Community Health Digest

12/16/09 New Survey Shows Americans Look at Business to Improve Country's Health

12/16/09 New Survey Shows Americans Look to Business to Improve Country's Health

PR Newswire (press release)

... to learn that Americans are looking not only to government but also to business to improve our nation's health, even beyond employee wellness efforts. ...

11/24/09 IBM Takes Unusual Step on Worker Healthcare Coverage

11/25/09 IBM Takes Unusual Step on Worker Healthcare Coverage

Safety.BLR.com

At a time when companies are trimming back their involvement in employee health care, IBM is taking a different approach. The company announced that ...

11/23/09 - New Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination Based On Genetics

11/23/09 New Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination Based On Genetics

AHN - David Goodhue

The law also makes it illegal for health insurers to require genetic tests to determine coverage or set premiums. It affects companies with 15 or more ...

11/18/09 - Employers keep wellness programs alive during downturn: survey

11/18/09 Employers keep wellness programs alive during downturn: survey

National Post - Michelle Nichols‎

that encouraged healthy eating and exercise were considered perks for Ward Perrin / Canwest News Service In the past, wellness programs in the workplace...

11/18/09 Latest News Wellness Survey: Businesses Look to Wellness Programs to Improve...

11/18/09 Latest News Wellness Survey: Businesses Look to Wellness Programs to Improve ...

Behavioral Health Central (blog)

... despite this lack of measurement, suggests that the intuitive value of improved employee health remains a major motivator for employers," said Hall. ...

11/18/09 Managers are Key to Healthier, More Satisfied Employees

11/18/09 Managers Are Key to Healthier, More Satisfied Employees

NewsBlaze

... of company policies on employee health in such industries as long-term elderly care, hospitality and grocery stores as well as several large companies. ...

11/17/09 Local School Districts Encouraging Staff to Live Healthier Lifestyles

11/17/09 Local school districts encouraging staff to live healthier lifestyles

Waco Tribune Herald - Wendy Gragg

A few years ago, the state of Texas mandated that school districts establish school health advisory councils— a meeting of the minds of parents, students, ...

11/16/09 - CDC Reports US Smoking Rates Still High

11/16/09 CDC Reports US Smoking Rates Still High

Gov Monitor

Second-hand smoke is known to cause cancer, heart disease, and many other health problems, and smoke-free laws have many benefits, including protecting ...

11/14/09 Employee Wellness Programs Reduce Worker Absences

11/14/09 Employee wellness programs reduce worker absences

FierceHealthcare

Over time, private industry leaders have debated whether employee wellness programs actually have had an impact on productivity, or even on worker health. ...

11/11/09 - Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Urges Businesses to Take Action and ...

11/11/09 Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Urges Businesses to Take Action and ...

Market Wire (press release)‎

These underlying conditions include asthma, diabetes, suppressed immune systems, heart disease, kidney disease, neuro-cognitive and neuromuscular disorders ...

11/11/09 - Flu in the workplace: Firms try to plan for absenteeism; workers struggle with ...

11/11/09 Flu in the workplace: Firms try to plan for absenteeism; workers struggle with ...

Bellingham Herald - Wailin Wong

In September, Harvard School of Public Health published the results of a national survey showing that only one-third of businesses believed they could avoid ...

11/09/09 Corporate Wellness Programs Show Strength in Downturn

11/09/09 Corporate wellness programs show strength in downturn

Fort Worth Business Press - Robert Francis

... group exercise classes and question and answer session for those companies that don't have a formal employee wellness program in place,” she said. ...

11/09/09 Incentives Help IBM Employees Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices

11/09/09 Incentives help IBM employees make healthy lifestyle choices

Business Insurance - Joanne Wojcik

... on nutrition and activity to address the epidemic of childhood obesity,” said Marianne Defazio, IBM's director of health benefits design and strategy. ...

11/06/09 State Task Force Recognizes Unique Innovations for Healthy Workplaces

11/06/09 State Task Force Recognizes Unique Innovations for Healthy Workplaces

dBusinessNews Detroit (press release)

The Fit Business Awards seek to increase awareness among employers by promoting the positive connection between employee health and the return on investment ...

11/4/09 - Quitting smoking cuts health costs

11/4/09 Quitting smoking cuts health costs

Houma Courier - Chrishelle Harris Stipe 

The American Lung Association encourages employers and employees to take the month of November to explore opportunities in the workplace to promote ...

10/30/09 Wellness Programs Can be Costly, But Have Proven Successful at One Coporation

10/30/09 Wellness Programs Can Be Costly, But Have Proven Successful At One Corporation

Kaiser Health News

"Studies have shown the program -- called 'Live for Life' -- has resulted in significant improvements in employee health as well as a reduction in company ...

10/22/09 National Business Group on Health Unveils Employer Toolkit for Childhood Obesity

10/22/09 National Business Group on Health Unveils Employer Toolkit for Childhood Obesity

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Studies have shown that the prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has nearly tripled over the past 30 years, with nearly one-third of ...

10/21/09 - Older workers survive the workplace

10/21/09 Older workers survive the workplace

Recruiter

... workplace as worker stress levels peak between the age of 50-55, according to new research, led by Amanda Griffiths, professor of occupational health ...

10/16/09 GE Healthcare Kicks Off National 'BEE Healthy' Initiative to Address Childhood...

10/16/09 GE Healthcare Kicks off National `BEE Healthy` Initiative to Address Childhood ...

Reuters

Aligns with healthymagination According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions. ...

10/14/09 Kaiser Permanente Highlights Best Practices for Keeping Employees Healthy at...

10/14/09 Kaiser Permanente Highlights Best Practices for Keeping Employees Healthy at ...

Reuters

Speakers from Kaiser Permanente emphasized the value of maintaining employee health in a session with the theme "Creating a Culture of Total Health: A ...