Health Alliance Plan Worksite Health Promotion

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Health Alliance Plan Worksite Health Promotion

• Shawna Lorch, CHES
• Health Promotion Coordinator
• Worksite Health Promotion

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Out of Every 100 Michigan Workers

• 77 do not eat the recommended servings of fruits
  and vegetables
• 62 are overweight or obese
• 33 have high cholesterol
• 27 have high blood pressure
• 24 smoke
• 24 do not have any leisure-time physical activity
• 8 have diabetes (higher in SEM)
• Source Michigan Steps Up, Michigan Department of
  Community Health, Healthy People, Healthy
  Businesses (2005)

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Out of Every 100 adults

• How many meet all the recommendations for a
  healthy lifestyle?
• 5 fruits veggies a day
• Regular physical activity
• Not smoking
• Healthy weight

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Hidden Costs of Poor Health

• Lower work output
• Higher rates of disability
• Higher absenteeism
• Higher workers compensation
• Higher rates of injury
• The indirect costs of poor health may be 2-3
  times higher than the direct medical costs. Dee
  Edington, PhD, UM

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Can Worksite Wellness Really Make a Difference?

• 42 published studies have shown
  worksite wellness programs can yield a
• 28 reduction in sick leave absenteeism
• 26 reduction in health costs
• 30 reduction in workers compensation
  disability management claim costs
• producing a more than 5-to-1
• savings-to-cost ratio!
• Source Chapman LS, Meta-Evaluation of Worksite
  Health Promotion Economic Return Studies,
• The Art of Health Promotion 6, no. 6 (2003),
  on average

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Top two reasons for worksite wellness programs

• Reducing indirect costs associated with
  absenteeism, presenteeism, disability and workers
  compensation.
• Improving work performance (productivity and
  quality)

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A Growing Trend

• Over 60 of employers offer wellness programs
• More than half of companies surveyed plan to
  expand wellness programs over next five years
• Over 15 of those who dont currently, plan to
  offer them in the future
• Over 40 of employers offer incentives to
  encourage participation in wellness programs
• Increased focus on worksite culture and
  environment

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What is HAPpening at HAP?

• A growing Health Promotion team
• Diane Edwards
• Dena Cassie
• Continuing to deliver valuable and innovative
  wellness programs and services
• Developing new high-tech programs

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2007 Stats To Date

• Continuing to serve current health promotion
  customers and reaching out to new customers
• Coordinated 40 wellness programs
• Over 60 more scheduled for future dates

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Program Highlight iStrive for better health

• General HRA 7 Lifestyle Management Programs
• Over 30,000 program uses to date
• Members receive HAP-sponsored incentives for
  participation
• 5 to Subway for HRA
• 25 from list of over 350 merchants for Lifestyle
  Management Program

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iStrive for better health
HealthMediaSucceed 5 Subway Gift Certificate
Lifestyle Management Programs 25 Gift
Certificate (participants select from over 350
merchants)
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iStrive for better health
Special Features
Exercise and stretching video library
Virtual Guide
Goal setting tools
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iStrive for better health
Personal Cookbook
Special Features
Medical library
Portion size tool
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iStrive - Taking it Up a Level

• Support employer-sponsored incentives for HRA
• HAP can provide a
• List of your employees whove taken iStrive
• Aggregate reports available to groups with gt100
  participants

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Program Highlight Walk for Better Health

• 6-week, self-paced walking program, designed by
  HAP
• Comprehensive implementation Toolkit for
  purchaser use

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Walk for Better Health

• HAP provides
• Assistance in program planning
• Participant materials
• Kick-off presentation
• Limited time offer Free pedometers!

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Program Highlight May is Blood Pressure
Screening Month

• Contact us if youd like to receive on-site blood
  pressure screenings
• External Resource
• AHA heart health quiz (will be linked in our May
  newsletter)
• June is Mens Health Month
• Educational materials available
• Wellness Workshops

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New in 07Weight Wise at Work

• Began as a member loyalty program
• Reached over 5000 unique HAP members
• Presented by Zonya Foco, RD, CHFI, CSP
• Excellent weight loss results
• Now available at the worksite
• Minimum of 100 attendees

Since January 2005 Ive lost 33 pounds and my
husband has lost almost 100 pounds! So far the
most helpful change has been incorporating more
vegetables and fruits into our diet. S. S.,
Southgage, May 2005
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In Development

• Upgrading Monthly Health E-Newsletter
• Online Learning
• Wise Health Care Consumer
• Web-casting Capabilities
• Weight Wise
• Many future possibilities

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HAP Monthly E-Newsletter

• Currently e-mailed to all our employer group
  health promotion contacts
• Includes
• iStrive for better health
• Wellness by the Month monthly topic
• Updates on HAP and other agencies initiatives

• What information is most useful to you?

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Going High-TechOnline Learning

• Online Wise Health Care Consumer program
• Online at www.hap.org, to members and guests
• Covers how to choose a health plan, pick a pcp,
  preventive services, etc.
• 9 program modules

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Going High-TechWebinars

• Webinar capability in development
• Ability to offer wellness classes via www.hap.org
• Weight Wise program to be offered via webinar in
  July