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Last Updated: 9/22/04
Topics:
- Active Living
- Business Case
- Case Studies
- Disability Management
- Journals/Newsletters/Publications
- Health Care (General)
- Health Promotion (General)
- Healthy Eating
- Mental Health
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Smoking & the Workplace
- Substance Abuse
- Work-Family-Life Issues
- Workplace Health Promotion Programming
- Workplace Research
Active Living
Covers topics such as the importance of physical activity to health and physical activity programming for the individual and the workplace.
2000
Workplace active living a needs assessment
Source: Alberta Centre for Active Living
Active
living at work
Source: Health Canada and the Canadian Council for Health and
Active Living at Work
Alberta Centre for Active Living
Building the commitment : a policy approach: active living in the workplace
Source: Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Canadian Health Network, Active Living Health Centre
Canada's
physical activity guide
Source: Health Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Go For Green "Canada's Active Living and Environment Program"
Leisure Information Network
Making it work with active living in the workplace
Source: Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)
Paths to equal opportunity
Source: Government of Ontario
Stairway to health
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Summer Active
Source: Health Canada
Business Case:
Provides sources of information to support a business case for workplace health programming.
Better balance, better business: options for work-life issues
Source: Alberta Learning
The
business case for work-life balance
Source: Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
Business
results through health and safety
Source: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Creating healthy workplaces
Source: Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA)
Investing in comprehensive workplace health promotion
Source: National Quality Institute (NQI)
Issues
of workplace health and wellness: case studies
Source: Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC)
Let's
talk: a guide to resolving workplace conflicts
Source: Alberta Learning
Making the case for workplace health promotion: analysis of the effects of WHP
Source: European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP)
Ten good reasons to promote health in your workplace
Source: Sudbury and District Health Unit (SDHU)
Twelve case studies on innovative workplace health initiatives: summary of key conclusions
Source: Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC)
Case Studies
Canadian companies that have embarked on an organizational approach to comprehensive workplace health promotion have been reviewed recently by the Canadian Labour and Business Centre (www.clbc.ca). Some of the effective practices are reviewed here.
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City of Regina’s Transfit Program
Dofasco’s Healthy Lifestyles Program
Healthy Workplace Programs, Petro-Canada Burrard Products Terminal
Healthy Workplace Programs at American Express Canada
Healthy Workplace Programs at Irving Paper Ltd.
Healthy Workplace Programs at Pazmac
Healthy Workplace Programs at Rideau Construction
Moose Jaw – Thunder Creek, Health District’s Wellness Program
Seven Oaks General Hospital
Vancouver International Airport Authority
Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. - Healthy Workplace
Workplace Health Initiatives at QLT Inc
Disability Management
Covers topics such as modifying the workplace to accommodate
individuals with disabilities and lists sources of
services and assistance.
Barrier-free
employers: practical guide for employment accommodation for
people with disabilities
Source: Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Health Network, Living with Disabilities
Source: Canadian Health Network
Creating healthy workplaces
Source: Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA)
Directory
for accessibility
Source: Ontario March of Dimes
Institute for Work and Health
Investing in comprehensive workplace health promotion
Source: National Quality Institute (NQI)
Making the case for workplace health promotion: analysis of the effects of WHP
Source: European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP)
National Institute for Disability Management and Research
Ten good reasons to promote health in your workplace
Source: Sudbury and District Health Unit (SDHU)
Twelve case studies on innovative workplace health initiatives: summary of key conclusions
Source: Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC)
Journals/Newsletters/Publications
At
Work and Infocus
Source: newsletters from the Institute for Work and Health
Benefits Canada
Canadian Healthcare Manager
Canadian HR Reporter
Canadian Occupational Safety magazine
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal
Excellence magazine
Source: National Quality Institute (NQI)
Farmsafe
Source: Farm Safety Association
Ontario Health Promotion E-mail Bulletin
The Ontario Health Promotion E-mail Bulletin (OHPE) is a free
weekly newsletter for people interested in health promotion
produced by the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse and THCU.
Provides information on workshops, conferences, job postings,
projects, issues and resources.
University of California Berkeley Wellness Letter
Wellness Options Magazine
Health Care (General)
Provides links to consumer health information from Canadian and US sources.
Canada Health Portal
Canadian Health Network
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information
Healthfinder
Health Canada
www.hc-sc.gc.ca
MEDLINEplus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Public Health Agency of Canada
Standard Life Health and Wellness Centre
Health Promotion (General)
Covers topics such as health promotion research and general health promotion/wellness.
Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research
Canadian
Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
www.cflri.ca/cflri/cflri.html
Canadian Health Network
www.canadian-health-network.ca
Canadian Health Network, Health Promotion Health Centre
Healthy workplace strategies: creating change and achieving results
How Canada stacks up: the quality of work - an international perspective
Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of British Columbia
www.ihpr.ubc.ca
International Institute for Health Promotion at American University
Integrative Health Institute of Calgary
www.integrativehealth.ca
Health Promotion Online, Health Canada
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization
www.who.ch
Healthy Eating
Covers topics such as healthy eating recommendations and nutrition programming for the workplace.
