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Healthy Workplace Resources - Publications
Below is a list of organizations offering various print/electronic publications as well as a number of resources available directly on the web.
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2000 Workplace Active Living: A Needs Assessment
Research report outlining details of the study and offering recommendations from the findings.
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Alcohol Policy Network
Stimulates informed discussion about various aspects of alcohol policy and profiles efforts and successes across Ontario.
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Algoma Health Unit
Serves the area of Algoma including Sault Ste. Marie, Echo Bay, St. Joseph Island, Goulais River etc. offering workplace health services.
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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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Arthritis Society of Canada
Provides information on programs and services that are available to individuals.
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Association of Canadian Ergonomists
Provides membership and expertise and services to public and clients in need of factors/ergonomics information.
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Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
Provides resources for worker compensation issues in Canada.
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Asthma Society of Canada
Offers information about asthma and how to live an active life with asthma.
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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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Boston Center for Work and Family
Committed to enhancing the quality of life of today's workforce by providing leadership for the integration of work and life.
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Brant County Health Unit
Serves the Brant County including Brantford and surrounding communities offering workplace health services and information.
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Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Health Unit
Provides services to workplaces of the Bruce and Grey Counties as well as to the City of Owen Sound.
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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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Canada's Physical Activity Guide
Provides various guides to encourage Canadian's to have a more active lifestyle along with a business case for active living.
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Canadian AIDS Society
Provides information on topics of interest to the CAS, including background information on key HIV/AIDS related issues.
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Canadian Cancer Society
Provides information on cancer, risk reduction, support services, and more.
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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 Centre on Substance Abuse
Offers referral to community services in caller's area; Action News official newsletter; online searchable database and directories; Lifestyle Interview on Substance Abuse of LISA Software (offers a quick check of alcohol, drug and tobacco use), which produces a summary for professionals and a verdict and advice for the interviewee.
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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 Council for Tobacco Control
Offers information on programs to increase the awareness of tobacco control and the effects.
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Canadian Dental Association
Provides information and articles surrounding dental related issues. Offers membership.
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Canadian Diabetes Association
Provides information about diabetes and offers helpful links to other diabetes information.
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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: Health Promotion Health Centre
Encourages people and communities to make healthy lifestyle choices and to take a more active role in their health.
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Canadian Health Network: Healthy Eating Health Centre
Offers resources for adopting a more healthy diet.
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Canadian Health Network: Mental Health Centre
Provides information and resources on mental health issues.
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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: Tobacco Health Centre
Provides information and resources on smoking.
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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 Healthy Workplace Criteria
Serves as a roadmap for organizations in any sector who wish to encourage, support and offer exemplary health-related programs in the workplace.
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Canadian Hearing Society
Offers information on employment counselling services; interpreter services; hearing and workplace noise assessments; brochures and booklets on hearing loss, etc.
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Canadian Homecare Association
Offers information on initiatives, programs, research and innovations; fact sheets; newsletter with membership; and referrals to local support groups.
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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 Human Rights Commission
Offers links to provincial offices, and information on sexual harassment and the workplace.
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Canadian Hypertension Society
Provides research on hypertension in Canada and offers suggestions for effective approaches to the management of this disease.
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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 Liver Foundation
Offers information on how your liver works, the different types of liver disease, research discoveries, and health and wellness.
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Canadian Lung Association
Offers a Quit Smoking Guide to help people quit, and Do You Want To Quit? Information booklets online. Online educational materials and information on support groups; links to websites on teens and smoking, statistics and research; brochures on smoking; asthma and workplace air quality. Provincial Lung Associations offer specific cessation programs.
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Canadian Massage Therapists Alliance (CMTA)
Provides information and resources designed to promote the art, science, and philosophy of massage therapy for the betterment of health care in Canada. Membership is available, including referrals to provincial associations and research initiatives.
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Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
MedicAlert offers various options to encourage employers to
include MedicAlert as part of an overall corporate Health and Wellness program or Health Benefit Package for employees. This website outlines options such as full or partial employer subsidies, employer group savings on membership fees and/or products. Face-to-face presentations, health exhibits, relevant articles for newsletters, and enrolment clinics are also offered.
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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 National Institute for the Blind
Provides information about eye safety programs for the workplace in particular regions.
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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 Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)
This organization acts as a resource and facilitator in the pursuit of equity, fairness, and social justice. The website offers local referrals; information; and a report on employment issues called Unequal Access.
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Canadian Red Cross Society
Offers information about how the Red Cross helps society, as well as prevention and awareness issues surrounding first aid and disaster initiatives.
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Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)
Offers online access to a list of sleep facilities across Canada; sleep brochures and other related tools; as well as online access to sleep experts by province.
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Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
Provides information on IBS, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as other gastrointestinal tract disorders; pamphlets; support groups; and newsletters.
