IOF Corporate Responsibility Program for Bone Health
IOF invites companies to become part of the IOF Corporate
Responsibility Program for Bone Health and to join in the
fight against osteoporosis. We recommend several steps
that companies can take to become good corporate citizens
in the field of bone health, in providing their staff and families
with information and opportunities to improve the health of
their bones.
For further information on the program, please download the invitation brochure in English (PDF, 941.2 KB), or Spanish (PDF, 1.18 MB). An application form is included.
Corporate activities might include:
Awareness and education for staff:
• Providing educational material
• Periodical lectures on-site
• Articles in internal newsletters
• Distribution of the IOF One Minute Risk Test
• Bone-friendly recipes in internal newsletters
Health benefits:
• Providing bone density testing on-site, or allowing time off for testing outside of work
• Ensuring that staff and their families have health insurance which includes access to
free BMD testing and treatment
Lifestyle improvement opportunities:
• Serving bone-friendly food in the corporate canteen;
• Promoting exercise: having an on-site fitness centre, subsidies for external fitness centres, shower/changing rooms for staff who exercise outdoors, company sports teams;
Safety at work:
• Fall-prevention: non-slip floors, hand-rails.
Corporate commitment and community involvement could be shown in a variety of ways, including featuring osteoporosis in appropriate corporate presentations, supporting national patient societies and holding community awareness programs. Companies would not be expected to enact all of the activities above, at least not immediately, but to show a commitment to doing as much as possible to raise employee awareness of the need to fight osteoporosis and providing the means to do so.
IOF will recognize a company’s commitment to the program through a certificate, press release, and mentions on the IOF website and annual report.
Charter members of the IOF Corporate Responsibility Program for Bone Health
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| Charter members of the IOF Corporate Bone Responsibility Program honoured at Porto meeting. From left to right: Emmanuel Mahlis, Senior Medical Director Osteoporosis, Merck & Co.; Brigitte Casteels,Vice President of International Reimbursement and Health Care Policy, Kyphon; Stephan Korte, Director, Global Product Advocacy, Novartis; Rachel Frizberg, International Product Manager, Roche; Marcel Lechanteur, Executive Director, Osteoporosis Business Unit – US, Eli Lilly & Co.; Helen Limbrick, PR Manager, European Commercial Operations, GSK. |
