Archive for December, 2008
Locating a Workplace Health Promotion Program Coordinator
Locating an individual to guide your corporation in creating a Workplace Health Promotion Program
Without a qualified Workplace Health Promotion Program coordinator to guide and manage your corporation’s creation of a culture of wellness, efforts can be scattered and momentum can stall. While it’s vital that the creation of a culture of wellness be someone’s [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program: Getting Upper Management Support
Strong and visible leadership support for the Workplace Health Promotion Program promotes health and is vital to securing necessary Workplace Health Promotion Program resources (staff, time, and money) and implementing recommended changes.
1. Identify a Workplace Health Promotion Program champion
In a small corporation, there may be a single leader who is the clear choice to champion [...]
Establishing a Workplace Health Promotion Program
The workplace environment is a powerful, but frequently overlooked, component in managing staff member health. Here we will identify some of the best-practices in creating a Workplace Health Promotion Program that supports your organization’s employee health strategy and allows staff members to take charge of their own health. For example, a Workplace Health [...]
Sample Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas
Health Testing:
• Blood checks
• Breast cancer Testing
• Skin cancer Testing
• Diabetes Testing
• Cholesterol Testing
• Eye exams
• Body-fat Testing
• Flu shots
• Posture screening, spinal analysis
• On-site child immunizations
• Prostate cancer screenings
• Fitness Testing
• Depression Testing
Fitness Ideas:
• On-site fitness center or exercise room
• Walking and/or running club (during lunch hour or breaks)
• Bike rack on premises (so [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Health Education Initiatives
Employee Health Services
• access to an EAP
• worksite medical services
• worksite medical examinations
• health risk testing and counselling:
• blood pressure,
• blood cholesterol ,
• blood glucose clinics,
• thyroid.
• bone density testing,
• prostrate
• encourage self-exams – breasts, testicles
• medical surveillance Initiatives
• immunizations and flu vaccinations
• disability case management
• active rehabilitation
• return to work Initiatives
• self-care education (see [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Healthy Work Environment Strategies
• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• employee 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
• [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Mental Wellness
• 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 – ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Environmental Wellness Initiatives
• violence in the worksite
• equity in the worksite initiatives
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Initiatives
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free worksite
• 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 [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program Ideas: Living Healthy Initiatives
• Offer Stress management and mental health Initiatives
• Offer substance use and abuse Initiatives
• Offer smoking cessation and control
• Offer nutrition counselling
• Offer weight control Initiatives and counselling
• Offer encourage use of food logs
• Offer posting BMI charts
• Offer juice dispensing machines
• Offer water coolers
• Offer vending machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Offer vending machines [...]
Workplace Health Promotion Program Environment Assessment
Why Complete a Workplace Health Promotion Program Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to identify your jobsite’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 [...]