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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 Addiction and Mental Health
Provides health promotion and prevention services and information.
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Centre for Families, Work and Well-being
Information is available on work/life issues across the human and family life cycle, policy analysis and best 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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Chatham-Kent Health Unit
Provides resources and information about workplace wellness to organizations in the Chatham-Kent area.
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City of Hamilton, Social and Public Health Services
Offers services to workplaces of the City of Hamilton and surrounding areas.
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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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CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal
Allows physicians and medical students to interact with each other and with CMA, and to find the tools and resources they need to enhance their professional and personal lives.
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Cold Weather Workers Safety Guide
Designed for Municipal workers, Construction workers, Road Repair Crews, Snow Removal Crews, Ski Resort Workers, and Emergency Crews. Incorporates cold weather safety tips and information about other outdoor conditions and use of machinery and equipment.
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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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Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You
Offers a research paper discussing anger and how to control it.
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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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Creating Healthy Workplaces: Report on the Institute for Work & Health's Third Annual Conference
Presents brief summaries of forward-looking papers describing current and anticipated changes in the relationship between technological change and the economy, consequences for workplaces and the health of workforce, and barriers and possible solutions for change.
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Credit Counselling Services of Alberta
Offers credit counselling services and information regarding budgeting and resources available.
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Depression & Anxiety Information Resource & Education Centre
Provides information on depression and anxiety, offers resources for these topics and research studies.
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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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Dietitians of Canada
Offers tools and ideas on how to eat healthier.
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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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Donald B. Brown Research Chair on Obesity
Support group information is available, as well as references; online 'Find a Physician' Tool; newsletters; magazines; online databases; links; and information on weight management and
nutrition.
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Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to Eastern Ontario including Cornwall, Alexandra, Casselman, Rockland, Winchester, etc.
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Eat Well, Live Well
Provides a variety of resources designed to help you check out your food choices, activity patterns, and body weight. Provides personalized feedback to help you achieve your healthy eating and active living goals and answer your nutrition questions.
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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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Elgin St. Thomas Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to workplaces of the City of St. Thomas and Elgin County.
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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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Employee Assistance Program Association of Toronto
Offers information on professional standards and assists in the professional development of its members.
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Employees: A Key Feedback Resource. Just ask Them!
Promotes the use of surveys to assess employees' needs as part of the National Quality Institute's and Brock University Wellness Institute's Employee Feedback System.
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ErgoNext
Offers dynamic information and tools you need to install and maintain an effective, compliant ergonomic program.
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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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Food Service Workers Safety Guide
Designed for employees and their supervisors in restaurants, catering establishments, hotels and fast food chains. Outlines the safe use of kitchen equipment including a new action-oriented section on cleaning and sanitizing kitchens. Also covers housekeeping safety tips and lifting procedures.
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Food Steps: A Guide to Eating Better
A unique, research-based, self-help, correspondence program for healthy eating with an emphasis on the reduction of dietary fat. Food Steps has primarily been implemented through public health units.
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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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Framework for the Development of a Healthy Workplace
Learn about the essential drivers that are key in developing and sustaining a Healthy Workplace - leadership, planning, people focus, process management and outcomes.
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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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Groundskeepers Safety Guide
Designed for Groundskeepers, Landscape Contractors and Nursery workers. Includes information on safe use of chain saws and other tools, personal protective equipment, UV, heath, cold, noise, vibration, and dust.
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Guide to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Work Injuries
Provides students, researchers and parctitioners with the tools and concepts required to conduct systematic evaluations of injury prevention initiatives and safety programs.
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Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
Provides workplace health services, courses and information to the Halliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge District.
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Halton Regional Health Department
Serves Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville offering workplace health services and programs to local organizations.
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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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Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties including Belleville, Trenton, Bancroft, Picton, etc.
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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 Promotion Ideas that Work
A "how-to" book of practical programming ideas that address topics of nutrition, fitness, stress, weight control, smoking cessation, cancer prevention, and work and family balance. Includes ideas for holidays, seasonal and general promotions.
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Healthworks Infosheet
Gives reasons for implementing healthful practices within an organization.
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Healthy Canadian
Provides health related news and information, as well as locate service providers, health associations, consumer health products, and links to the pharmaceutical industry.
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Healthy Computing
Provides unbiased information on computer-related health and safety.
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Healthy Eating
The Healthy Eating Program was developed in 1993, and is designed for use by people who have the opportunity to include healthy eating education into existing and developing programs in order to increase knowledge and skills on healthy eating.
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Healthy Measures
Introduces new ways for both consumers and health professionals to teach women to measure their health, and promotes new, healthier measures or steps that women can take to better their health without focussing on weight loss. Based on a three-pronged approach of being active, eating well, and being yourself.
