Category Archives: Health

The provision of health sanitation is a key development intervention – without it, ill health dominates a life without dignity. Simply having access to sanitation increases health, well-being and economic productivity. Inadequate sanitation impacts individuals, households, communities and countries. Despite its importance, achieving real gains in sanitation coverage has been slow. Achieving the internationally agreed […]

The mind and the body are inseparable. And you do want to engage the whole employee in your worksite wellness program, right? Most worksite wellness programs today are not really wellness programs at all – they are employee health status management programs. Why do I say this? Most worksite wellness programs focus solely on employee […]

We all need health care – well, most of us do, anyway. But none of us like to spend much of our hard earned money on that. Health costs are expensive, and we’d much rather spend our cash on our home, on our family, on things we can enjoy. How to save more money on […]

Good mental health is fundamental to maintaining good physical health. And you want your employees to experience total worker health, correct? The fact that the mind and the body cannot be separated results in an inseparable relationship between physical and mental health. Despite the fact that the connections are striking, integration of the two fields […]

As Health Reform continues to unfold, the pace of change is picking up speed, as new models of reimbursement, care delivery and access are taking shape. These shifts on the provider side should represent good news for millions of Americans that need better support from the healthcare system, especially since many of those with chronic […]

Health is certainly the focus of worksite wellness programs today. And you do want your program to have clarity of focus, right? A look at the definitions of health doesn’t really help us to establish what health really is. Beyond the definitions, there are two ways to view health: • The reductionist/mechanistic view • The […]

The field and practice of worksite wellness today basically revolves around three terms – health, wellness and wellbeing. Other terms also seen used include: thriving, flourishing, health promotion, optimal living and quality of life. But the big three are health, wellness and wellbeing. Since these terms are used interchangeably or as synonyms, I have wondered […]

The field and practice of worksite wellness today basically revolves around three terms – health, wellness and wellbeing. Other terms also seen used include: thriving, flourishing, health promotion, optimal living and quality of life. But the big three are health, wellness and wellbeing. Since these terms are used interchangeably or as synonyms, I have wondered […]

Pakistan, as we all know is a developing country and we are currently going through lots of challenges and issues. These issues vary from terrorism, energy crisis and poverty to poorly developed education and health systems. Health, which is the basic human right, has unfortunately not been our priority. This statement is supported by the […]

The various definitions of health status indicate that it can be determined on the basis of both objective and subjective measures. Typically, in the workplace, it is determined on the basis of clinical biometric measures such as BMI (body mass index), blood pressure, weight, cholesterol levels and blood sugar level. These objective measures are derived […]