Resources

Oral Health

 

For oral health information go to: http://doh.sd.gov/oralhealth for resources and various links regarding children's oral health.

 

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Start a Worksite Wellness Program!

 

Several resources are available free to South Dakota workplaces who are interested in starting a worksite wellness program.

Strides to a Healthier Worksite - takes you step by step through how to start a wellness program, provides samples of surveys to evaluate your particular workplace, and provides wellness activity ideas for nutrition and physical activity.

Strides to a Healthier Worksite Challenge Toolkit - helps you organize challenges to encourage employees to lead healthier lifestyles. The tool kit includes a step by step guide to setting up a wellness challenge and includes a variety of supplemental materials such as registration forms, calendars, advertisements and sample challenge resources.

You can also visit www.HealthySD.gov to find additional resources under the Workplace tab

 

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Prevention Resources Available to Schools

 

The SD Department of Human Services provides funding to four Prevention Resource Centers (PRC) which serve all SD communities. Training and resources are available for students, parents, educators, and other professionals surrounding the issues of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and violence. Each PRC houses a prevention library full of curricula, books, games, awareness campaigns, brochures and videos available for free checkout to anyone in the state. They also provide training on various prevention topics to a variety of audiences. Click here for more information and to contact a PRC that serves your region.

 

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