Tulsa Health Department Receives Certified Healthy Business Award of Excellence
February 23, 2010
(Tulsa, OK) The Tulsa Health Department has received the Certified Healthy Business Award of Excellence. To be certified, businesses must meet specific criteria, including providing employee health screenings, workplace health and nutrition education, opportunities for physical exercise activities, management support for healthy workplace environments, tobacco use prevention activities, and sharing wellness activities within their respective communities.
The Tulsa Health Department provides an employee wellness program to their staff that includes employee health screenings, nutrition consultation, a smoking cessation program, and exercise activities. "The Tulsa Health Department is very committed to improving the health of our employees and our community residents. Through our wellness program, we have had numerous success stories of employees lowering their blood pressure, becoming more active, or detecting potential health issues early through the screenings we provide." stated Tulsa Health Department Interim Director Reggie Ivey.
The Tulsa Health Department also partners with the YMCA and OU Physicians to offer employee wellness programs to area businesses through the Working for Balance program. The Working for Balance program provides resources for private businesses to implement employee wellness activities or expand the current offerings a company provides. To learn more about the Working for Balance program visit http://www.tulsa-health.org/community-health/working-for-balance/.
The Tulsa Health Department offers low cost medical screenings for hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, anemia, breast cancer and cervical cancer as well as smoking cessation resources for area residents. For more information on these services, the public is encouraged to call 918-582-9355.
To learn more about the Oklahoma Certified Healthy Business program, visit the Oklahoma Turning Point Council Web site at www.okturningpoint.org. The Oklahoma Certified Healthy Business program is sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Academy, The State Chamber, and Oklahoma Turning Point Council.
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