Presented by: Ted Harper, Bay of Plenty DHB at OHSIG 2014, Wednesday 10/9/14, NZI Room 5, 1.45pm

1. HEALTHY
LIVING

2. HEALTHY LIVING
WORK-LIFE BALANCE ??
It’s About Life Balance
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Meaningful
Work
Healthy
Free from Harm
Leisure &
Family Time
Adequate
Income
Your Health Comes First !!

3. HEALTHY LIVING
Realising the Health Benefits of Work
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Position Paper:
Work Provides:
• Some physical activity on work days
• A sense of community and social inclusion
• A feeling of making a contribution to society and family
• Structure to days and weeks
• Financial Security

4. HEALTHY LIVING
Avoid Retirement !!

5. HEALTHY LIVING
Enjoy Your Work - Have a Career Plan
A Career Plan is:
• An ongoing process of career and life
exploration, decision- making, planning,
action and review
• A healthy career check – are you happy
at work…is it still meaningful?

6. HEALTHY LIVING
Career Development - Benefits
 Understanding of self and/ or context
 Identification of themes and meaning
 Identification of strengths and preferences
 Work/ learning exploration and alignment
 Work/ personal/ relationship balance
 Decision-making
 Goal setting
 Action planning
 Specific opportunities information/ research
 Self marketing techniques

7. HEALTHY LIVING
Get a Regular Health Check
Annual Influenza Vaccination
Employee Assistance Program

8. HEALTHY LIVING
Join a Gym
• Fitness Assessment
• Personal Program
• Group Fitness Classes
• Nutrition Advice
• Personal Training
• Social and Friendly

9. HEALTHY LIVING
Create a Budget
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Get independent Financial Advice
from your Bank

10. HEALTHY LIVING
Make your workplace totally Smoke free
Make your workplace totally
Alcohol and Drug Free

11. MANAGE STRESS

12. MANAGE STRESS
Interplay of Actual Risk and How You Feel
Time
Knowledge
Experience
Skill
LEGEND
Risk
Feel Safe
Complacency
Risk Perception

13. UNDERSTAND STRESS
What is Stress ?
Workplace stress is defined in terms of the
interaction between a person and their work
environment.
For the person it is the awareness of not being
able to cope with the demands of their work
environment, along with the……
... realization that this is of concern to the person
and that both are associated with a negative
emotional response.

14. UNDERSTAND STRESS
When the pressure of the situation exceeds your
perceived ability to cope.
Palmer 2001
What is Stress ?

15. STRESSORS
Workplace stressors can/may result from:
• Rigid Work Practice
• Poor Communication
• Non Supportive Culture
• Role/Task Ambiguity/Uncertainty
• Career Uncertainty
• Conflicting Demands
• Lack of Participation
• Bullying and Harassment

16. STRESSORS
• Lack of Varity
• Under utilization of skill
• Work Load
• Time pressure
• Lack of control of work rates
• Poor Roster system - Shift work
• Inherently Hazardous work

17. HOW STRESS EFFECTS YOU
Perceptions
of threat
Ability to
Cope
Other
Stressors
Workplace
Stressors
Symptoms

18. SYMPTOMS
Behavioral
Physical
Cognitive
Emotional

19. MANAGING STRESS
The Four A’s of Stress Management
Avoid the stressor
Alter the stressor
Adapt to the stressor
Accept the stressor

20. HEALTHY LIVING
Create a Healthy Living Plan
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Meaningful Work
Healthy
Free from Harm
Leisure &
Family Time
Adequate
Income

21. HEALTHY LIVING
Make a Positive Impact