AlphaOne is the 'Health' of Occupational Health & Safety. Based on a long history of applied research and experience, AlphaOne is custom-built to meet the health, safety and injury management needs of the Australian company and its workforce. We are a dynamic and growing Australian-owned company which operates nation-wide and has offices in North America.
AlphaOne is a new concept in workplace health management, integrating the three previously distinct fields of health promotion, safety, and rehabilitation. Our model means a more powerful framework for behaviour and organization change and helps our client companies to achieve greater levels of efficiency and improved health management outcomes.
Our programs are state-of-the-science for achieving meaningful, long-term change for individuals, work teams and companies. In addition, AlphaOne programs are evaluated using University-level research methods. Program results are reported fully in a user-friendly, timely format to our clients and are also written-up for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Evidence-based health promotion (EBHP) is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about health strategies to promote the health of individuals, communities, and populations. The practice of EBHP means integrating local expertise with the best available external evidence yielded by systematic research.
EBHP requires conducting cross-disciplinary literature searches, applying rules of evidence and appraisal of study quality, and selecting the most effective programmes. It requires attention to recognized health promotion concepts, socio-cultural and organizational factors.
EBHP asks the practitioner to present to the purchaser a reliable summary of the area, including its strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations. EBHP also involves applying traditional skills of health promotion and health education, for example sensitivity to the cultural and emotional needs of particular populations, e.g. tailoring to suit the needs of different industry groups.
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Research shows that workplace health programs are more effective when tailored to suit the industry. While this has been long recognized in the field of workplace safety, industry-tailoring is only recently proven in lifestyle and behaviour change programs. AlphaOne is the first commercial provider to offer workplace health strategies tailored to suit specific industry groups including: labour and heavy industry; the corporate sector, such as legal, banking and finance; mining; the power industry, manufacturing; customer service centres; and health care facilities.
The AlphaOne team is made up of professionals whose expertise include public health, behavioural medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, business management, exercise sciences, psychology, safety management, sleep and fatigue management, pain management, rehabilitation, nutrition and alcohol studies. Our people share a vision of a new, integrated approach to managing health at work.
AlphaOne aims to enhance the health of individuals and organisations through research and innovative program design and delivery. Committed to excellence, we strive to show leadership and to develop future leaders.