Worksite
Domain
 Healthy
Behaviors initiatives encourage partnership with local worksites
and businesses to help identify Healthy Solutions to rising health
care and benefit costs. Today’s economy requires innovative
approaches to addressing employee health and safety issues. Feel
free to contact your Public Health Promotion Coordinator to learn
more about ways you can improve the health of your employees. Remember,
a healthy employee is a safer employee..
Employee Assessments and Worksite Assessments
Prioritizing
Health Risks and Gaining Management Support
Establish a
Wellness Team
Health Care
Trends and Impact on Future Health Insurance Costs
Quick
Links:
Wellness
Corporations of America
OSHA
Guidelines
Society
of Human Resource Management
CDC
Worksite Safety and Health
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School
Domain
 Healthy
Behaviors works collaboratively with administrative staff and school
health nursing programs to help address policies that impact the
health of students and staff. Healthy Behaviors staff provide technical
assistance that can enhance student health education, establish
employee wellness programs, and provide support for grants that
are directed at increasing physical activity and nutrition.
School
Health Index
School
Nutrition
School
Wellness Policy
Carol
M. White Physical Education Program
Quick
links:
Georgia
Division of Public Health School Health Program
Steps
to a Healthier You
President’s
Challenge
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Community
Domain
 The
Office of Healthy Behaviors program collaborates with local faith communities,
parks and recreation departments, civic organizations, local governmental
agencies and other groups that work together to promote healthy
communities. Healthy Behaviors staff works to link local groups
and resources to advocate for policy and environmental changes that
positively impact health.
Volunteer
Oportunities:
Health
Promotion Volunteer - Promote health where you live, work, worship,
and play.
Healthy Behaviors Newsletters – Articles submitted by
District 4 Public Health staff to promote tobacco use prevention, physical activity and nutrition:
Medical
Reserve Corps of West Georgia
Red Cross Volunteer
Faith
Community Initiatives/Links:
Institute
for Public Health & Faith Collaborations
Health
Ministries
Health-E-AME
U.S. Dept. of
Labor Center for Faith-Based Initiatives
Faith-Based
Community Initiatives
Quick
Links
Georgia
Recreation and Parks Association – District 4
Georgia Physical
Activity and Nutrition Coalition
Georgia
Department of Transportation
Georgia
State Legislature
Georgia
County Guide Statistical Information
Family
Connections Partnership
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Healthcare
Domain
 The Healthy Behaviors program links persons with chronic disease and
other health-related problems with the appropriate community resource
for healthcare. The Office of Healthy Behaviors advocates the reduction
of health disparities common to ethnic and other high-risk populations.
Georgia
Division of Public Health Hypertension Program (SHAPP)
SHAPP
Program fact sheet
District
4 Public Health Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program
District 4 Public Health Departments
Location
of Federally Funded Community Health Clinics
Hospitals
located in District 4 Public Health Region:
Tanner
Health System
Piedmont
Fayette Hospital
Spalding
Regional Medical Center
West
Georgia Health System
Newnan
Hospital
Henry
Medical Center
Upson
Regional Medical Center
Warm
Springs Medical Center
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
Quick Links:
Arthritis:
Georgia
Division of Public Health Arthritis Surveillance Program
Arthritis
Foundation
Asthma:
Georgia
Division of Public Health Asthma Surveillance Program
American
Lung Association – Asthma
Cancer:
Georgia
Division of Public Health Cancer Control
American
Cancer Society
Cardiovascular
Disease:
Georgia
Division of Public Health Cardiovascular Disease Initiative
American
Heart Association
Diabetes:
Georgia
Division of Public Health Diabetes Control Program
Diabetes
Association
Diabetes
Resources
Mental
Health:
Health
Assistance Partnership
Get
Mental Health: Site Map for Therapists
Other
Useful Links:
Obesity
Life
Expectancy Calculator
Body
Mass Index Calculator to determine personal obesity rating
Medicare
Part D Registration Information
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