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Healthy Workplace Resources - PEP Level 1
featuring resources useful to building a solid commitment to a healthy workplace
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American Journal of Health Promotion
Brings together all the disciplines that make up health promotion, presenting the latest thinking on a wide range of health promotion subjects.
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Annotated Bibliography: Workplace Well-being
Offers an overview of popular business published in regards to workplace well-being.
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Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
Provides resources for worker compensation issues in Canada.
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At Work: The Newsletter of the Institute for Work and Health
Providing evidence-based research and practical tools for clinicians, policy-makers, employees and managers.
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Balancing Work and Family
Explores how the changing relationship between family and
work affects organizations and employees. Focuses on work-family balance, work climate, work attitudes and outcomes, and the health of the worker.
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Barrier-Free Employers: Practical Guide for Employment Accommodation for People with Disabilities
Offers facts and practical advice on employment accommodation, and explains the steps to facilitate the inclusion of employees with disabilities into your work force.
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BC Council for Families
Offers information on issues to strengthen and support families.
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Benefits Canada
Provides valuable tool for anyone interested in benefits, pension investment and healthcare.
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Business and Economic Roundtable on Mental Health
Urges corporate leaders to consider a CEO-led business plan for depression.
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Canada Safety Council
Reliable resource for safety information, education and awareness in all aspects of Canadian life - in traffic, at home, at work and at leisure.
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety
Provides information, advice and training on how to prevent illness and injury in the workplace.
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Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research
Enhances health promotion research, policy, and practice in Canada through linking research, capacity development and information dissemination.
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Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Offers research and communication of information about physically active lifestyles to the public and private sectors.
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Canadian Health Network: People with Disabilities
Offers resources about people living with a disability.
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Canadian Health Network: Workplace Health Centre
Contains resources about balancing family and work, job safety, preventing work-related injuries, workplace health promotion, and wellness programs.
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Canadian HR Reporter
Provides real-world solutions to perplexing HR situations (from peers and industry experts), helpful case studies and insightful commentary.
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Canadian Institute for Health Information
Working to improve the health of Canadians and the health care system by providing quality, reliable and timely health information.
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Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Works with business, government and education communities at all levels to improve business and labour practices and to provide public policy on labour market and skills issues.
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Canadian Mental Health Association
Promotes the mental health of all people and to serve mental health consumers, their families and friends.
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Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
Offers a wide array of articles to help the work of health and safety professionals.
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Canadian Pharmacists Association
Offers workplace seminars; drug use management program resources; and referrals to local pharmacies.
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
Provides policy makers and citizens the opportunity to learn and debate the economic and social issues important to Canadians.
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Canadian Standards Association
Assist organizations and people to understand standards through education and information products and services.
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Canadian Workplace Research Network
Provides research on workplace change and supports the diffusion of workplace-centred research that will aid in the adoption of efficient and equitable workplace practices.
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Centre for Health Promotion (University of Toronto)
Provides service in the field of health promotion that will enable people to control and improve their health.
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City of Ottawa: Workplace Health Promotion Program
Provides workplace health information to organizations of the City of Ottawa.
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City of Regina's Transfit Program
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Conference Board of Canada
Delivers knowledge through learning events, networks, research products, and customized information services to its members.
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Costs of Obesity and Physical Inactivity
Estimates the direct costs related to the treatment of and research into obesity in Canada in 1997.
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Costs of Tobacco
A document that explores the issues of determining smoking-attributable costs, its effects on public health, and estimates the smoking-attributable costs for residential care.
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Costs of Work-Life Conflict
This report uses survey data which was collected by Duxbury
and Higgins between 1991 and 1998 to examine the prevalence of work life conflict within Canada and the costs of such conflict to employees, their employers and to the health care system.
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Creating Healthier Work Environments
Provides Conference Board of Canada Publications, Research and other resources in the area of Health, Health Care, and Wellness.
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Developing a Comprehensive Health Policy: Why and How
Shows why a Comprehensive Health Policy would benefit an organization, as well as how to develop such a Policy.
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Directory for Accessibility
Information on Ontario based organizations that provide assistance to businesses, employers and service providers on accessibility to the disabled employees and customers.
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Discussion Paper on Workplace Health
Presents the point of view that Canada needs to foster a positive environment that encourages and promotes healthy workplaces. Offers recommendations for how a new and more positive environment can be created in workplaces across Canada.
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Dofasco's Healthy Lifestyles Program
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Economic Impact of Worksite Health Promotion
A collection of papers divided into three sections: the economic impact of workplace health promotion, program evaluation, and examples of implemented and evaluated programs.
