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		<title>Benefits of Workplace Wellness Programs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to Workplace Wellness Programs 
Risky health behaviors by staff members cost a company. Changing those behaviors can save the employer money and increase the staff member’s productivity. 
Because work gives an staff member a stable setting and support system, Workplace Wellness Programs can have a great impact on decreasing high-risk behaviors. This impact results in decrease [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write Workplace Wellness Program Goals and Objectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why have Workplace Wellness Program objectives? 
Workplace Wellness Program objectives take your organization’s priorities for employee health improvement and make them specific and measurable. Well-defined Workplace Wellness Program objectives provide direction for selecting Strategies and a basis for which to measure progress. 
Writing Workplace Wellness Program objectives 
Writing Workplace Wellness Program objectives is not complicated or difficult. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Workplace Wellness Program Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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
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>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program Ideas: Health Education Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employee Health Services
• access to an EAP
• worksite medical services
• worksite medical examinations
• health risk screening and counselling:
      • blood pressure,
      • blood cholesterol ,
      • blood glucose clinics,
      • thyroid.
      • bone density screening,
      • prostrate
• promote self-exams &#8211; breasts, testicles
• medical surveillance Initiatives
• immunizations and flu shots
• disability case management
• active rehabilitation
• return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program Ideas: Occupational Wellness Strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• staff member 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
• rates of absence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program Ideas: Mental Wellness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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 programs
• budgeting and financial counselling
• understanding credit reports
• money safety tips &#8211; ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program Ideas: Environmental Wellness Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• violence in the worksite
• equity in the worksite programs
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Initiatives
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free worksite
• fire safety programs
• hazard control and WHIMS Training
• injury prevention, CPR/First Aid, emergency response Initiatives
• improved signage
• installing guard rails
• work station design, ergonomic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program Ideas: Healthy Living Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• Add Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives
• Add substance use and abuse Initiatives
• Add smoking cessation and control
• Add nutrition counselling
• Add weight control Initiatives and counselling
• Add promote use of food logs
• Add posting BMI charts
• Add juice dispensing machines
• Add water coolers
• Add snack machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Add snack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program Environment Assessment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Complete a Workplace Wellness 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 snack machines, policies to enforce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Wellness Program: Maintaining Motivation and Interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you start a program you will have a range of staff member 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 do.  [...]]]></description>
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