{"id":81876,"date":"2017-06-17T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81876"},"modified":"2017-06-17T00:45:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T04:45:35","slug":"second-madison-county-worksite-wellness-coalition-meeting-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81876","title":{"rendered":"Second Madison County Worksite Wellness Coalition Meeting Held"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Worksite Wellness Coalition meeting took place on June 8, 2017, at SUNY Morrisville Hospitality Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Madison County Rural Health Council recently convened the second Madison County Worksite Wellness Coalition meeting at SUNY Morrisville. 30 people from businesses in Madison County, both small and large, were in attendance.<\/p>\n

The meeting focused on the 2nd NYS Prevention Agenda Priority of the Madison County Community Health Assessment Update to improve the rate of healthy weight adults in Madison County. In a 2014 survey, NY State determined that the\u00a0rate of obesity in adults was 31.5% in Madison County compared to the state rate of 24.9%.<\/p>\n

The goal of the Madison\u00a0County Worksite Wellness Coalition is to positively impact that rate by creating opportunities for employers to develop\u00a0or enhance their employee wellness programs. Ultimately, this will effect change on the health and wellness of our\u00a0county\u2019s residents through networking and ongoing communication about wellness ideas and best practices.<\/p>\n

Local employers shared their wellness program ideas, knowledge and expertise with the group. Some ideas included,\u00a0healthy meeting policies, wellness incentive programs, walking meetings and Lunch and Learns. This also offered the\u00a0chance for attendees to exchange ideas, build partnerships and create a greater awareness of how good nutrition and\u00a0physical activities can be integrated in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Speakers included: Aimee Walrath, HR Specialist from HP Hood in Oneida, Hilary Hext Training Coordinator from\u00a0Marquardt Switches, Pat Salzer, Workplace Wellness Consultant from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Sue Casanova,\u00a0Community Engagement Coordinator from BRiDGES Tobacco Prevention, Amy Ryan, Director of Benefits & Employee\u00a0Wellness from Colgate University and Aerik Radley, Digital Marketing &amp; Community Engagement from Fleet Feet Syracuse.<\/p>\n

Health and wellness vendors were available at the event to offer services and share information including, Kelly\u2019s Choice Nutritional Company, Fidelis Care, United Healthcare, Cancer Services, Positive Path Nutrition and Excellus BlueCross\u00a0BlueShield.<\/p>\n

Lastly, The Madison County Rural Health Council offered coalition members the opportunity to apply for a Worksite\u00a0Wellness Project Grant. The winner(s) will be selected based on innovation, impact on employees and how it addresses\u00a0reducing the rate of obesity in Madison County. Award recipients will be notified by July 28, 2017.<\/p>\n

Our next Worksite Wellness Coalition meeting is scheduled for Fall 2017. For more information on the Madison County Worksite Wellness Coalition and to join our efforts of improving the health of Madison County residents, contact\u00a0Madison County Rural Health Council at 315-726-4869 or 315-400-7331 or henry.s@mcruralhealthcouncil.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Madison County Rural Health Council recently convened the second Madison County Worksite Wellness Coalition meeting at SUNY Morrisville. 30 people from businesses in Madison County, both small and large, were in attendance. The meeting focused on the 2nd NYS Prevention Agenda Priority of the Madison County Community Health Assessment Update to improve the rate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}