The workplace can impact our health – either positively or negatively. Supports in the workplace that encourage employees to practice healthy lifestyle behaviours can result in healthier, happier, and more productive employees. Eight small Chatham-Kent businesses (100 or less employees) are being offered $250.00 seed funding, to assist employers in providing supports to create a healthy work environment. This opportunity … Read More
28-Day Vegetable and Fruit Challenge – Week #4 tips
28-Day Vegetable and Fruit Challenge The Challenge is coming to a close! Check out our list of tips and recipes for week 4 of the challenge. Week 4 Day 21 Feature Veggie: BOK CHOY Bok choy, also known as Chinese chard, is part of the cabbage family and counts as one of your dark green vegetables! It is very popular … Read More
Tanned Skin = Damaged Skin
Ever wish you could go back in time and tell yourself what you know now? This video shows how the sun damaged your skin when you were younger – and now you witness its harmful effects. Share this 6 minute clip with a young person in your life . Did you know? most sun damage occurs before age 18 … Read More
Seed Funding for Small Business
Recognizing the challenges that small businesses face in providing a supportive, healthy environment for their employees we are now offering 10 grants of up to $200 for small businesses or not-for-profit organizations with less than 50 employees. This “seed” funding is meant to assist in the development of activities or programs that have a positive impact on employee health. Since … Read More
Employees…Rethink Your Drink!
April is Oral Health Month! Did you know drinking 1 small bottle of pop is like eating 20 chocolate chip cookies? Or drinking 1 large iced coffee drink can be like eating 5 ½ doughnuts? In fact, based on the amount of added sugar they are exactly the same! The extra calories in sugary drinks, such as pop and iced … Read More
Smoking in Workplace Vehicles
Since May 31st, 2006 the Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA) requires workplaces to be smoke-free. Many are unaware that this also applies to vehicles that are driven for work (such as a backhoe, delivery truck or a taxi). In the SFOA, the definition of an enclosed workplace applies to a vehicle or conveyance or a part of any of them that … Read More
Creating a Healthy Workplace
Many people spend the majority of their waking hours at work. Working conditions and balance between work and family have a great impact on employee health. Chatham-Kent Public Health Services has developed a variety of resources in the belief that maintaining a healthy lifestyle – at work and at home – is key to long term employee health and employer … Read More
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