEET: Why Is the U.S. Health Disadvantage Important to Businesses?
• FACT SHEET: What Can Businesses Do to Help Address the U.S. Health Disadvantage?
• FACT SHEET: Who Can Businesses Work With to Strengthen Community Health and Economic Prosperity?