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Aetna International podcasts
The health care podcast covering corporate wellness, technology and personal health to the challenges of delivering quality care to globally mobile populations. Each episode includes discussions with experts and tackles a different topic.
6 things your employer should have learned from 2020
What have the events of 2020 taught employers around the world about how to look after their employees better?
Meeting the needs of tomorrow’s workforce
How businesses can adapt their health care benefits to meet the health and well-being demands of the new workforce
Workforce engagement best practice
Corporate wellness and workplace wellness trends 2021
Our experts’ predictions for corporate wellness and workplace wellness in 2021 and beyond.
COVID-19 vs mental health: How businesses can help employees win
As many employers have less face-to-face contact with their staff, how can they reprioritise mental health, and what strategies can be put in place to tackle stress, anxiety and depression?
What do your employees really think of your workplace wellness benefits?
New research shows that employees are engaging with corporate wellness and workplace health benefits more than ever — but there is still work to be done to increase engagement
9 steps to creating an effective health and wellness benefits strategy for 2021 and beyond
Guidance on how organisations can improve corporate wellness benefits, communication and maximise engagement and impact.
Tackling technology overload: How to implement tech-turn-off best practice in the workplace
A guide to help employers manage the pros and cons of digital technology in and around the workplace — so employees avoid the stresses of ‘always-on’ technology use, while benefiting from its many advantages.
29 wellness program ideas to improve employee health for 2020 and beyond
Ideas for wellness programs for organisations who are keen to keep their employees happy, healthy and productive.
Healthy festivities
Protecting workforces from seasonal illness in 2020 and 2021
A guide to how employers can protect their staff against seasonal illnesses both in the office and when working remotely.
How to help employees survive and thrive during the festive season
Balancing work and holiday celebrations while on a different continent than family and friends can be challenging. This article explores ways to help your workers meet this challenge.
8 ways to thrive this festive season
Your guide to achieving emotional and physical balance this holiday season.
Diabetes
An employer’s guide to diabetes and the workplace
The impact of this increasingly prevalent global condition and what organizations can do to help their staff avoid or manage it — including 8 diabetes prevention and support strategies to consider.
Diabetic diet: superfoods and foods to avoid
A guide on building a diabetic diet focusing on superfoods to eat and what to avoid.
Cancer
Cancer prevention in the workplace
How organisations can help workers prevent and detect cancer.
How to support someone with cancer
A practical guide to supporting a loved one with cancer, from what to say to help with appointments.
A factual list of cancer-causing foods and cancer-fighting foods
A guide on how to eat mindfully, understanding the carcinogenic or anti-carcinogenic properties of various foods.
Flu and seasonal illness
How flu vaccines and workplace hygiene can benefit you and your workers
An employers’ guide to dealing with seasonal illnesses and how vaccination and workplace hygiene can help employee health and company productivity.
10 tips to prevent and manage flu and other seasonal viruses
An expat’s guide to avoiding seasonal illnesses and current bugs and viruses going around.
Meditation
Mindfulness and meditation: 9 stress-management strategies to consider in the workplace
How mindfulness and meditation improve workplace culture and business outcomes, and how employers can implement and support it
A step-by-step guide to meditation at work
Use these 13 meditation techniques to tackle stress, improve focus and improve your productivity at work.
9 fun mindfulness exercises for expat children you can do today!
Mindfulness can be a great way to help expat kids reduce relocation anxiety and these exercises will make mindfulness easier to practise
Nutrition
11 healthy eating workplace strategies for well-being savvy organisations
Poor employee nutrition is taking its toll on staff, health care costs and company productivity, but there are ways to support a healthy eating culture in the workplace.
How to eat healthy at work: 7 healthy eating tips for the office
Improve your mood and productivity at work with these tips, from smart snacks and hydration to forward planning and mindful eating.
Eating healthy while travelling for business
Ensure you get the right nutrition when you’re travelling for business with advice from preparation and navigating hotel buffets to useful apps and tackling tiredness.
Travel health
Why holidays are good for business and employee well-being
Holidays aren't just enjoyable, they play an important part in employee health and well-being. This article details the impact of over-work and explains how employers can help employees maximise the health and well-being benefits of their holidays.
Healthy holiday tips: Advice to help you get fitter and healthier on holiday
Comprehensive health advice for your holiday to help you stay fit and well and come back refreshed and reinvigorated
Lower Back Pain
Tackling musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain in the workplace
Low back pain and musculoskeletal disorders can have a big impact on a business’ bottom line. This article will help you support your staff’s health with guidance on desk positions, ergonomics and easy preventative exercises.
Strengthen your back: 12 easy exercises for lower back pain
What is low back pain and how can you strengthen your back to avoid it and the pain of its symptoms? Follow these daily exercises to strengthen your back and avoid lower back pain.
Sleep
Promoting good sleep habits to help improve your workers’ and your company’s health
Why is sleep so important to general and mental health? And how can employers promote good sleep to support employee wellness and productivity?
10 tips for better, healthier sleep
Follow these 10 simple steps to build a healthier sleep pattern — from foods to exercise, sunlight to naps — because healthy sleep is as important to your health and well-being as a good diet and physical activity
Heart Disease
How reducing workplace stress could help prevent heart attacks
Employers can do a great deal to support the heart health of their expat employees. Read our comprehensive employer’s guide to managing expat stress, mental health support, check-ins and wellness programs to ensure your international teams maintain a healthy heart.
6 ways to improve heart health
Follow our 6-step expat guide to building good heart health with advice on diet, check-ups, getting active, lowering stress and creating a support network.
Fitness
How companies are helping improve their performance by improving their workers' fitness
Find out how the businesses of today are improving productivity and staff happiness through workplace fitness initiatives and wellness programmes in the workplace.
Physical fitness improves mental health
Get these simple and easy exercises and habits into your working day to enjoy the positive benefits to mental health that workday fitness can bring.
