What health promotion activities can be provided?

The workplace is an ideal location for Health Promotion and Health Education programmes to be carried out and occupational health professionals can play an essential role in supporting and promoting national issues such as:-

• smoking cessation
• alcohol and drug abuse initiatives
• healthy eating
• physical fitness.

Workplace health promotion initiatives should also target specific areas relevant to your workplace, such as:-

• sun exposure
• general hygiene
• eyesight health (for VDU users/drivers)
• skin care.

Wellbeing Programmes

Your employees are your most important asset. Supporting them to remain healthy and well will enable them to work better. A simple wellbeing check can help to prevent future problems early on and reduce the consequences of ill health and absence. It will provide access for your employees to an important health prevention initiative which otherwise they may not have:-

WorkFit occupational health professionals will promote and advise on healthy lifestyle issues at every appropriate opportunity. These opportunities can be developed into specific screening programmes which include, for example:-

• Blood pressure checks
• Cholesterol checks
• Urinalysis screening (diabetes)
• Dietary advice
• Exercise advice
• Healthy heart promotion
• Well man
• Well woman.

There are clear economic benefits for those employers achieving health promoting workplaces including:-

• Reduction in sickness absence rates
• Improved employee morale
• Increased productivity
• Underpinning and education of best practice in working methods.