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The Community Guide - What Works to Promote Health

Worksite Health Promotion. Task Force Recommendations & Findings
This table lists interventions reviewed by the Community Guide, with Task Force findings for each (definitions of findings).

Self-sabotage at work

...in these anxious times in the American workplace, female professionals need to be aware of these all-too-common behaviours. From underestimating your value as a professional or bellyaching about a new assignment at the water-cooler (in full view of your superiors) to not sharing your ideas at meetings (with those same superiors sitting around the table), these gaffes can cause women to lose their reputations...
Commentaire d'un lecteur : "As a man I would say that the advice above could be just as good for many men as well..."

Women feel undervalued, underserved, study finds

Despite the vast strides women have made in economic and corporate power in recent decades, a new study finds they still feel undervalued when it comes to making purchases. "It's still tough for women to find a pair of pants, buy a healthful meal, get financial advice without feeling patronized," Boston Consulting Group's Michael Silverstein and Kate Sayre, who conducted the global survey of more than 12,000 women, report in Harvard Business Review.

Job insecurity plagues Canadians

More than a fifth of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs in this rocky economic environment, and the anxiety is causing employees to feel much less motivated about their jobs, a national survey showed Wednesday.

Interview

My Wish for Wellness

photo_eudoxie_adopo2.jpg‘‘I dream of the day when all enterprises will make it a point of honour to be recognized Healthy Enterprise by subscribing to the best practices listed in the GP2S Wellness in the Workplace Standard'' states Ms. Eudoxie Adopo, president of the Fédération des kinésiologiques du Québec.

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Dr. Mario Messier’s columns

A health promotion program with spectacular results

mario_messier.jpgNot only do the 7,000 employees of the Washoe County School District provide an excellent education for their 62,000 students, they are also famous for participating in an exceptionally successful wellness incentive program.  The Wellness Program, implemented in 1994, had a return on investment of $15.60 for every dollar spent in 2001-2002.

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