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EMPLOYEE WELLNESS

• BY MRS. PATRICIA KERRETTS-KEMEI, MANAGER/TALENT
  ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS
  COMMISSION OF KENYA (CCK)
• AFRALTI HCD Forum -February,2014, Lilongwe,
  Malawi

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Employee Wellness

• Healthy Employees,
• Healthy Bottom Line.
• What is wellness and why is it important?
• Profile of Unhealthy Employee
• Chronic disease and risk factors
• Keys to a successful wellness program
• CCKs Employee Wellness Initiatives

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1. Introduction

• Wellness
• the quality or state of being in good health
  especially as an actively sought goal
• (Merriam Webster Inc.)

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2. Profile of Unhealthy Employee

• 48 year old male
• Works in County Assembly of Nairobi
• Tobacco and alcohol use
• Unhealthy diet
• Physical inactivity
• High stress job and family responsibility
• Height 61 and weighs 120 kgs

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3. Chronic Disease Risk Factors

• Obesity - gt30 , 13 billion lost
  productivity. At higher risk high blood
  pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes,
• Inactivity - gt24 billion a year. Activity is
  more effective in reducing cardiovascular risk
  than weight loss
• (statistics Health Advocate Inc,)

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Risk Factors cont

• Smoking 1 in 5 deaths gt1pack/day smokers have
  75 /higher rate of lost production time than
  non-smokers
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse Abseentism is 2-3 times
  higher in alcohol users
• Sleep Apnea highly
  related to obesity
• Chronic Disease
• diabetes, obesity,
  cardiovascular disease,
• asthma

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Stress and Depression

• Increase health care costs more than obesity,
  smoking or high
• blood pressure combines
  Accounts for 20 of
  absenteeism and turnover
• Costs 300 billion/per
  year

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4. Prevention to control Health Care Costs

• Encourage regular check ups screening to detect
  early disease
• Offer Wellness Programmes to modify lifestyles
• Reinforce benefits of prevention and healthy
  lifestyles

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Evolution of Wellness Programmes
Traditional Programmes New wave of Wellness Component
Tobacco cessation Exercise / Fitness Weight loss Stress Management E-Health options / customized online health information Personal health records reduces redundancy /healthcare costs Personal wellness coaching improves chance of reaching health goals
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5. CCKs Initiatives on Employee Wellness

• Medical scheme for all staff
• non discriminatory and all inclusive
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides
  access to Workplace Counselors and out-sourced
  Psychiatric Doctors
• Prayer Room
• Physical Fitness
  Gym within the
  workplace and
  Jogging Track.

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CCKs initiatives cont

• Sporting Activities Corporate member of KECOSO
  Games with employees in competing teams of
  Pool, Snooker, Scrabble, Golf, Athletics, Field
  events, Darts, Athletics

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CCKs initiatives cont

• Team Building carried out every year for staff
  Family fun day End year Party

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CCK initiatives cont

• Flexi hours for lactating/breast feeding mothers.
  Maternity/Paternity leave.
• Staff canteen - employee welfare
• Soft music played in the public address system in
  the office soothes the mind.

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CCKs initiatives cont

• Insurance workman's compensation act
• Grieving policy compassionate leave
• CSR activities employees participate in giving
  and reaching out to the less fortunate Mater
  Heart Run
• Training and Awareness Stress Financial
  Management Drugs Substance Abuse HIV/Aids,

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CCKs initiatives cont

• HIV/Aids Peer Educators in an open day wellness
  challenge programme

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Be well, live well, serve well
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• The greatest glory in living lies not in not
  falling, but rising every time you fall

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• Thank You for your Attention
• ASANTE SANA