Winning With Worksite Wellness

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Winning With Worksite Wellness

• SS Wellness, Inc.
• Florida Affiliate of SB Wellness Group, Inc.

SS Wellness, Inc. Specializing in Worksite
Wellness
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SS Wellness, Inc. Mission

• The staff of SS Wellness, Inc. is a very well
  rounded, educated and experienced group. We are
  committed to Excellency in all that we do. Our
  mission is to educate people about health and
  wellness and to challenge them to achieve a
  healthier lifestyle and a better quality of life
  for themselves and their families.

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What is Wellness?Spectrum of Health
Healthy Lifestyle Eats
well Healthy weight Active
lifestyle Risks Health Practices
High blood pressure
Smoking Sedentary lifestyle
Signs Symptoms Abnormal ECG Chest
pain Shortness of breath Medical CareReactive
- Relieve pain restore to normal Well Care -
Wellness - Proactive Reduce risks, prevent
disease, enhance health
DeathDiseaseDisability
Not SickNormalAverage
OptimumHealth
0 50 100
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SS Wellness Group Strengths

• Personal Touch
• Incredible Staff
• Experience
• Many of our programs can be done online and
  through the web
• Phone coaching available as well

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Key Components of an Effective Wellness Program
5.
Outcomes Measurement Monitoring Progress
Provide Feedback Health
Actions Interventions
Personal Evaluation
Goal Setting Wellness
Assessment
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STEP 1
Wellness Assessment
BENEFITS FOR THE EMPLOYEE

• Helps employee determine health needs
• Provides a baseline of personal health
• Provides bench marks for measuring personal
  improvements
• Encourages readiness to change behaviors/ habits

SS Wellness offers online Health Risk Appraisals.
Visit www.sbwellness.com/myhealth for more
information or call [phone] for a free
HRA.
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Wellness Assessment
BENEFITS FOR THE EMPLOYER

• Provides information needed for Corporate goals
• Help employer to determine what interventions
  need to be made
• Creates opportunity to offer behavior change
  strategies that lead to optimal improvement in
  health
• Provides outcomes data on health status, health
  costs, and effectiveness

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Whats Involved

• Body Weight / BMI
• Girth measurements
• Body composition
• Blood Pressure
• Full Lipid Panel
• Full explanation of results in a results package
• Individual wellness consult on how to
  read/interpret results

• Medical Questionnaire
• Nutrition Assessment
• Lifestyle Analysis
• Health Risk Profile
• Mental/Emotional
• Exercise/Physical
• Safety/Occupational
• Alcohol/Tobacco

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Sample SS Wellness HRA

• Online Assessment Login
• To gain access to your online assessment please
  login using your username and password.
  Usernames and passwords are case sensitive.
  Username
• Password  

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HRA Individual Login

• Active HRA's
• The following links will take you to active
  Health Risk Appraisals listed under your account.
  Click on the date your HRA was created to load
  that HRA.
• Created 01/02/2004

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Individual HRA Home Page
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Questionnaire Segments

• Assessment Segments
• Lifestyle This segment of the
  assessment surveys your attitude towards
  healthy lifestyle habits. Status incomplete
• Diet Record your daily eating habits in
  this section of the assessment. Status
  incomplete

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Web View Continued

• History Record your medical history here.
  Status incomplete
• Mental / Spiritual Health Review how your
  mental health is doing. Status incomplete
• Exercise Take an honest look at how often,
  and how much you exercise. Status incomplete
  
• Medical Info How does your overall medical
  state look? Status incomplete
• Fat Control Measure your total dietary fat
  intake.
• Status incomplete

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Web View Continued

• Calories Track your calories in the segment
  of your assessment. Status incomplete
• Salt Track the amount of salt your diet
  currently contains. Status incomplete
• Tobacco / Alcohol Track your tobacco and
  alcohol habits. Status incomplete
• Safety Take a look at how your workplace
  safety might impact your overall wellness.
  Status incomplete
• Fitness Evaluation Assessment This section
  of your assessment aims to gather your dimensions
  and test your current state of physical fitness.
  Status incomplete

