Take the Stairway to Health

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Take the Stairway to Health!
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What is Stairway to Health?
A web-based resource developed to increase
physical activity in the workplace through stair
climbing. www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sth-evs
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Benefits of Taking the Stairs

• Accessible
• Effective
• Sustainable
• Easy

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How it Works?

• Stairway to Health
• Interactive web resource
• Electronically tracks progress toward goals
• Provides instant feedback
• Provides a host of resources

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Increasing Stair Use

• Use point of choice signage
• Increase the attractiveness and safety of the
  Stairway
• Organize events to launch the program, maintain
  participation or encourage on-going use
• Offer incentives -prizes, recognition, awards to
  those who participate
• Market stair climbing as a way to burn calories,
  improve health and increase the level of physical
  activity

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Getting Started

• Go to the Stairway to Health Website-
  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sth-evs
• Click on Register Now.
• Choose Individual or Organizational Registration.
• Follow the registration instructions and click
  submit.
• A password will be sent to the email address you
  provided.
• Go back to the website regularly to update your
  stair climbing activity by clicking on Submit
  Results and inputting you username and password.

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Important Information for Participants

• If your workplace is participating in Stairway to
  Health you should register under the organization
  category to be part of the challenge.
• The first person to register an organization is
  the administrator and only they have access to
  choosing and changing challenges.
• If you have already registered once, you will not
  be able to register a second time using the same
  email address. Instead use your username and
  password to log-in.
• If you have lost your password you can ask the
  administrator to email it to you again.

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Registering is Easy and Free!

• Visit the Stairway to Health website to
• Climb Virtual mountains, famous buildings you
  can even climb to the Moon!
• Download point of choice posters to encourage
  stair use
• Select challenges, create newsletters and manage
  your participant data
• View Stair climbing success stories from other
  workplaces
• Get information on planning events, increasing
  stair use,
  design considerations, safety, hiring students,
  posting signage and much, much more.

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Stairway to Healthwww.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sth-evs
Developed in partnership with the Public Health
Agency of Canada, and the Canadian Council for
Health and Active Living at Work (CCHALW)
Canadian Council for Health and Active Living at
Work