Center for Healthy Living offering on-site departmental training
April 27, 2015
The Center for Healthy Living offers a variety of resources for employees to improve their health and overall wellness, including bringing those resources directly to departments. The CHL staff members realize it's not always possible for an employee to travel across campus to attend a workshop or trainings.
According to Gallup data from 2013 and 2014 surveys, full-time employees average a 47-hour work week. This means employees are spending nearly 30 percent of each week at work. With so much time being spent in the workplace, it is even more important to promote health and wellness in the office, says Millie Fenneman, practice administrator at the center.
To allow employees an opportunity to take advantage of the workshops available, CHL guest speakers can come directly to a department meeting, retreat or lunch and provide a workshop or lunch and learn training at no cost.
Topics may include, but are not limited to: nutrition, weight control, co-worker relationships, stress relief and physical activity. A sampling of on-going presentations given by the registered nurse health coaches, registered dietitian and employee assistance program counselors include:
* Building a Better Lunch.
* Stress and Work/Life Balance, with a meditation exercise.
* Introduction to Services at the Center for Healthy Living.
* Women's Wellness and Aging.
* Food Labels/Portion Distortion.
* Coping with Grief.
* Introduction to Health Coaching.
For more information or to schedule an on-site training, call the Center for Healthy Living at 49-45239.
The center is also available to benefits-eligible faculty and staff and their dependents covered on a Purdue health plan for other services including lab work, sick visits, annual physicals and wellness checks. For more information on services offered at the CHL, visit the center online. For tips to boost wellness and other news, follow CHL on Twitter.
The center is open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Lab hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For assistance after hours or on weekends, contact the Anthem nurse line at 888-279-5449.