Physical Activity

Project Health Handbook
The Project Health Handbook provides the employer with topic-specific background information to help make a business case for workplace wellness planning and programming, including suggested workplace wellness goals and topic specific comprehensive workplace health promotion strategies. Click here to access the handbbook.

Services
Project Health offers a variety of services to workplaces on specific health-related topics (see the Project Health Topics section of the website for specific topic areas):

Resources
Project Health offers a variety of resources on each of our health promotion topics (see the Project Health Topics section of the website for specific topic areas):

Helpful Links
1 Active Meetings (Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina – Guide to Making Physical Activity Part of Meetings, Conferences and Events)
1 Active Transportation (Region of Waterloo Public Health - Project Health)
1 Business Case (Alberta Centre for Active Living -Bottom Line Benefits of Physical Activity @ Work)
1 Business Case (Public Health Agency of Canada - Active Living at Work)
1 Developing a Physical Activity Strategy (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
1 Evaluating your Physical Activity Strategy (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
1 General Physical Activity (Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Resource Institute)
1 General Physical Activity (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology - Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaires)
1 General Physical Activity (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology- electronic/online Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaires)
1 General Physical Activity (Physical Activity Line, British Columbia)
1 General Physical Activity (Region of Waterloo Public Health)
1 General Physical Activity - Eat Well Be Active Educational Toolkit (Health Canada)
1 General Physical Activity – Get Active Tip Sheets (Public Health Agency of Canada)
1 General Physical Activity – Physical Activity Guidelines (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology)
1 Physical Activity at Work (California Department of Public Health - Fit Business Kit)
1 Physical Activity at Work & Instant Recess Toolkit (Keen Footwear)
1 Physical Activity at Work (Act Now BC)
1 Physical Activity at Work (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
1 Physical Activity at Work (British Heart Foundation)
1 Physical Activity at Work (York Region Public Health)
0 Physical Activity Workplace Strategies to Use in Waterloo Region (Sept 9, 2010 Project Health Networking Session)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (Utah Department of Health)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (City of Hamilton – Flexible Work Arrangements Policy)
1 Policies for physical activity at work (NHS Kirlees, UK)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (Public Health Agency of Canada)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (Work Well, New Zealand - Refer to Page 22 in the Tools Section toward the end of the document)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (WorkHealth WorkSafe, Government of Victoria, Australia - Writing a Healthy Workplace Policy)
1 Policies for Physical Activity at Work (WorkHealth WorkSafe, Government of Victoria, Australia – Physical Activity Policy)
1 Policies for Reducing Sedentary Behaviours in the Workplace (Maine)
1 Shift Work (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
1 Stairway Promotion (California Department of Public Health - Healthy Stairwells Tool)
1 Stairway Promotion (Move More North Carolina A Guide to Stairwell Initiatives)
1 Stairway Promotion (Public Health Agency of Canada - Stariway to Health)
1 Stairway Promotion (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & StairWELL to Better Health)
1 Walking (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
1 Walking (Centre for Disease Control - Workplace Walkability Audits)
1 Walking (Walk Arlington, Virginia)
1 Walking (Walk B.C. - Workplace Walking)
1 Walking Challenge (Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina: Solving the Puzzle of Moving More)
1 Walking Challenge (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
1 Walking Challenge (Paths for All, Scotland)
1 Walking Challenge (York Region Public Health)
1 Walking Groups (California Department of Public Health)
1 Walking Groups (Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit)
1 Walking Groups (Manitoba in Motion)
1 Walking Groups (Windsor-Essex Walks at Work Resource Kit)
1 Walking Maps (Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina, Guide to Creating Walking Maps)
1 Workstation Activities (Alberta Centre for Active Living - includes online videos)
1 Workstation Activities (Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers - Exercises at Your Workstation)