Washington Wellness 2008

1. Washington Wellness 2008 2007 Accomplishments 2008 Plans

2. Accomplishments of 2007 Staff • Washington Wellness staff complete • Wellness Coordinator for every agency HRA • HRA available for all • Capability to measure/report HRA completion rates • 13 agencies > 30% Wellness Coordinators • Training: in-person and phone • Web-based Resource Center and HRA reporting • Agency Wellness Committees developed

3. Accomplishments 2007 Initiatives • Weight Watchers • Energize Your Meetings • Healthy Caterers • Flu vaccination campaign • Gov Health bowl Healthy Worksite Initiative • Legislation establishes / funds HWI • HWI designed, reported to Senate • Agencies selected, partnerships established (GHC, IHPM, CSI)

4. 2007 HRA Completion • 10.6% completion rate thru 11/07 (145,000 employees) • 13 agencies / Higher Ed > 30%

5. 77.7% - HECB 52.7% - BBCC 52.7% - SBCTC 43.0% - DFI 40.5% - HCA 39.0% - DOR 38.5% - SAO 38.2% - DOH 37.2% - DIS 37.2% - DOL 35.3% - DRS 34.9% - TCC 30.7% - UTC > 25% - Gov,CTED,LCC Congratulations!

6. 2008 • Initiatives and Campaigns • Branding • Other Resources

7. Initiatives • HRA Completion • Nutrition • Physical Activity • Preventive Screening • Tobacco Cessation • Healthy Worksite Initiative

8. Nutrition • Weight Watchers at Work • Health Vending Machine Pilot • Pre-Approved Healthy Caterer List

9. Physical Activity • L & I: Fitness Club Resource List

10. Preventive Screening • Colon Cancer Screening • Mammograms • Pap Test • Flu Shot

11. Tobacco Cessation

12. Healthy Worksite Initiative Develop and refine interventions that influence health behaviors and lifestyle choices, resulting in improved employee health status and eventually positively impacting the rising health care cost trend

13. Measures • Reduction in % of population that is overweight or obese • Reduction in risk factors related diabetes • Reduction in high cholesterol • Reduction in high blood pressure • Reduction in risk factors related to absenteeism • Reduction in tobacco consumption • Increase in appropriate use of preventive health services

14. Participating Agencies • Attorney General Office • Dept. of Financial Institutions • Dept. of Health • Dept. of Natural Resources • Dept. of Social and Health Services • Employment Security Dept • Health Care Authority • Higher Education Coordinating Board • Labor and Industries

15. Healthy Worksite Initiative System Change Breakthrough Series Collaborative (CSI Solutions) Washington Wellness SB 5930 Group #1 7 agencies <7,000 employees Group #2 2 agencies <3,000 employees (IHPM) (Momentum) Evaluation

16. Individual Employee Interventions • Biometrics • Health Risk Assessment • Group #1 • Website and interventions to be determined • Group #2 • Momentum – packaged worksite wellness product

17. Campaigns • HRAs (#1 priority) • Flu Vaccination Campaign • Go Red • Governor’s Health Bowl

18. HRA Campaign • Goals: • 15% HRA completion rate by June 30 • 30% HRA completion rate by December 31 • Updated promotional materials for 2008 in online Resource Center • Sharing successful wellness coordinator promotion from 2007 • Using personal stories to promote HRAs (today!) • Creating 2008 HRA promotion plan with wellness coordinators (today!) • Quarterly HRA reports to the Governor • Sharing what works from the Healthy Worksite Initiative (online Resource Center)

19. Flu Vaccination Campaign • In progress through March 2008 • Key message January-February: It’s not too late to get a flu shot! • Survey and evaluation • Identify “best practices” and incorporate into 2008-09 campaign

20. Go Red Campaign • Awareness campaign for #1 killer of women: heart disease • Governor Gregoire’s proclamation will encourage all citizens in Washington State to wear red on February 1 • Promotional materials available in online Resource Center

21. Governor’s Health Bowl • Friendly worksite competition—encourages physical activity • September – November 2008 • Promotional templates, tools, and resources through Washington Health Foundation Web site

22. Infrastructure Resources • Branding of Washington Wellness • Websites Improvements and Redesign • Training and support of agency and higher education institutions wellness coordinators • http://www.wellness.wa.gov/resource/ • Policy and ethics

23. Branding • Finishing 4-month contract with branding firm this month! • Wellness coordinators involved in laying foundation • Training or teleconference devoted to what branding will be for WW: • New mission/vision statements • Brand values matrix • Logo and tagline • Styleguide • Timeline for implementation

24. Website Redesign • In response to user statistics, WCAC, Wellness Coordinators, best practices • Goal of “making it easy”: easy to use, easy to take action • Promote taking HRA, learning about conditions, contacting health plans, getting involved with agencies • Focus on employees but also supports retirees and families

25. Wellness Coordinator Training • Change of format – 2008 • Review schedule

26. Wellness Coordinators 2008 Expectations • Promote HRA completion to achieve > 30% • Select one of the other four WW priority areas to focus on (optional) for 2008 • Participate in at least 6 WW trainings • Share your successes and failures with WW staff and WC • Submit monthly reports to WW • Share tools you create with WW and WC