Why Wellness?

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Why Wellness?

• Employees are the citys greatest asset
• HR Mission To promote and support organizational
  excellence
• Provide employees with the tools they need to
  stay happy, healthy and productive
• Improves morale, strengthens recruitment and
  retention efforts
• Potential for substantial cost savings for the
  city
• Direct and indirect costs

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2011 Employee Wellness Interest Survey

• 1250 responses
• 70 would participate in wellness programming at
  work
• Physical Fitness/Nutrition- most popular wellness
  goals
• Stress
• Mens/womens health issues

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Health Care Costs are Rising

• 25 of City Operation budget is healthcare costs
  for employees and dependents
• Health Benefits annual cost will exceed salary
  expenses within 20 years.

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Percent of Selected Chronic Diseases that are
Avoidable
Fries JF, Koop CE, Soklov J, Beadle CE, and
Wright D. Beyond health promotion Reducing need
and demand for medical care. Health Affairs
199817(2)70-84.
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Healthy ColumbusCity Employee Wellness Program

• An organized program in the worksite intended to
  assist employees and their family members to make
  voluntary behavior changes to reduce health and
  injury risks, improve health consumer skills and
  enhance individual productivity and well-being
• HIPPA/GINA compliant
• Voluntary
• Confidential

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Healthy Columbus Program

• Communications
• Department Wellness Ambassadors
• Healthy Columbus website
• www.hr.columbus.gov/healthycolumbus
• Physical Activity
• Yoga, Fitness Basic/Challenge Zumba Classes
• Columbus Community Center Discount
• Corporate Challenge teams
• Department Walking maps
• Team challenges
• Walk Club
• City Green Bikes

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Healthy Columbus Program

• Disease Management
• Health fairs
• Diabetes Prevention/Control Programs
• Flu shot program
• Other Programs
• Smoking Cessation
• Wellness Seminars
• Healthy Vending Options
• Support for nursing mothers
• Mobile mammography van on site.
• Occupational Safety Health

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Diabetes Prevention/Control Program

• Diabetes Prevention Program- pre-diabetes/ high
  Sugar
• 16 week program at the Y
• Free Y membership from weeks 5-16
• Adult dependents also eligible
• Diabetes Control Program- already diabetic
• Meet 4x/year with Kroger/Walgreens
  Pharmacist
• Address medications, cholesterol, blood
  pressure, physical activity,
• nutrition
• Adult dependents also eligible

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Tobacco Free For Life

• Individual Meetings with a Quit Specialist
• Get 2 months of Free patches, gum, lozenge
• Apts. are 20 minutes (1st apt. is 45min)
• Adult dependents also eligible
• Locations
• Rec Parks (1533 Alum Creek Industrial Dr.)
  Mondays 800 am- 1100 am
• Police Headquarters (120 Marconi Rd.)
  Tuesdays 1000 am- 200 pm
• Municipal courts (375 S. High St.) 
  Wednesdays 1030 am- 100 pm
• Columbus Public Health (240 Parsons Ave.)
  Wednesdays 200 pm- 600 pm
• Public Utilities (1250 Fairwood Ave.)
  Thursdays 1130 am- 230 pm
• Public Utilities (910 Dublin Rd.)
  Fridays   1030
  am- 100 pm

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You cant make a healthy choice if you dont have
a healthy option
2011 Bike Columbus City Family Team
2009 Columbus Marathon Corporate Challenge Team
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Questions?

• Jen Morel, MPH, CHES
• Employee Wellness Coordinator
• 645-0988
• jemorel_at_columbus.gov

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