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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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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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Help for Headaches
A quarterly newsletter is available, entitled Making Headway;
the website also suggests neurologists within a certain geographical area, provides support, education and information, and can perform presentations on-site.
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Huron County Health Unit
Offers workplace health services to organizations in the Huron County.
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Indoor Air Quality: Health and Safety Guide
This guide will help you to identify signs of indoor air quality (IAQ) problems, identify possible causes, plan actions of elimination or control of IAQ problems, understand your rights and responsibilities, and find sources of health and safety information.
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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 Health Promotion Research
Provides research on health promotion and population health and its impact in the community, the workplace, schools, the clinical setting, and international settings.
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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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Internet Mental Health
Explores an online encyclopaedia on mental health.
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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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Job Stress Network
Provides information about and related to work stress in general, including job strain.
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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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Kids Have Stress Too!
Provides information on how to effectively manage children's stress.
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Kids Health
Providing health information about children from before birth to adolescence.
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, Addington Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Kingston, Frontenca, Lennox, and Addington areas.
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Lambton Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Lambton County including Forest and Point Edward.
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Leeds, Greenville and Lanark District Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to organizations in the Leeds, Greenville and Lanark District.
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Leisure Information Network
Offers information on leisure information including being home to the National Recreation Database.
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Making Your Workplace Smokefree
A decision makers guide to eliminating smoking in the workplace. Offers practical and proven strategies for implementing successful policies in a variety of work settings.
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Male Health Centres
This website is facilitated by a group of physicians interested in providing patients with information and treatment for erectile
dysfunction and prostate disease. It is designed to assist the patient in deciding upon appropriate treatment for the disorder.
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MEDLINEplus
Provides medical and health information through studies, tutorials, encyclopaedias, etc.
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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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Middlesex-London Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to organizations in Middlesex-London region.
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Motherisk (c/o Hospital for Sick Children)
Newsletters; pamphlets; books; and information available regarding the safety or risk of drugs, chemicals, and disease during pregnancy and lactation.
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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Provides resources and information on the disease, as well as ways to live a healthy lifestyle and get involved in finding a cure.
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Muskoka-Parry Sound Health Unit
Provides workplace health information to organizations in the Muskoka-Parry Sound area including Bracebridge, Huntsville, Burks Falls etc.
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National Eating Disorder Information Centre
Offers listings of treatment services and resources from across the country, written information on eating disorders assistance with the development of information materials.
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National Foundation of Depressive Illness
Provides information on depressive illness and how to successfully treat this illness.
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National Institute of Disability Management and Research
Committed to reducing the human, social and economic cost of disability to workers, employers and society through education, training and research.
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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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Noise Control in Industry: A Basic Guide
Identifies and helps to recognize noise problems, take steps to control occupational noise exposure, and develop a hearing conservation program in any workplace.
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Nutrition Resource Centre
Provides programs, guides, and other valuable resources to strengthen the capacity of community nutrition practitioners across Ontario to deliver quality nutrition programming in a health promotion context.
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Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare
Provides information about occupational health and safety issues in BC.
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Office Ergonomics Safety Guide
Helps office employees identify ergonomic hazards and take
remedial action. Includes criteria for job design and adequate office environment, explains how to design a workstation, select and adjust an office chair and organize tasks to prevent discomfort and injury.
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Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Offers current, reliable nutrition information to promote the health and well-being of Canadians.
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Ontario Health Promotion Resource Centre
Supports Health Promotion in Ontario for people and organizations that want to increase their capacity to effectively promote health in Ontario communities.
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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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Osteoporosis Society of Canada
This website provides easy-to-understand information about
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. It
offers referrals; peer counselling phone line; workplace seminars; literature; and contact information for provincial chapters.
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Oxford County Board of Health
Offers workplace wellness information to organizations in the Oxford County including Woodstock.
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Parkinson Society of Canada
Website offers referrals to regional offices; workplace seminars; local support groups; exercise classes; fundraising events; newsletters; educational conferences; professional
speakers; resource materials; and peer support programs.
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Perth District Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations in the Perth District including Stratford and Listowel.
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Peterborough County-City Health Unit
Offers workplace health services to organizations of the City of Peterborough and County.
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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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Population and Public Health Branch
Provides information regarding policies, programs, and systems relating to prevention, health promotion, disease surveillance, community action, and disease control. Contains a compilation of information contained on the sites of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) and sites of the former Health Promotion and Programs Branch (HPPB) in one cohesive branch site.
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Porcupine Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to the entire Cochrane District and Hornepayne in Algoma District including Cochrane, Hearst, Kapuskasing, and Moosonee.
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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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Program Training and Consultation Centre
Provides training and consultation services to enhance the capacity of Ontario communities to implement effective community-based tobacco use reduction strategies.
