What you need to implement and take your Wellness

Programs to the next level while maximizing ROI

A Ripple Effect Wellness Portal Authorized Distributor

We Need To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Our Current Wellness

ProgramsWhat we have been doing in corporations as well as a nation has not been working.

This approach simply has not been enough to make a difference. We need a new approach to attack this problem successfully.

Sample Wellness Measurement

10% to 14%

20% to 24%

15% to 19%

Sample Wellness Measurement

25% to 35%

20 years ago majority of country was 10% to 14% Today No State Falls Below 20%

Obesity = Main Risk Factor For Lifestyle Induced Diabetes

Average Medical Annual Spending for an Obese Person was $3,271 Compared to $512 for a Non-Obese Individual.

Survey of 9,852 men and 13,837 women Ages 20 to 64

From: Lehigh University reported in January 2012 in the Journal of Health Economics

Obesity has risen a full 34% since 1960 while morbid obesity is up six fold.

The $ Cost of Obesity

• Lectures

• Workshops

• Health Fairs

• Screening Events

• Exercise Programs

• Weight Loss Programs

• Health Risk Assessments

• Smoking Cessation Programs

We Need To Change How We View and Implement Corporate Wellness Programs

Most Programs Have Focused On:

Live Events, By Themselves, Offer Limited Results

They Suffer From:

• Low participation rates

• Don’t involve all employees

• They are not motivational

• Don’t have consistent follow-up

• Hard to measure or quantify results and determine next steps or ROI.

• They often lack follow-up

• You can’t track employee progress

• Etc, Etc, Etc…

Where Do We Go From Here?

We need to understand that although our intentions were good we failed to deliver sustainable behavioral change in the majority of the population.

A New Approach

We need to find the one commonality that underlies every unhealthy behavior…

Putting genetics aside for the moment.

The commonality is our normal habits and routines; otherwise called our behavior.

Our Lives Are Shaped By The Daily Choices That Become Our…

Habits and

Routines

Understanding Behavior

Step 1How To Influence Positive Behavior Change

Understand what Behavior Is...

Our behavior is a series of choices that have been repeated often enough to become a habit.

Example: You tend to not spend very much time “Thinking About“ a “normal” behavior or a habit.

• Brushing your teeth• Drinking a Soda with Lunch or Dinner• Reaching for potato chips when you want a snack

• Model your programs around creating new habits that your

EMPLOYEES WILL PARTICIPATE IN!

Step 1 - AHow To Influence Positive Behavior Change

Step 2How To Influence Positive Behavior Change

Understand what issues your employees are having AS

WELL AS the issues they want to address.

Health Risk Assessments do not necessarily lead to behavior change.

Addressing what employees WANT to handle leads to behavior change.

Step 3How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeCreate situationswhere positive behaviors are Introduced.

Ex. Replace sugary drinks with water, unsweetened teas, etc...

Remove Temptation!!!

Step 4How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeEngage Employees At Their

Level Of Interest

Some people love to run or walk…

Other's wouldn't be caught dead jogging but they will go out dancing, practice yoga, play baseball or just mow the lawn.

Step 5How To Influence Positive Behavior

Change

Create situations where positive behaviors are

repeated.

(Or negative behaviors are avoided.)

Best Tool:

Interactive Wellness Challenges

Step 6How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeChallenges Must Be Simple & Engaging

Activity – Typesand Amounts

Food Consumption

Social Networking

Step 7How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeEngage Healthy AND

Unhealthy Employees.

Do not leave anyone out.

It is the employees who are already doing something to make themselves healthier that will become your wellness opinion leaders.

Socially and Legally

Step 8How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeHandle 5 Major Productivity and

Performance Basics

• FitnessI.Move More

• Nutrition - I.Eat More Natural FoodsII.Eating for Energy

• Weight Management•Getting Closer To Ideal Weight•Maintaining a Healthy Body-Food Lifestyle

• Work-Life Balance•Spending Time With Family & Friends•Private Time of Your Choice...

I. Mental WellbeingI.SleepII.Financial WellnessIII.Volunteering - Helping Others

Step 9How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeCreate situations where positive

behaviors are reinforced.

Incentive Programs

They must be as instantaneous as possible.

Our culture tends to crave instant gratification.

Rewards MUST be what the employees are interested in receiving.

Step 10How To Influence Positive Behavior

ChangeUse today's technology

to organize all activities, motivate employees and collect information.

• Calendars• Track Incentives• Measure Activity• Measure Progress• Reporting• Etc…

Old Meets New

You still need to run your live events. You just cannot rely on them as your only source of wellness.

Best In Practice companies and those who want to become or remain employers of choice must invest in the health and wellbeing of their employees and celebrate those programs and their wellness champions.

The Best Systems Can Measure:

• Engagement• Behavior changes such as:

Increased productivityDiet improvements

• Health indicators such as:Blood pressureWeight

• Mental wellbeing• Satisfaction at work• Etc…

Measuring Program Success

Demonstrate Program Success

Report On Changes In Cost Associated With Risks

Example:Obesity – additional cost per person is about $2,800 per person per year.

Smoker – Cost to employer is about $3,391 Per Person Per Year

Source - Mayo Clinic

Demonstrate Program Success

Tie in your program savings to the actual cost of medical insurance.

Savings – In-House TC/Glu

Most CFO’s need help connecting increased activity and a reduction in risk factors to actual savings that they can show on a balance sheet.

Health Care CostsClaims vs. Administration

80%

20%

Funding Requests Must Be TiedTo With Measurable Goals

Program Goals Examples:

Reduce costs associated with a sedentary lifestyle.

Measure:

A More Active Population

Reduce costs associated with obesity.

Measure:

Obesity Rate In Population

Program Commitment

3 to 5 Year Plan At a Minimum to show positive trends.

Realistically, 1st year medical costs may increase slightly.

Set realistic expectations.

Program needs time to adjust to the population and the best ways to engage and influence them.

The goal is to encourageindividual behavioral changes. Essential Components:

• YEAR ROUND wellness programming• Interactive wellness challenges• Incentive based activities• Address a broad range of interests• Target individual health risks• Address what your employees want to handle• Set realistic and measurable goals tied in with real financial savings.

Summary

Corporate Wellness Solution

John Buckley732-563-9749 x105

jbuckley@healthfairsdirect.com

www.healthfairsdirect.com

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