• Supporting work force: The physical, psychological and mental wellbeing of staff supports an effective, productive, and safe work environment.
  
  
• Improving work performance: Healthy employees do better work, are happier in their jobs, and are more able to adapt to changes and meet new challenges.
  
  
• Reducing absenteeism and saving cost: Implementing health care strategies may reduce staff absenteeism and may help reduce the overall medical costs in the long run.
  
  
• Reducing stress and anxiety: Nutrition and fitness, work satisfaction, family life, and physical and emotional health issues all affect one another. Learning healthier lifestyles reduces the strain on the body, mind and spirit; and helps to balance work/life issues.
  
  
• Improving interpersonal relationships: Our health very much affects our mood and spirit. Improving mental, emotional, physical and/or spiritual health improves our lives in general.
  
  
• Providing a wide range of data: By learning more about health and life issues, wellness programs establish information base essential for leading a healthier life span.

Services to be Rendered

Services are to be rendered through the following departments, and their coordinated efforts will lead to the program’s success.

• The Medical Department
• The Counseling Center
• The Human Resources Office
• The Training Center
• The Sports Department

The program will address health risks and/or current issues at three different levels:

Awareness programs for promoting healthy life styles and preventing health hazards

Medical examinations for evaluating the current health status of individuals as a benchmark to maintain or improve.

Interventions for addressing specific health related programs with the purpose of initiating and sustaining needed change.

Message from President 

WAP 2007

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