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HAPIA - Best Practice Guidelines
Katrina Walton, Director / Corporate Wellness Strategist - Wellness Designs
With the recent release of the ‘HAPIA Best-Practice Guidelines – Workplace Health in Australia‘, organisations now have a practical and proven blueprint for a successful and sustainable program. Whether you’re in the process of planning your program or looking to revamp your existing offering, this session will outline how to put these theoretical guidelines into practice. The ultimate result? A win-win situation for both your employees and your organisation.
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13.30pm |
Measuring The Impact of Health on Productivity
Sean Sullivan - The Gold Book
IHPM’s Gold Book is a guide to psychometrically designed self-assessment survey tools for determining the impact of health problems on worker functionality and productivity. Written to help employers, providers, consultants and researchers measure what had not been measured before - the so-called “indirect” costs of lost productivity resulting from health issues in the work force. Since this guide appeared, subsequent research in different employer settings has shown this cost to be much larger than direct medical expenditures for chronic conditions – making these tools and the data they yield especially valuable to employers seeking to target their work force health “investments” for the best return. |
| 14.00pm |
NSW Healthy Workers Initiative
Dr Brendan Goodger,
Branch Manager, Statewide Major Projects
The National Partnership Agreement on Preventative Health will provide the NSW Government with $46 million over four years to improve the health related lifestyles of working adults. NSW Health is developing a range of programs and initiatives in response to this investment, this is known as the NSW Healthy Workers Initiative. This presentation will provide an overview of the initiative and the context within NSW in terms of the workforce, barriers and enablers. Details on the planning and development work which has been undertaken and the next steps forward will also be discussed.
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14.00pm |
Blue-collar men’s health and wellbeing: Issues to consider in developing workplace interventions
Dr Karin du Plessis, Research Coordinator, MAPS
Blue-collar working men present a large and unique subset of the Australian workforce. They also exhibit particular health-related issues and, in comparison to other groups, a lack of health promoting behaviour. This paper reviews the impact of gender and socioeconomic factors in designing workplace interventions for blue-collar environments. It also considers a range of factors, including barriers to implementation and misconceptions about blue-collar men, which should be considered prior to developing workplace programs.
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| 14.30pm |
Coffee break & visit expo
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14.30pm |
Coffee break & visit expo
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| 15.00pm |
‘Know Your Numbers’ - The Importance and Power Of Data A Longitudinal View Demonstrating Year-On-Year ROI’s of $2+:$1
Brad McDougall, MD Springboard Health & Performance
You can’t manage what you can’t measure. The purposeful collection and intelligent use of data is paramount when building or managing a targeted health and productivity management program. This is particularly true when considering the diverse needs of large dispersed employment settings. Learn how a 2,000+ staff employer developed a multi-year health and productivity strategy that has leveraged the power of data to deliver sustainable and comprehensive outcomes: short and long term cost savings, sustained decreased absenteeism, increased employee engagement, and improved health outcomes.
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15.00pm |
Social Media & Employee Engagement
Mariah Gillespie, Social Media Strategist - JXT Consulting
Emerging technologies like social and digital media are providing new ways of communicating and collaborating. Companies with corporate health initiatives need to understand the nature of emerging technologies, how their employees are using them and how to best integrate them into their health and productivity management programs. |
| 15.30pm |
Top Ten Program Options
Dr Michael McCoy, Director Online Services, Fitness2live, Medibank Health Solutions
Various presenters will discuss; Health Checks, Seminars & Workshops, Coaching, Fluvax, Activities (yoga, massage etc), Portal/online and HRA, Expo’s, Weight Management, Smoking Cessation and Walking Challenges.
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15.30pm |
Multidisciplinary - Maximising Participation to Achieve Health Outcomes
Cheryl Ormond, Team Leader EHS Performance & Systems - Santos
The Santos Health Program has been running for 6 years with consistently high participation rates in that time. The last 12 months have seen a significant increase in participation in nearly every aspect of the program. This increase in participation has been achieved through an increased focus on the core Santos belief that “all employees go home from work without injury and illness”. |