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Wellness Inventory for Employee Wellnessstrohecker
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Worksite Wellness Toolkit for Community Based Organizationsbeccapurnell
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THe Employee Well-Being Bootcamp for HR, Benefits and Wellness ProfessionalsWorldCongress
The conversation on employee wellness begins with the fundamentals. Through employer case studies and presentations by forward-thinking employers and industry thought leaders, this meeting delivers a fresh look at the evolution of wellness, innovative initiatives, and building programs founded on reconciling business goals with employee health accountability. Whether you are considering or are in the early stages of crafting the business plan for your employee well-being program, seeking training for new team members, or looking for a refresher, this meeting is ideal for your organization.
http://bit.ly/1p6GO2H
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WorkWell Kansas: A Partnership for Worksite Health Promotion
1. WorkWell Kansas: A Partnership
for Worksite Health Promotion
Missty Lechner
Worksite Wellness Specialist
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
2. Presenters
• Missty Lechner
▫ Kansas Department of Health and Environment
• Dr. Elizabeth Ablah
▫ University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita
• Chad Clark
▫ McPherson Healthcare Foundation, Inc
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
3. 3
Community Initiative on Cardiovascular
Health and Disease
• 14 Employers - 400,000 lives - 2005-2009
• All Stakeholder Collaboration, including:
▫ Employers, Chamber of Commerce, IHPM, NBCH
▫ Public Health: CDC, States of Kansas and Missouri
▫ Providers, AAFP, AHA
▫ Regional and National Health Plans
▫ Pharmaceutical Industry
• Focus on Primary and Secondary Prevention
▫ Hypertension, Cholesterol, Smoking, Inactivity, Nutrition,
Metabolic Syndrome
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
4. 4
CICV Work Site Component:
Baseline Surveys (2006, re-measured 2011):
▫ Leadership Survey
▫ Heart Healthy Lifestyles Employee Attitudinal Survey
▫ Employer Worksite Wellness Environment Inventory
▫ Cardiovascular Health Plan Benefit Design Survey
▫ Productivity Measurements
▫ Available health risk Data
“Connecting the Dots”
Medical Claims Analysis
Health Risk Appraisals
Medical Screenings
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
5. Planning Committee
• Employers
• Local Health Departments
• Business Coalitions
• Payers
• State Health Department
• Healthcare
• Academia
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
6. KDHE Assessment Tool
• Up to 72 questions
• Organizational level assessment
• Takes about 45 minutes to complete
• Customized feedback given to worksites based
upon assessment results
• Tested and piloted
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
7. Assessment Implementation
• Who champions this in communities?
• How does word get out?
• Is there a systematic way of providing education
to employers?
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
8. WorkWell: The Beginning
• Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care
received private funding
• KDHE already had the assessment developed
• Each partner had parallel missions, similar but
unique areas of expertise, and resources for
worksite wellness
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
9. Questions
Missty Lechner
Worksite Wellness Specialist
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
785-296-1917
mlechner@kdheks.gov
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
11. WorkWell Kansas
KansasHealth Foundation is providing
three years of funding for groups to
convene around this initiative.
Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care
is leading the state-wide initiative.
Workshops in participating communities,
built around an assessment tool.
12. WorkWell Kansas
WorkWell Kansas was designed around
“evidence” in the literature and best
practices.
Kansas Department of Health and
Environment funded the development of the
tool.
University of Kansas School of Medicine-
Wichita, Department of Preventive Medicine
and Public Health developed the curriculum.
13. Goal
Increase the number of business and
community leaders that are actively
engaged in supporting, initiating, and
implementing worksite wellness programs to
facilitate the creation of workplace policies
and/or incentives in these communities that
make it easier for employees to adopt
healthier behaviors.
14. WorkWell Kansas
3 years
30 communities (10 each year)
At least 1 champion per community
210 worksites
15. WorkWell Kansas
Champions
Each year, 10 “champions” are recruited
and trained.
