Health Education Unit
The Health Education Unit provides services to the community with efforts that focus on promoting healthy behaviors and include various programs aimed at:
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Assessing Risks
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Risk Reduction Interventions
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Prevention Education
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Developing Health Policies through Community Coalitions/Committees (designed to allow individuals to improve or maintain their own health practices)
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Targeting Individuals, Work sites, Schools, and the Community
Program Areas Include:
Work Site Health Promotion
General Health Education
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Respond to community requests for health education on a variety of topics
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Provide topic specific educational materials at community venues and health fairs
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Media efforts to educate the community on a variety of health topics and health department services
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Heart Health Screening/Education - upon request (based on
fee for service)
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Variety of grant programs through community & State funding
Work site Health Promotion
In 2002, an economic study completed by Altarum, a non-profit research and innovation institute, (See Study) compared Michigan's workforce to benchmark states that compete with Michigan for new corporations and jobs. The results of the study found that the poor health status of Michigan's workforce could hinder its ability to compete.
District Health Department #10 has since refined its work site health promotion programming to include not only individually targeted initiatives, but also initiatives which create healthy work site policies and environments impacting the entire workforce. Research has shown that this new direction targeting Environmental Policy Development is more effective in creating a healthy workforce and community.
Components of District Health Department #10 Work Site Health Promotion program include:
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Y Consulting Services to provide "Employee Wellness Programs" based on the needs of the individual work site, (ie., facilitation of employee wellness committees, health screenings, health education, risk reduction interventions, employee challenges, newsletters, strategic planning for long-term health care cost reduction.) |
| Y Bloodborne Pathogen Training - OSHA Compliance |
| Y Chronic Disease Risk Assessment and Screening |
| Y Chronic Disease Risk Reduction Interventions |
| Y Health Education Speakers' Bureaus - Various Health Topics |
| Y Influenza Vaccination Clinic Service |
For a Free Consultation on Available Services or to Learn More About Creating Healthy Policies and Work Site Environments Contact: the Health Education Manager at 231-876-3839. This program is based on a fee for service - call for current pricing.
Work Site Health Promotion Links:
www.michiganstepsup.org
Healthy People, Healthy Businesses
How Can My Business Become Involved in the Michigan Steps Up Campaign?
Employee Health Affects Michigan Businesses (Fact Sheet)
Ideas for Changes You Can Make
www.welcoa.org
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/
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