How a DataDriven Worksite Wellness Program Can Save

How a Data-Driven Worksite Wellness Program Can Save Your Company Dustin Jones, MS Brett Mc. Iff, Ph. D Utah Department of Health

Perhaps A Better Title… Why Data Will Mean the Difference Between Being Employed or Not

Objectives: • Participants will be able to identify three key advantages that using data can provide to worksite wellness programs. • Participants will be able to describe the types of data that support wellness efforts. • Participants will have access to national worksite tools that can support their efforts.

What Do We Mean by Data? • Data are facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis • Basically, information that is available for you to make your case • Why to do or not to do certain things • Unbiased, unfiltered, facts.

Data in the Workplace Building the business case Planning and implementatio n Evaluation of impact Organizational Culture At each phase, any decision made without proper collection of data is guessing If you want to make a culture change, a lasting shift towards wellness in the workplace, you must assess your population

What Kind of Data Are We Talking About? • Demographics • Insurance data • • • High insurance users High cost (Not necessarily the same people) Non users Cost for the company to provide Health outcomes (cost savings/employee) Productivity numbers (absenteeism, etc. ) Needs assessment data Employee turnover/longevity Community support Culture of organizational data

But…. How? • You don’t have to be a statistician to love data! • Trends are your friend • Don’t worry so much about the details, look for things that stand out • Let others help you! • HRA, claims data, HR data

Types of Data • Organizational • • Policies that +/- affect employee health Management vs. employee perceptions Needs and interest surveys Alignment with organizational mission • Individual • Participation • Biometrics/health risk assessments • Risk group • Claims data Culture Policies Environmen t

How Do You Get Data on Your Workplace? • Look for what is already available • Find who has it, and do whatever it takes to get access • Collect your own • Be systematic and organized • Don’t solve a problem you don’t know you have • Don’t create problem by guessing

Balancing Need, Interest, and Resources High Need + High Interest + High Resources = A journal article (now wake up, you are dreaming) High Need + Low Interest + High Resources = Waste of Money High Need + High Interest + Low Resources = Creativity High Need + Low Interest + Low Resources = High turnover and difficulty keeping the business going

Advantages • You can justify your budget, or increase it! • Decisions based on health care costs will include you in the process • Your programs will actually do something

What NOT to Do… • • Guess Make it up Wait until the last minute Cry

What is the CDC Worksite Health Score. Card and How Can it Be Used

How is the HSC Organized? 125 Yes/No questions assesses best practice health promotion interventions (policies, programs, environmental supports) in 16 topic areas § Organizational supports § Tobacco control § Nutrition § Physical activity § Lactation support § Weight management § Stress management § Depression § High blood pressure § High cholesterol § Diabetes § Signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke § Emergency response to heart attack and stroke § Occupational health & safety § Vaccine-preventable diseases § Community resources

How is the HSC Scored? • The Health Score. Card scoring system was developed to reflect the relative impact of proven health promotion strategies. • Each item on the HSC survey has been assigned a point value between 1 and 3 (where 1=good, 2=better, and 3=best) • This point value reflects the level of impact that the strategy has on the intended health behaviors or outcomes and the strength of scientific evidence supporting this impact Example: Awareness-building materials such as brochures (1 point) have less of an affect on employee health than lifestyle counseling or selfmanagement programs (3 points). Roemer EC, Kent KB, Samoly DK, Gaydos LM, Smith KJ, Agarwal A, Matson-Koffman DM, Goetzel RZ. Reliability and Validity Testing of the CDC Worksite Health Score. Card: An Assessment Tool to Help Employers to Prevent Heart Disease, Stroke, & Related Health Conditions. JOEM, Volume 55, Number 5, May 2013 pp. 520 -526.

The Worksite Health Score. Card as a Planning Tool • Prioritize strategies as short-term and long-term goals for developing a worksite’s health promotion program. • Review scores to identify potential gaps in a worksite’s program. • Identify the highest impact strategies not currently in place at a worksite. • Use this information to develop an annual worksite health improvement plan and budget.

Overview of the Online HSC System

Health Score. Card Web Application http: //www. cdc. gov/healthscorecard/index. html

HSC Online System Main Features • • Free, easy to access and use system Employer Account (includes Employer Profile) Employer Dashboard Worksites (includes Worksite Profile) Worksite Dashboard Health Score. Card Reports Automated Reminder Messages

Log-In Page http: //www. cdc. gov/healthscorecard/index. html

Account Creation: Single Worksite Example Employer A Account Main Worksite

Account Creation: Multiple Worksite Example Employer B Account Location/Division Corporate Office Main worksite Location/Division

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Progress Bar • When you complete the topics, you will see the progress both by # of questions answered and a peach-colored bar. • The “Submit to CDC” button will not activate until all sections are completed. 26

Submit to CDC • After all sections are completed, “Submit to CDC” button appears • Click to submit Score. Card • Changes can not be made once submitted 27

Point Breakdown On the worksite dashboard: • Graphic shows total points scored for each section. • You can click each topic to see the point value for each question. • Workforce demographics and community resources are not scored sections. 28

CDC Worksite Health Score. Card Reports Score. Card Results Report Forma Description Name t Summary Benchmark Report Table Scores listed by topic; comparisons by year, worksite, all employers Detailed Benchmark Report Table Detail of answers and points by question; comparisons by year, worksite, percentage employers Interventions In Place Chart Number of good, better, and best interventions in place at worksiteoverall and by topic Scores for Employers (for employer accounts with multiple worksites) Chart Comparisons of worksites by overall score, by topic, and by year 25

Summary Benchmark Report 27

Detailed Benchmark Report 28

Interventions in Place Report 29

Scores for Employers Reports 33

HSC User Tutorials • Series of five, short tutorials § § § Tutorial #1: Introduction to the CDC’s Worksite Health Score. Card Tutorial #2: Creating Your CDC’s Worksite Health Score. Card Account Tutorial #3: Managing Your CDC Worksite Health Score. Card Account Tutorial #4: Completing Your CDC Worksite Health Score. Card Tutorial #5: Understanding and Using Your CDC Worksite Health Score. Card Available at: www. cdc. gov/healthscorecard/usingscorecard. html 34

CDC Workplace Health Promotion www. cdc. gov/whp 35

CDC Score. Card Resources: Available at: http: //www. cdc. gov/workpl acehealthpromotion http: //www. cdc. gov/healths corecard/index. html http: //www. cdc. gov/hsc

Utah Department of Health Worksite Wellness Assessment q Created as a short go-to assessment q Allows for free personalized assistance from UDOH or Local Health Departments (if needed) q Can be adapted to fit individual worksites

Contact Dustin Jones, MS Worksite and Training Coordinator dustinjones@Utah. gov Brett Mc. Iff, Ph. D Physical Activity Coordinator bmciff@Utah. gov