Healthy at Work
GOAL: By 2022, create a more health conscientious workforce in Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods through connecting businesses with wellness program providers.
Objectives:
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Create a workplace wellness toolkit (see what other coalitions have started/Action for Happiness toolbox)
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Create and share Educational programs on diabetes, cardiovascular, and obesity, blood pressure, stress reduction; mindfulness
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Create an education health wellness day (maybe using 8 dimensions and peer to peer health ambassadors)
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Promote Walking during breaks/ and being social during breaks/ promoting healthy breaks
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Create Incentives for quitting smoking
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Create Weight loss challenges with rewards/ and work fitness challenge with videos
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Create Healthy day @ office challenge
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Encourage Team building at work/ icebreakers/ support groups/meetings/Vision board sessions/purpose workshops
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Promote Healthy food and snacks @ the office
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Collaborate with hospitals/ACS/businesses/community organizations on prevention screening for obesity, colon, breast, prostate cancer