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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, in partnership with Go For Health Windsor-Essex, provides a high quality, flexible program that can be adapted to meet the needs of your workplace. The Working Toward Wellness (WTW) program promotes employee health and helps create and support healthy workplace environments.
The WTW program offers a minimum of three health initiatives throughout the year, each focusing on a different health topic. All resources (except some display resources and presentations) are available as a print or electronic version.
For more information on the WTW program itself, check out the “What is the Working Toward Wellness Program” section, or browse our resources to implement a wellness program in your workplace!
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The aim of this initiative is to provide information on how you can reduce your risk of stroke and identify the early warning signs, should it affect you or your family. Articles focus on risk factors like high blood pressure, tobacco use, alcohol use, high cholesterol, and being at an unhealthy weight. Making simple lifestyle changes can help lower your risk.
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The aim of this initiative is to provide information on oral health. What we eat, our lifestyle choices, and how we take care of our teeth can have a huge impact on our oral health and our overall well-being. Fluoride in community tap water, oral hygiene, and oral cancers are a few of the topics covered.
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The aim of this initiative is to educate people on their musculoskeletal health and what they can do to prevent injuries and diseases from occurring. Nutrition, physical activity, and practicing safe techniques when doing chores can help guard against problems. Keep your body strong!
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The aim of this initiative is to highlight mental health. Mental health is a topic many people feel uncomfortable discussing, but it's an important factor in your overall health and well being. Dealing with stress and negative emotions, the mental health of children, and mental health across the lifespan are a few of the topics covered.
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The aim of this initiative is to inform the reader of the importance of sleep to our overall health and well being. Sleep plays a vital role to a variety of functions in our body. It can impact your concentration, your ability to problem solve, and also your body weight.
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For the complete list of our past workplace health initiatives click here.
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