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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Hosts an annual conference, publishes a journal for the employee assistance profession, and offers training and other resources to enhance the professionalism of its members and the industry.
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS): Workplace Policy
Explores steps workplaces can take to put a workplace smoking policy in place.
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Excellence
Offers articles about organizations change, quality improvement, award winners, and award-winning programs for both the public and private sectors.
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Farm Business Health Model
A guide to health programming for farm businesses.
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Farm Business Health Model Guide
A guide to developing and implementing the workplace health system for farm businesses.
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Four Step Guide to Building the Business Case for a Healthy Workplace
Outlines the steps to developing a healthy workplace business case for your place of work.
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Government of Canada Public Service-wide Employee Survey
Provides a general overview of the popular business literature published over the last fiver years on the subject of workplace well-being.
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Harvard Business Review: The Employee-Customer Profit Chain at Sears
Examines the employee-customer-profit model which has enabled Sears to increase its profits. Includes making Sears a "compelling place to work".
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Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information
Offers health news and content as well tools and risk assessments.
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Health and Safety Committees Reference Guide
Provides guidance for the formation and effective functioning of health and safety committees. Can also help you to understand your roles and responsibilities as a committee member, investigate accidents, review an OH&S Program, conduct workplace inspections and identify and control work hazards.
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Health Canada
Offers information about a variety of health related issues.
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Health Canada – Publications & Resources
Offers a variety of downloadable information guides, health models, and case studies.
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Health Canada and the Canadian Council for Active Living at Work
Suggests the benefits of being active in the workplace, and provides a template for practitioners to use in developing a business case for active living in their own organizations.
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Health Canada, Workplace Health
Provides on-line resources for health promotion, a web-based conference forum to facilitate discussion among health professionals, as well as publications and workplace health systems models.
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Health Canada’s Promotion Online
Provides useful health promotion resources and guides conference information, educational tools and health resources, as well as statistics and reports.
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Health Communication Unit
Provides training and support in Health Communication, including Health Promotion Planning, Evaluation and Policy Change, and Sustainability.
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Health in Action- Alberta
Gives you immediate access to information, people and resources needed to make your health promotion and injury prevention programs and research more effective.
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Health, Work & Wellness Conference
Provides a forum for sharing knowledge and ideas about the direction of workplace health.
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Healthworks Infosheet
Gives reasons for implementing healthful practices within an organization.
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Healthy Settings: Canadian Case Studies
Case studies of organizations concerned with health and wellness in the workplace.
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Healthy Workplace Program at Pazmac Enterprises Ltd.
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Healthy Workplace Programs at American Express Canada
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Healthy Workplace Programs at Irving Paper Ltd.
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Healthy Workplace Programs at Petro-Canada, British Columbia
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Healthy Workplace Programs at Rideau Construction Bedford, NS
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Provides information on heart disease, stroke and nutrition, offers advice on heart healthy menus for company cafeterias, information on stress, smoking cessation and nutrition.
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Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Documents and promotes the vital relationship of employee health to workplace productivity and, thereby, to corporate performance.
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Institute for Work and Health
Provides research and promotes new ways to prevent workplace disability, improve treatment, and optimize recovery and safe return to work.
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Integrative Health Institute
Focuses on wellness, health promotion, and the healing process. Provides expert advice about the benefits of integrating conventional and alternative health care options for addressing the body, mind, and spirit, as well as the environment and relationships with others.
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Investing In Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion
Encourages and facilitates the implementation of Health Promotion as a means of pursuing organizational excellence and Comprehensive Workplace Health.
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JobQuality.ca
Provides comprehensive, public and user-friendly information on the quality of work in the Canadian labour market.
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Key Principles of Program Evaluation
Highlights key principles and types of program evaluation techniques that can be used at different stages of workplace health programs. PDF file available.
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Logic Models Workbook
Provides an overview of key concepts and methods to assist health promotion practitioners in the development of program logic models.
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Mental Health Works
Helps organizations recognize the important role they can play in supporting the mental health of their employees and how they can respond appropriately when employees experience mental health problems.
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Moose Jaw-Thunder Creek Health District's Wellness Program
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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National Quality Institute
NQI is Canada's leading authority on the development and sustainability of excellence through quality and healthy workplace environments.
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Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare
Provides information about occupational health and safety issues in BC.
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Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
Supports individuals and organizations through three main program
areas: Health Promotion Resource Centre, Best Start: Ontario's Maternal, Newborn, and Early Childhood Development Resource Centre, and Ontario Health Promotion Resource Secretariat. Also provides numerous articles and publications of interest.
