Project Health: Handbook for Healthy Workplaces

Health is an important concept of our daily lives, both at home and in our workplace. The health of employees and their workplaces is important to success and growth within the business environment. A growing number of employers are increasingly recognizing the importance of establishing and implementing a Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Program. Employees who feel they are healthy have increased productivity, use fewer sick days, have improved work attitudes, and have increased incentive to stay with their particular job.

This Handbook* was created to assist workplaces in the development and implementation of workplace strategies and policies relating to the health topics as outlined in the handbook. The topics and strategies selected by organizations should reflect employee interests, needs and concerns.

Currently Project Health offers information on the following topics:

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Table of Contents

Section 1:

Understanding Workplace Health

Section 2:

Organizational Culture

Section 3:

Workplace Policy

Section 4:

Project Health Topics
Active Transportation
Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Screening
Breastfeeding Friendly Workplaces
Healthy Eating
Healthy Pregnancy
Healthy Weights
Immunization
Physical Activity
Road Safety
Substance Misuse Prevention
Sun Protection
Tobacco-Free Living

 

Section 5:
Additional Resources

* Adapted with permission from materials produced by the Brant County Health Unit, 2006