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Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada
Information regarding prostate cancer is available as well as a message board to contact other individuals with prostate cancer; and a free monthly e-newsletter.
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Regional Municipality of Durham Health Department
Offers workplace health services to organizations of the Durham Region including Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Uxbridge etc.
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Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk
Offers a variety of free and low cost services to workplaces in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties including Dunnville, Caledonia and Simcoe.
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Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Provides services to the residents of the region of Waterloo including Waterloo and Kitchener.
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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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School Workers Health and Safety Guide
Outlines ways to recognize and control health and safety hazards associated with school occupations, from routine classroom activities and building maintenance to science labs, sports activities, and industrial arts shops.
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Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
Access to information on sexually transmitted diseases, sexuality and contraception; access to the Common Questions About Sexual Health Education document, Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, and other articles and information sources through the website, including a research library.
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Shifting to Wellness
A program offered by Keyano college Lifestyle Services. Provides practical solutions to reduce shift work stress with established recommendations aimed at achieving wellness in all individuals.
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Simcoe County District Health Unit
Offers workplace health services and information to organizations of Simcoe County including Essa, Innisfil, Severn, etc.
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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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Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
This website offers information and articles related to pregnancy and birth, contraception and sexual health, and menopause, symptoms, and related health issues. A large focus is also on the International Women's Health Program.
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St. John Ambulance
Offers information on courses in emergency first aid, standard first aid, CPR; safety and health promotion training.
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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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Stepping Up Your Physical Activity: Walking to Improve Your Health
Offers suggestions and encouragement on developing a successful walking program as a primary means of physical activity.
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Stress Sense: Solutions for the Real World
Information on corporate workshops on stress and the workplace.
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Sudbury District Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations of Sudbury, the District of Sudbury and the Manitoulin districts.
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Summer Active
Features fun and interesting SummerActive stories and events from various Provinces/Territories, and Communities across Canada in order to promote healthy eating, active living, and living smoke free to help improve and maintain health.
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Thunder Bay District Health Unit
Offers workplace health information to organization of the Thunder Bay District including Thunder Bay, Marathon, Schrieber etc.
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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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Toronto Public Health : Healthy Lifestyles
Offers workplace health services to the organizations of Greater Toronto.
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Towards an Exemplary Workplace: Our Obligation to Promote and Ensure Work/Life Balance in the Public Service of Canada
Promotes and encourages the implementation of work/life balance strategies, such as the many forms of flexible working arrangements and other valuable suggestions.
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University of California Berkeley Wellness Letter
Translates leading-edge research into practical advice for daily living - at home, at work, while exercising, and in the market or health-food store.
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UV Index
Offers information and tips on how to protect yourself and your family against the sun's harmful UV rays.
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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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Violence in the Workplace Prevention Guide
Provides detailed advice on how you can develop a workplace
violence prevention program. Includes specific prevention tips on a multitude of workplace and work-related travel situations, as well as practical advice on how you can respond to specific violent situations.
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Warehouse Workers Safety Guide
Designed for those who work in warehouses, storage facilities, bulk stores, and the transport industry. Includes monitoring health and safety performance, emergency preparedness and common health hazards and safety tips.
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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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Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
Offers workplace health services to the organizations of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph district.
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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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Wellness Options Magazine
Encourages health awareness, and promotes wellness options and health choices.
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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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Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
Provides workplace health services to organizations of Windsor-Essex County including Windsor, Leamington, and Essex.
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Work & Family Connection
Offers valuable information about the connections between work and life.
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Workers Health & Safety Centre, Ontario
Provides information for workers regarding health and safety issues, including training and publications.
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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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Work-Life Compendium 2001: 150 Canadian Statistics on Work, Family and Well-Being
Provides a single source reference for Canadian family statistics including changes in the labour force, the composition of families, economic reality, workplace, child care and support, employer and employee relationships, legislation, attitudes and public opinion.
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WorkNet: Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace
Provides information, research, publications, and events surrounding alcohol and drug policy issues.
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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: Absenteeism
Examines the impact of absenteeism on employees, the productivity of Canadian business, and the GDP. PDF file.
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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 Information: Juggling Home and Work
Investigates the difficulties faced by employees in balancing home and work life. PDF file.
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Workplace Health Self-Assessment Workbook
Filled with advice, tools and tips, this Workbook is a quick and easy way to evaluate your organization's progress towards developing a healthy workplace for your employees.
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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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World Federation for Mental Health
Promotes mental health through public education campaigns and membership.
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World Health Organization
Promotes the attainment for all people to achieve the highest level of health.
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York Region Health Services Department
Offers workplace health services to organizations of the York Region including Vaughn, Richmond Hill, Maple etc.
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Young Worker Awareness Program
Offers health and safety awareness information to young workers to protect themselves on the job.
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