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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Work: Feeling Great about Life! Healthy Workplace Month October is healthy workplace month, it is the ninth annual Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM). CHWM is a four week long celebration intended to introduce workplace health to organizations. It also supports organizations that are already promoting healthy workplaces. The theme for October 2009 is: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Work: Feeling Great about Life! Each week, organizations will be challenged to participate in activities based on the weekly themes. The weekly challenge themes are: - Week 1 - Feeling Great at Work - Week 2 - Feeling Great with Family and Friends - Week 3 - Feeling Great at Play - Week 4 - Feeling Great about Giving Back Organizations can register at www.healthyworkplacemonth.ca to participate in some or all of the challenges. Why a Healthy Workplace is Important Studies have shown that healthcare costs are increasing at twice the rate of inflation. In Canada, more than 50,000 strokes and 75,000 heart attacks occur every year. Approximately 8% of workers are taking medication to treat depression and other mental-health conditions. Mental illness costs the Canadian economy over $50 billion each year. What are companies doing about this? Many employees feel undervalued and stressed at home and at work. The National Quality Institute (NQI) states that happy, healthy employees are more likely to treat their customers well. Organizations which have such employees are also likely to experience high employee retention rates and a healthy workplace environment improves their health and well-being. About Canada's Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM), October 5 - November 1: The Month promotes fostering a workplace culture of trust and respect where people are happy and healthy at work. In a healthy workplace, people look forward to going to work. The goals for Canada's Healthy Workplace Month(R) are to: - Increase awareness of comprehensive workplace health in Canada - Build awareness of workplace health research and how its outcomes apply to business productivity - Generate awareness and use of the Healthy Workplace(R) tools and resources, available through www.healthyworkplacemonth.ca to all Canadian organizations - Increase the number of healthy workplaces in Canada Read more here Posted by: suhujitha on 2009-10-04 11:45:47 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Other posts tagged healthy workplace month, employee retention, health promotion programs, mental health, stress: · [Comparing suffering may stop people seeking help for depression and anxiety] · [Jealousy and envy at work are different in men and women] · [Taking a vacation from email decrease stress, increase concentration] · [The psychological risks of health staff working at the ICU and strategies to prevent them] · [People with balanced time perspective more likely to call themselves content] · [Many employee assistance programs lack a comprehensive approach to addressing intimate partner violence] · [Adults experiencing mental illness have higher rates of certain chronic physical illnesses] · [Emergency dispatchers suffer from symptoms of PTSD, study reveals] · [Study finds those who feel they must stick with employer become more emotionally exhausted] · [Benefits of taking Fido to work may not be far-fetched] · [Mental health workers: the overlooked victims of 9/11] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! 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