Welcome to IAWHP!  

The International Association for Worksite Health Promotion, an ACSM affiliate society, is the first global association focused on supporting those who apply themselves to promoting health at the worksite. In today’s global corporate environment, access to an international network of practitioners focused on improving the health and wellbeing of workers and their families is of great value. Such a network of practitioners should support local and regional activities, provide access to educational and professional development resources, but also allow for global collaboration and sharing—and that is exactly what IAWHP is about!

As you peruse this website, you will see a rich set of ever-growing resources and services that you can not afford to miss out on. Join your fellow worksite health promotion, corporate wellness, occupational health and safety professionals, academicians, and students and become an inaugural member of IAWHP—an association with global reach.

--  Wolf Kirsten, MS, IAWHP President 

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Renew Your Dues

IAWHP is pleased to announce the launch of the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion Online Certificate Course which provides participants with a road map for designing successful evidence-based health promotion programs in the workplace.  This online course contains principles of best practice for scalable and sustainable worksite programs.  The course is complemented by the text ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook, Second Edition; and participants successfully completing the course exam earn a certificate from IAWHP.  Learn more about this new online course. 

Access the Most Recent Issue of Worksite Health Promotion International

Worksite Health Promotion International is IAWHP's official newsletter.  Download the most recent issue to view the following articles:
-  Interview with Kent Peterson, MD
-  Creating an Integrated Model of Employee Health
-  Enormous Growth in China:  Is Health Promotion Next?
-  Growing Your Global Health Promotion Program Successfully
-  Worksite Health Promotion for the 21st Century: Part 1
 

New Journal Articles Now Available to IAWHP Members

IAWHP members can access the following articles from ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal® via the "Members Only- Articles" section of the website:

- Scope of Practice
- Planning to Go Green? Consider the Alternatives
- Integrated Worker Health: The Fusion of Worker Health Protection and Promotion

The 2012 IAWHP Global Worksite Health Symposium: New Advances in Worksite Health Promotion- Promising Practices for Engagement addressed the business and practice areas of creating and sustaining a successful worksite health promotion program. Decision makers and practitioners gained valuable insights into the development of a comprehensive worksite health promotion plan that includes building a business case for wellness, creating a culture of health, and an overview of the latest global intervention and program evaluation strategies.  Access PDFs of the presentations offered during the symposium. 

Participate in the 2012 Global Survey of Health Promotion and Workplace Wellness Strategies (Deadline= July 30, 2012)

IAWHP and Buck Consultants invites you to participate in the fifth edition of this survey designed to gain insight into how employers around the world implement and evaluate strategic wellness and health promotion initiatives to improve employee health and morale, control costs, and enhance workforce productivity and performance.  Building on the data and trends collected from the last edition of the survey - which included responses from more than 1200 employers in 45 countries - this edition explores how the economy has impacted wellness programs and priorities, the resources organizations are deploying to support their program, and the tie between incentive value and participation.  All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the survey results. Access the survey today.
 

World Health Organization Develops Global Framework for Healthy Workplaces The document represents the most recent initiative of the WHO with regard to improving healthy workplaces. The World Health Assembly endorsed the "Global Strategy on Occupation for All" in 1995 and the "Global Plan of Action on Workers Health" in 2007. The framework provides stakeholders with structured background knowledge, useful recommendations and guidance including information on the following: definitions and concepts of workplace health promotion, process how to create a healthy workplace, scientific background on evaluation and evidence, advice on the global legal and policy context and an inventory of case studies. View the WHO model online. Or, visit the WHO website for more information on the global framework. Also, view IAWHP's support of the WHO model through it's 2011 Anaheim Announcement.

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