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	<title>Workplace Health Promotion</title>
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	<description>Workplace health promotion and workplace wellness program blog</description>
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		<title>Sample Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Screening:
• Blood pressure
• Breast cancer Screening
• Skin cancer Screening
• Diabetes Screening
• Cholesterol Screening
• Eye exams
• Body-fat Screening
• Flu shots
• Posture screening, spinal analysis
• On-site child immunizations
• Prostate cancer screenings
• Fitness Screening
• Depression Screening
Physical Fitness Ideas:
• On-site fitness center or exercise room
• Walking and/or running club (during lunch hour or breaks)
• Bike rack on premises [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/sample-workplace-health-promotion-program-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Health Education Initiatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employee Health Services
• access to an EAP
• worksite medical services
• workplace medical examinations
• health risk testing and counselling:
	• blood pressure,
	• blood cholesterol ,
	• blood glucose clinics,
	• thyroid.
	• bone density testing,
	• prostrate
• promote self-exams &#8211; breasts, testicles
• medical surveillance Initiatives
• immunizations and flu vaccinations
• disability case management
• active rehabilitation
• return to work Initiatives
• self-care education (see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-ideas-health-education-initiatives/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Occupational Wellness Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• worker empowerment through decision-making, pace of work and connection to corporate goals, (on-line tools that connect to goals such as Baxter Healthcare)
• two-way communication training
• ‘no lunch hour’ meeting rules unless it is a lunch ‘n’ learn
• absenteeism and attendance program
• [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-ideas-occupational-wellness-programs/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Mental Wellness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• childcare Initiatives and information
• family planning information
• parenting classes
• elder care Initiatives and information
• retirement planning
• personal responsibility leave
• alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting, job sharing
• work-family-life transition support
• anger management and family violence
• family counselling initiatives
• budgeting and financial counselling
• understanding credit reports
• money safety tips &#8211; ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-ideas-mental-wellness/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Environmental Wellness Initiatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• violence in the workplace
• equity in the workplace initiatives
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Initiatives
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free workplace
• fire safety initiatives
• hazard control and WHIMS Training
• injury prevention, CPR/First Aid, emergency response Initiatives
• improved signage
• installing guard rails
• work station design, ergonomic and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-ideas-environmental-wellness-initiatives/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Living Healthy Initiatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• Provide Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives
• Provide substance use and abuse Initiatives
• Provide tobacco cessation and control
• Provide nutrition counselling
• Provide weight control Initiatives and counselling
• Provide promote use of food logs
• Provide posting BMI charts
• Provide juice dispensing machines
• Provide water coolers
• Provide vending machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Provide vending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-ideas-living-healthy-initiatives/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program Environment Assessment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Complete a Workplace Health Promotion Program Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to identify your worksite&#8217;s strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment will lead your workgroup to recommend actions for changes to make the worksite more supportive of healthy behaviors (i.e. healthy food choices in vending machines, policies to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-environment-assessment/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Program: Maintaining Motivation and Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you start a program you will have a range of worker members.  Some will already be very engaged in being active and eating well and your program will only reinforce and enhance their health.  On the other end of the spectrum will be workers who may not engage no matter what you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-program-maintaining-motivation-and-interest/</link>
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		<title>Why Wellness?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of reasons why Workplace Health Promotion Programs are beneficial. 
1. Improved Morale &#8211; When the organizational culture begins to change as a result of your health promotion efforts, you and your employees may actually begin to see and feel a new level of energy within the business.  Ultimately, one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/why-wellness/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Health Promotion Programs: Focus on Health Education Activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.	Have a current policy outlining the requirements and functions of a broad-based Workplace Health Promotion Program.
2.	Have a wellness plan in place that addresses the purpose, nature, duration, resources required, members in, and expected results of a Workplace Health Promotion Program.
3.	Orient employees to the Workplace Health Promotion Program and give them copies of the physical activity, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workplace-health-promotion.com/workplace-health-promotion-programs-focus-on-health-education-activities/</link>
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