Eachchampion is asked to recruit 7
worksites.
Task identified as an adaptive challenge.
16. WorkWell Kansas Worksites
Can receive up to $1,000 in mini-grant funds
after the worksite has:
1. completed the assessment (and received
feedback)
2. completed the WorkWell Kansas workshop
3. an approved worksite wellness plan
Many tasks are identified as adaptive
challenges.
17. Purpose
Introduce a framework for worksites to use
in integrating holistic health promotion
and wellness into complex cultures.
Enhance capacity and support worksites
in creating a sustained culture of health.
18. Purpose
Increase the number of community
leaders and businesses engaged in
supporting comprehensive worksite
wellness initiatives.
Facilitate the implementation of policies
and environmental changes to make it
easier for employees to be healthier,
including eating healthfully and being
physically active.
19. Purpose
Expose participants to information, tools,
and strategies to develop and integrate a
comprehensive wellness strategy into an
organization’s long-term business strategy.
Provideresources and technical
assistance for participants to develop and
implement worksite wellness plans for their
organizations.
21. Is it Just Business?
Is worksite wellness treated like any other
business issue?
Good for culture?
Fun?
Reduce healthcare costs?
Attract and retain employees?
Important for health?
Increase productivity?
Increase profitability?
22. Traditional Worksite Wellness
Worksitewellness has historically centered on
behavior change using a cognitive model.
Cognitive models center on education and
the provision of information.
Cognitiveapproaches place the responsibility
for change solely on the employee.
(Golaszewski, 2008)
23. Traditional Worksite Wellness
Approach
Centered on a single issue (e.g. tobacco
cessation).
Illuminating risks about certain health behaviors.
Featured carrot or stick approach to wellness in
behavioristic model.
Been largely ‘one-and-done’ type programs.
24. Traditional Worksite Wellness
Examples*
Some traditional worksite wellness programs have
been tied to national events (Great American
Smoke Out) and are centered on raising
awareness.
Other approaches have sought to capitalize on
popular media and used programs similar to The
Biggest Loser.
Some take a plug and play approach - a national
program is implemented from management to
employees.
25. Traditional Model
Relies on program development and delivery
Relies
on information/education to prompt
behavior change
Focuses on individual behavior change
26. Traditional Model
Mosttraditional approaches lack in
duration and comprehensiveness.
Mosttraditional approaches are not based
on best practices or “evidence”
27. How Do We Change?
Behavior change is complex.
Knowledge is necessary, but insufficient for
change.
How do we alter our behaviors?
Macro forces influence us; we are all parts of
a greater whole.
29. Paradigm Shift
Employees will change behaviors as a
reflection of the changing characteristics
of their worksites.
Create a healthy work environment.
Organizational health promotion.
30. Philosophy
Change the culture of worksites.
Begin with the employer, not the employee.
Not“good” and “bad.” Not “right” and
“wrong.”
Whatare our goals, what does the literature
suggest?
34. Reasons to
squeeze the
orange!
• For every $1 spent on wellness, companies
save $3.48 on health care and $5.82 in
regards to absenteeism.
•The cost of health care has increased 274
times what it was in 1950 even though the
average cost of all other goods and services
increased only 8 times.
•Chronic diseases account for 75% of health
care spending.
•Source: Wellness Council of America
38. Employer Benefits
Enhanced recruitment and retention
Reduced healthcare costs
Decreased rates of illness and injury
Reduced absenteeism
Increased productivity
Improved employee relations
39. Results
Reduced healthcare costs by 20% to 55%
Reduced short-term sick leave by 6% to 32%
Increased productivity by 2%-52%
Sourced by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Service
40. Return on Investment
Hospital admissions declined by 62.5%
Disability costs reduced by 34.4%
Claims costs were reduced by 27.8%
Physician visits declined by 16.5 %
Sourced by Aurora Healthcare 2005