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Healthy Employees Healthy Company!
The process of the Health Risk Appraisals and the
Physical and Fitness Assessments opens the door
to wellness.
Employees are then open to education,
interventions, and healthy lifestyle changes.
Over time employees who were not ready to change
join the program.
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Personal Evaluation Goal SettingHelp people
discover their own health needs
STEP 2

• We can provide understanding and insight on how
  individuals can begin to make changes
• Provide guidelines for achieving optimum health
• Coach individuals on how to set own wellness
  goals and commitment level
• Give step by step instructions on making changes
  one at a time
• Stress positive changes over negative behaviors

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Wellness Coaching

• By Phone
• At Screenings Health Fairs
• Small Group Coaching
• Follow Up Emails

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Health Action - Interventions
STEP 3

• Action Plan for Employees Might Include
• Review Assessment results packets, goal setting,
  and health behavior change instructions and
  handouts
• Referral to medical care when indicated / follow
  up to insure care was sought out and given
• Educational and nutritional programs
• Target high risk group with disease
  management/educational programs
• Exercise programs
• Incentives and motivational contests
• Challenge programs
• Stress Management

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Risk Reduction/ Reap Rewards Program

• Quarterly (or 2 times during year) follow up and
  re-screen with high risk people in the following
  Blood Pressure, Blood Cholesterol, Blood Glucose,
  Weight/Body Comp, (Optional Smoking).
• SS sets goal with participant and coaches and
  gives education to help them meet the goal.
  Participant is rewarded once goal is met.

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Living WELL Incentive Program

• (Working Out, Eating Healthy, Living Long, Loving
  Life)
• Wellness journals with a point incentive program
  will be given out to employees for behavior
  change and to help keep good habits. This program
  includes all employees. Journals will have a tear
  off page on back that can be turned in to
  employer and sent to SS Wellness for rewards.
• This year long incentives program encourages
  continued good habits and moves high risk
  participants to change behavior and lower risk.
• We will also include a monthly Wellness
  Newsletter for each employer group that can be
  sent to all employees.

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Monitoring Progress - Provide Feedback
STEP 4

• Reporting progress provides accountability
• Feedback on progress strengthens motivation
• Build in incentives for goals
• Buddy Program / Spouse Support
• Give recognition for milestones achieved

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Outcomes
STEP 5

• Repeat the Health Risk Appraisal / Fitness
  Assessment, Blood measures where applicable,
  blood pressure
• Compare Previous and Current Risk Factors
• Change in prevalence
• Number of high risks
• Health practices
• Life satisfaction
• Preventive Services
• Results package for individuals comparing
  initial/ending assessment results
• Company report including the same for overall
  participation.
• We propose on-going educational programs through
  seminars, newsletters, on-line programs

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Healthcare Usage For SB Wellness Client Group
2000/2001
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General Health Risks for Client Group, Year
2001- 2002
1 Depression 2. Stress 3. Over weight 4. Tobacco
use 5. Exercise 6. Blood Pressure 7. Cholesterol
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General Health Risks for SB Wellness Client Group
Year 2002- 2003
1 Stress 2. Over weight 3. Tobacco use 4.
Exercise 5. Blood Pressure
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Medical Care and Health Usage for SS Wellness
Client
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SS Wellness Client Results
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New Body, New You Contest
Number of respondents that reported they had
learned and adopted healthy lifestyle changes
that they will continue to practice!
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SS Wellness Client Results
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Stress Management Results for SS Wellness Client
The time frame on these assessments ran over a
4-6 month period of time. New members went
through the second time around!
2002 2003
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Perceived Affects of Stress On Health for SS
Wellness Client
The time frame on these assessments ran over a
4-6 month period of time. New members went
through the second time around!
2002 2003
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Your Employees Your Most Valued Asset!
Worksite Wellness Works!