Check out how Shelby County ranks in the County Health Rankings just released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & the University of Wisconsin. Click here to get to a snapshot of Shelby County's results.
Our biggest opportunities are in improving health behaviors (especially obesity, binge drinking, chlamydia rate, and teen pregnancy rate) and our physical environment (including air pollution, access to healthy foods, and liquor store density).
Shelby County's socieo-economic status also significantly affects our rankings. Our low high school graduation rates, high rates of children in poverty, high percentage of single-parent households, and high violent crime rate all impact our score.
We scored ok on clinical care with moderate improvement opportunities in most measures.
The rankings consider:
Mortality
Morbidity
Health behaviors
Clinical care
Social & economic factors
Physical environment.
Showing posts with label healthy eating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy eating. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Cleveland Clinic Expands Wellness Benefits to Dependents
Cleveland Clinic now offers their wellness programs free of charge not only to employees, but to dependents as well. Free benefits include weight loss programs, smoking cessation treatment and medications, and fitness center memberships.
This is just one more step in a progressive wellness initiative that began in 2005. That year, Cleveland Clinic instituted smoke free campuses and in 2007 stopped hiring smokers. Since then, they have banned trans fats from their cafeterias and paitent meals.
By making wellness a "family benefit" Cleveland Clinic hopes to be an employer of choice.
Click here to read more.
This is just one more step in a progressive wellness initiative that began in 2005. That year, Cleveland Clinic instituted smoke free campuses and in 2007 stopped hiring smokers. Since then, they have banned trans fats from their cafeterias and paitent meals.
By making wellness a "family benefit" Cleveland Clinic hopes to be an employer of choice.
Click here to read more.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Whole Foods Kicks Off "Health Starts Here" Initiative
Look for the new "Health Starts Here" program for Whole Foods team members and customers. In-store programs, recipes & educational material, and identifying healthy, nutrient-dense foods by posting signs with Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) scores are all part of the program.
Whole Foods Team Members have two additional programs to support their healthy eating: more significant discounts off Whole Foods purchases if they are nicotine-free and meet cholesterol, blood pressure, and BMI targets; and a total immersion program, which includes medical consultation at no cost to the employee, at certain locations.
Click here to read more.
Whole Foods Team Members have two additional programs to support their healthy eating: more significant discounts off Whole Foods purchases if they are nicotine-free and meet cholesterol, blood pressure, and BMI targets; and a total immersion program, which includes medical consultation at no cost to the employee, at certain locations.
Click here to read more.
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