Vital Health Consulting
Fit and Healthy Workforce Programs
Early intervention and prevention are the keys to a healthy workforce
How do your employees understand and practice wellness? When do your employees make health a priority? How can Occupational Health Nurses assist your employees to become responsible for their own wellness? How might these activities impact the overall health culture of your organization. These four questions framed Lesley's research project for her MA in Leadership: Worker Engagement in Health Promotion. Her nursing research project explored the level of worker engagmenet in health and wellness initiatives for one New Westminster based organization. It was discovered that worker engagement is through communication, work-site activities, provision of information and sustained by frequency of work-site events. Where does your organization need help?
How do your employees understand and practice wellness? When do your employees make health a priority? How can Occupational Health Nurses assist your employees to become responsible for their own wellness? How might these activities impact the overall health culture of your organization. These four questions framed Lesley's research project for her MA in Leadership: Worker Engagement in Health Promotion. Her nursing research project explored the level of worker engagmenet in health and wellness initiatives for one New Westminster based organization. It was discovered that worker engagement is through communication, work-site activities, provision of information and sustained by frequency of work-site events. Where does your organization need help?
- Health and Safety Policy and Program Development
- Nurses/Employee/Manager Consultation
- Ergonomic Policies and Program
- Assessment
- Education
- Repetitive Strain Injury Prevention
- Back Program
- Legislation Awareness and Interpretation
- Hazard Identification (specific to the Industry)
- Prevention Programs
- Surveillance Programs
- Pre-Placement Health Assessments
- Periodic Health Monitoring
- Disability Management
- Return to Work Assessments
- Lifestyle Promotion
Are you interested in making your work place smoke free?
Contact Vital Health for assistance and resources
Top 5 reasons to provide a tobacco-free workplace:
Better Business: employees who smoke can increase business costs by almost $4000 per annum per smoker
Better Health: along with the many lung diseases associated with tobacco, there are also those caused by second hand smoke
Employee Satisfaction: recruitment and retention efforts can be improved with offering a smoke free site
Compliance with provincial smoking restrictions
Avoiding Litigation: liability charges against employers for exposure to second hand smoke have been increasing
(Source: Health Canada)
Contact Vital Health for assistance and resources
Top 5 reasons to provide a tobacco-free workplace:
Better Business: employees who smoke can increase business costs by almost $4000 per annum per smoker
Better Health: along with the many lung diseases associated with tobacco, there are also those caused by second hand smoke
Employee Satisfaction: recruitment and retention efforts can be improved with offering a smoke free site
Compliance with provincial smoking restrictions
Avoiding Litigation: liability charges against employers for exposure to second hand smoke have been increasing
(Source: Health Canada)
