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Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 8:12:55 PM
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Health for LifeFrequently Asked Questions
Q. How does healthy living reduce my risk of getting disease? A. Research from the last 50 years shows a strong link between healthy lifestyle choices (eg. being smoke-free) and reduced rates of some chronic diseases. Healthy living doesn’t prevent you from getting heart disease, diabetes or stroke, but will considerably lower your chances of getting these diseases.
Q. What does Health For Life refer to when it talks about the importance of a comprehensive health promotion strategy? A. We are moving towards a comprehensive health promotion strategy that encourages people to take control of their health and find ways to improve it. This strategy appeals to a variety of audiences and targets different factors that can affect a person’s health. The strategy uses a mix of education, policy change and awareness raising to reach its goals, but also calls for ‘synergy’ between programs and community partners to make it happen.
Q. Is there any cost to join Health For Life? A. No. All we ask for is your energy and enthusiasm to carry out initiatives that will make our community a healthier one. As a partner, you also have access to a variety of free Health For Life resources and information that can help encourage healthy lifestyle choices within your organization or community.
Q. Where does Health For Life receive its funding? A. We receive funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Q. How important are Health For Life’s partners? A. Our partners are invaluable in giving their time, input and assistance in efforts we hope will spur people to live healthier. For every dollar of provincial funding Health For Life receives, our community partners contribute $7 worth of in-kind goods or services. That makes a huge difference in what we do in Haliburton County, Northumberland County and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Q. Can Health For Life help to make my workplace a healthier one? A. Health For Life wants to assist people make healthy lifestyle choices at home, in school or on the job. But workplace health is especially important since adults typically spend about two-thirds of their waking hours on the job. Health For Life’s Workplace Health Program is a free service that can help organizations put into place healthy workplace initiatives that are good for their staff and bottom line. Find out more about the Workplace Health Program by calling 1-877-349-9902.
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