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OSH Answers
Provides answers to Occupational Health and Safety questions.
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OSHLine with NIOSHTIC
Provides authoritative, up-to-date coverage of published OSH-related literature from around the world. Helps to answer work-related health and safety questions quickly and easily as you stay on top of the most current, reliable research in the field.
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Physical Inactivity Increase Health-care Costs in Canada
Offers examples of studies that have been done regarding physical activity.
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Policy: The Key to a Healthy Workplace
Helps in the development of health promoting workplace policies in terms of healthy lifestyles, healthy environments, and social responsibility policies.
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Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace
Promotes the prevention of harassment and focuses on its prompt resolution. Suggests methods of open communication and early intervention.
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Prevention Pays - Making the Case with Dollars and Sense
Helps promote the knowledge and use of different types of economic evaluations in the Canadian non-profit sector, and provides some of the tools to do this increasingly important work.
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Program Evaluation Manual
Increases understanding of the evaluation process and methods, enhances evaluation activity in workplace health promotion programs, and improves marketing, planning, and operation of workplace health promotion. PDF file available.
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Program Evaluation Manual: Key Issues and Strategies for Evaluating your Workplace Health Promotion Program
Offers practical tools and strategies to help with the evaluation of your workplace health program and its promotion. Such evaluations are intended to provide feedback on operations, outcomes, and cost efficiency in order to show the achievements of the programs and improve decisions being made about them.
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Regional Niagara Public Health Department
Offers workplace health services and information to organizations of the Niagara Region including Welland, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Fonthill, Thorold, etc.
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Renfrew County and District Health Unit
Provides health promotion, health protection and developmental services to organizations of Renfrew County and the Township of South Algonquin in the Ottawa Valley.
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Seven Oaks General Hospital Winnipeg, Manitoba
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Small Business Health Model Booklet
An online guide to the workplace health system in small businesses.
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Smoking & the Bottom Line: The Costs of Smoking in the Workplace
Information from a report on the costs of smoking in the workplace.
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Statistics Canada
Produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society and culture.
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Stepping into Health and Success in your Farm Business
A guide to help improve the health and safety conditions of those who live and/or work on Canadian farms.
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Timiskaming Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations of the district of Timiskaming including the amalgamated municipality of Temagami.
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Vancouver International Airport Authority, BC
PDF File Available that offers a case study about the process of workplace wellness and the content and impacts of individual workplaces' initiatives.
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Vanier Institute of the Family
Provides information on families in Canada and the challenges families face in their diverse structures.
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Welders Health and Safety Guide
Helps recognize hazards associated with welding work; preventing accidents, injury and illness; following safe work practices; selecting and using proper personal protective equipment; and understanding your duties and rights as given in the Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
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Wellness in the Workplace Guide
Provides practical steps and program suggestions for workplace health and wellness programs. You will be able to create a wellness program or integrate one or more initiatives into your existing framework.
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What Gets Measured Gets Done: The Healthy Workplace Balanced Scorecard
Focuses on measuring health and safety by providing on-going feedback on progress towards goals that can help promote, and improve an organization's strategy for health, safety, and wellness. Stresses the importance of tracking a balanced set of key "healthy workplace" indicators in order to improve your workplace's health and safety.
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Work-Life Balance in Canadian Workplaces
Includes information about policies and programs regarding work-life balance in Canadian Workplaces. Includes: Voices of Canadians: Seeking Work-Life Balance and Collective Agreements and Older Workers in Canada
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Workplace Health Bureau: Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Progress
Provides a step-by-step guide to reviewing and evaluating Workplace Health System programs that have been put into place. PDF file available.
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Workplace Health Information: Influencing Employee Health
Focuses on improving employee health at the individual, organizational, and population levels.
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Workplace Health System in Corporate Business
A guide to developing and implementing the workplace health system in medium and large businesses.
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Workplace Health System in Small Business
A guide to developing and implementing the Workplace Health System in Small Business.
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Workplace Health System: Corporate Health Model Booklet
Online guide to the Corporate Health Model.
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Workplace Health System: Discovering the Needs
Online guide to workplace health promotion.
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Workplace Health Unit - Brock Unversity Wellness Institute
Offers assessment tools and systems for collecting and interpreting individual and organizational level data.
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Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Ontario)
Oversees workplace safety education and training system provides disability benefits, monitors the quality of health care, and assists in early and safe return to work.
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