5 to 10 a Day
Source: 5 to 10 a day Partners
Canada's
Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Source: Health Canada
Canadian Health Network, Healthy Eating Health Centre
Dietitians of Canada
http://www.dietitians.ca/eatwell
Eat Smart! Ontario's Healthy Restaurant Program
Source:
Ontario Public Health Association, Nutrition Resource Centre
Guide to nutrition promotion in the workplace
Source: Ontario Public Health Association, Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC)
Healthy
eating at work
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, OSH Answers
National Institute of Nutrition
Mental Health
Covers topics such as mental health, stress, and emotional health, etc.
Best
advice on stress risk management in the workplace
Source: Health Canada, Workplace Health Unit
Canadian Health Network, Mental Health Centre
Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
www.camh.net
Controlling anger - before it controls you
www.apa.org/pubinfo/anger.html
Source: American Psychological Association
Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health
Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com
Mental health works
Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division (CMHA OD)
National Foundation for Depressive Illness
www.depression.org
Stress sense: solutions for the real world
www.stresssense.com/
Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Metro Toronto Branch
Workplace
stress: general
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, OSH Answers
World Federation for Mental Health
www.wfmh.org
Occupational Health & Safety
Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
www.awcbc.org
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
www.ccohs.ca
Canadian Health Network, Workplace Health Centre
Canada Safety Council
www.safety-council.org
Canadian Standards Association
www.csa.ca
The Education Safety Association of Ontario (ESAO)
Health & Safety Executive
Institute for Work and Health
www.iwh.on.ca
Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC
www.ohsah.bc.ca
OSH answers
www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
The Workers Health & Safety Centre, Ontario
www.whsc.on.ca
Young Worker Awareness Program
www.yworker.com
Smoking & the Workplace
Covers topics such as smoking cessation, environmental tobacco smoke, etc.
Canadian Council for Tobacco Control
www.cctc.ca/
Canadian Health Network, Tobacco Health Centre
Environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS): workplace policy
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, OSH
Answers
Smoking
and the bottom line: the costs of smoking in the workplace
Source: Health Canada, Health Promotion and Programs Branch, Strategies
and Systems for Health Directorate, Health Issues Division, Office
of Tobacco Reduction Program
Towards a healthier workplace: a guidebook on tobacco control policies
Source: Health Canada
Workplace smoking: trends, issues and strategies
Substance Abuse
Covers issues of alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace.
Alcohol Policy Network
www.apolnet.org
Mental
health and substance use at work :
perspectives from research and implication for leaders
Source: Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health
Substance
abuse in the workplace
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Work-Family-Life Issues
Covers topics such as work-life balance, work-family conflict, and healthy families, etc.
An examination of the implications and costs of work-life conflict in Canada
Balancing
work and family
Source: Saskatchewan Department of Labour
BC Council for Families
http://www.bccf.bc.ca
Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being
http://www.worklifecanada.ca/
Credit Counseling Services of Alberta
www.creditcounselling.com/employer/
Improving work-life balance: what are other countries doing?
Source: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Offers comments from Canadian workers regarding how they feel about the stress they are facing in their daily lives as they seek to balance work and family. Comments are drawn from those provided by participants in Health Canada's 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study.
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
Kids Have Stress Too!
www.kidshavestresstoo.org
Vanier Institute of the Family
www.vifamily.ca/
Where to work in Canada? An examination of regional differences in work life practices
Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN)
Work & Family Connection
www.workfamily.com
Voices of Canadians: seeking work-life balance
Source: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Work/life balance
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Work-Life
Balance in Canadian Workplaces
Source: Human Resources Development Canada, Labour Program
Work-life conflict in Canada in the new millenium: a status report
Source: Health Canada
Workplace Health Promotion Programming
Covers topics such as comprehensive workplace health promotion, conferences, tools, needs assessments, etc.
Annotated
bibliography: workplace well-being
Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Canadian Health Network, Workplace Health Centre
The case for comprehensive workplace health promotion
Source: University of Toronto, Centre for Health Promotion, The Health Communication Unit (THCU)
A
discussion paper on workplace health
Source: Canadian Council on Integrated Healthcare (CCIH)
Health Canada, Workplace Health Strategies Bureau
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/ahi/workplace/
The Health Communication Unit Workplace Health Promotion Project
The healthy scorecard
http://www.healthyscorecard.com
Healthy workplace
http://www.nqi.ca/HealthyWorkplace/default.aspx
Source: National Quality Institute
Investing
in comprehensive workplace health promotion: a resource for
the pursuit of organizational excellence
Source: National Quality Institute
National Health, Work & Wellness Conference
http://www.healthworkandwellness.com
National Quality Institute
www.nqi.ca
Workplace Health Unit, Brock University Wellness Institute
http://www.BrockU.CA/buwi/tools/
Workplace Research
Covers topics such as business/workplace statistics, research, etc.
Canadian Labour and Business Centre
http://www.clbc.ca
Canadian Policy Research Networks
http://www.cprn.ca
The Conference Board of Canada
Great Place to Work Institute, Inc.
Healthy workplaces and productivity : a discussion paper
Institute for Work and Health
www.iwh.on.ca/
JobQuality.ca
www.jobquality.ca
L'Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en
sécurité du travail
www.irsst.qc.ca/
The Mayor's Initiative on Healthy and Productive Workplaces
Statistics Canada
www.statcan.ca
Workplace health promotion resources search
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
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