1. Building a successful Wellness Program
Building Blocks to Success
Dr. Nicole Hare-Everline, CHES
May 11, 2016

2. Great Ideas (Evidence-based Practices)
Bricks to Success
You (Wellness Liaison)
Collaborative Partnerships
Passion for Health
Great Ideas (Evidence-based Practices)

3. Building the Foundation: You
Get informed: Best Practices
Talk to experts in the field
Attend health education workshops and conferences
Build relationships with potential partners in health
Learn about best practices in wellness
Learn basic health skills to teach others

4. WELLNESS BEST PRACTICES

5. What are Best Practices?
Evidence-based
Development, implementation and evaluation of effective programs and policies in public health through application of scientific reasoning

6. Finding Evidence-based Programs
Academic journals
Public Health and Health Education professional organizations
Networking

7. Building the Foundation: Collaborative Partnerships
Local health organizations, clinics, physician groups, etc.
Collaborate to provide expert health information and programs
Avoid temptation to only promote expert services via brochures: Bring experts onsite!

8. CASE STUDY

9. Case Study: City of Houston Overview
Successful Wellness Program
>90% participation in Wellness Programs over last 5 years
medical costs
Data-driven health improvements

10. Case Study: City of Houston
Primary Building Block
Executive Leadership Support
Expand on importance of having both executive team support, management team support and informal leader support

11. Case Study: City of Houston
Varying levels of engagement
Low Touch Mid-touch High Touch
Focus on providing a variety of levels of engagement – something to reach everyone at various stages of change, etc.
Low touch: Flyers and Health Awareness Building Events (Information tables/health fairs)
Mid-touch: One-time health seminars (one topic)
High touch: Multi-week / multi topic (or multi faceted) lifestyle management programs

12. Case Study: City of Houston
Partnerships with local health organizations
Groups to partner with:
Physician groups: teach seminars
Biometric Screening Vendor: Biometric Screenings onsite
Personal Trainers: Onsite Fitness Classes
Other health groups: provide resource events; onsite cooking demos; fitness demos; multi-week challenges (i.e. Million Mile Month, etc.)

13. Put your building blocks to success together
SUMMARY

14. Foundation
Knowledge
Passion
Collaboration

16. Build your Network Executive Leadership Support
Collaborative Partnerships

17. Implement Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based: Research has shown program success

18. Question and Answer