wellness@WORK

Marilyn Carter, PhDHealth Promotion Program ManagerDouglas County Public Healthwww.co.douglas.or.us/health

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“It is unreasonable to expect that people will change their behavior easily when so many forces in the social, cultural, and physical environment conspire against such change.”

Institutes of Medicine

Being healthy is not just about individual choices – our choices are shaped by the opportunities and options we have available to us – at home, at school, at work and our community.

Policy, Systems, and Environment

Policy: Eat Well

Policy Systems Environment

Healthy Meetings, Conferences, Events

Healthy Vending

Work with vendors and caterers to provide healthy food options

Work with food services to offer fresh, local produce in the cafeteria

Ensure availability of chilled drinking water

Provide a refrigerator and microwave so employees can bring healthy foods from home

Remove candy dishes and other temptations from common areas

What do you do at your worksite to help employees eat well?

Policy: Move More

Policy Systems Environment

Physical Activity Policy

Flexible Schedule Policy

Build physical activity breaks into meetings and conferences

Provide flexible work arrangements for employees to engage in physical activity

Promote Kick Start Douglas County and other resources

Install safe, sheltered bike racks or storage areas

Provide an onsite space for physical activity and classes

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Policy: Be Tobacco-Free

Policy Systems Environment

Tobacco-Free Campus

Promote the Oregon Tobacco Quitline in newsletters and websites

Include information about tobacco policy in employee orientation materials

Post no smoking signage

Replace tobacco shelters or designated areas with bike parking or benches

Use tobacco-free facilities for meetings and events

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Policy: Live Well

Policy Systems Environment

Information and referral to chronic disease screening, prevention and self‐management

Provide screening and health risk appraisals

Provide info and referral to local workshops

Provide training and information to ensure appropriate response to heart attack, stroke and other medical emergencies

Provide on-site blood pressure screening

Provide space for employee breaks, workshops, exercise

Ensure availability of AEDs

Include chronic disease self-management as a covered benefit

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Resources

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