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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Starting a wellness movement at work not
only supports the mental and physical health
of staff, but also creates an opportunity to
work together as a community.
Reshape Your Workplace: Starting
a Wellness Movement Through
Affirmation, Voice and Choice
By Daniel W. Hatcher, MPH
P
arks and recreation are essential partners in advancing health equity
through policy, systems and environmental change. The welcoming
spaces that recreation centers and staff provide are critical community
assets. Cultivating a recreation center that champions the holistic
health of young people is directly connected to workplace wellness. Healthy
employees are more productive, better able to manage stress, and more likely
to model healthy behaviors. This cultural change begins with individual action
steps we all can take together, and our own workplaces are a great place to
start this incremental change. Following are three resources to start a wellness
movement grounded in affirmation, voice and choice:
Identity Mapping - One of the
guiding principles outlined in Elevating
Health Equity Through Parks
and Recreation: A Framework for
Action (nrpa.org/ElevatingHealth
Equity) is " Focus on Learning. "
This principle emphasizes a constant
examination of self, systems
and those around you. A simple activity
to bring this principle to life
is the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's
(Healthier
Generation)
new
" Identity Mapping " worksheet
from our Kohl's Healthy at
Home resource collection (tinyurl.
com/36r7mfts).
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on personal
As you use the worksheet to reflect
experiences,
consider
what parts of your identity (like
talents or hobbies) could encourage
workplace wellness. For example,
my Healthier Generation teammate,
Katie, recently started a monthly
meet-up group where teammates
do a virtual low-impact bodyweight
(no equipment necessary) workout.
She turned her passion for physical
activity into a company-wide teambuilding
activity. Consider how you
might use identity mapping during a
staff meeting to uncover similar staff
wellness opportunities.
Affirming Spaces - Creating a
welcoming worksite is essential,
especially for staff who identify as
http://www.nrpa.org/ElevatingHealthEquity
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https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/october-2022
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https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/june-2022
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/may-2022
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/april-2022
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/march-2022
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/february-2022
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/january-2022
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/december-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/november-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/october-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/september-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/august-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/july-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/june-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/may-2021
https://ezine.nrpa.org/nrpa/ParksRecreationMagazine/april-2021
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