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Health promotion / wellness / psychosocial |
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Offers a series of information on workplace health issues including stress, work-life balance, violence in the workplace, substance abuse and bullying. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
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Walk and roll: a guide to active transportation to, from and at the workplace |
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Describes a guide which helps workplaces promote the use of non-motorized modes of travel to and from work, such as walking or cycling. This guide provides planning and implementation tools, such as checklists, questionnaires, and assessment forms. Includes ordering information. |
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Source: Go for Green |
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2000 Workplace active living: a needs assessment |
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Reports on how workplace wellness practitioners understand workplace active living, what are the determinants of active living at work, and what are practitioners' information and services needs. Offers recommendations. |
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Source: Alberta Centre for Active Living |
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Active living at work |
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Promotes the benefits of active living in the workplace, summarizes related research, describes what works and how to get started, and offers a template for practitioners to use in developing a business case for active living in their own organizations. |
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Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
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The business case for physical activity in the workplace |
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Outlines the benefits of workplace physical activity programs and suggests how workplaces can create environments that foster employee participation. |
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Source: Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (CFLRI) |
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Making it work with active living in the workplace |
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Offers "how to" information for those workplaces in the preliminary stages of active living program planning and development. Includes practical ideas and approaches, leadership, program planning, marketing and promotion, and evaluation. |
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Source: Leisure Information Network |
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Building the committment : a policy approach: active living in the workplace |
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Offers workplaces information to help them in the active living policy-building process - starting out, writing a policy statement, and evaluation. Includes "how-to" tips and suggestions for ensuring long-term organizational commitment to active living, as well as sample active living policy statements. |
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Source: Leisure Information Network |
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Active living at work |
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Answers questions on active living and how it benefits workers and the workplace. Offers examples of activities and strategies for increasing participation in, developing, and maintaining a workplace physical activity program. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health And Safety (CCOHS) |
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Hosting business functions |
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Provides tips to employers for planning healthy choices at workplace functions. Offers suggestions for nutritious food choices, active living, smoke-free environments, limiting alcohol, and for keeping the event environmentally friendly. |
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Source: City of Ottawa |
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Wellness works program |
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Offers a package of resources relevant to workplace health, including fact sheets, pamphlets, and a monthly theme calendar. Topics focus on the workplace health promotion and information on healthy living choices such as healthy eating, active living, etc. |
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Source: County of Lambton, Community Health Services Department |
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An environmental scan of workplace wellness programs in Alberta |
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Reports on a survey of Alberta workplace wellness programs which have included a physical activity component. Includes profiles of participants and organizations, program elements, program marketing and management strategies. |
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Source: Alberta Centre for Active Living |
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Walk for life |
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Offers guidance to setting up and running a six-week walking program in the workplace. Provides background information, tools, posters, and tips. |
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Source: Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit |
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Healthy living @ work : workplace action guide |
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Provides information for workplaces to implement healthy living programs and policies. Focuses on four common preventable risk factors for chronic disease: tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy eating and stress. Offers programming examples. |
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Source: County of Lambton, Community Health Services Department |
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Activity tracker |
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Provides users with access to a personal Activity Tracker to set personal physical activity goals. After choosing the kinds of activities you like to do, you can track how physically active you are every day.
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Source: Alberta Centre for Active Living
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Workplace health works! |
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Promotes workplace health programs and discusses the benefits for both organizations and employees. Lists examples of possible activities and offers ideas to encourage workplace participation. |
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Source: Canadian Health Network |
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La santé en milieu de travail, c'est possible! |
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Fait la promotion des programmes de santé en milieu de travail et explique les avantages pour l'organisme et les employés. Dresse la liste des activités possibles et suggère des moyens d'encourager la participation des employés. |
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Source: Réseau canadien de la santé |
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