1. MOCAN Worksites Workgroup WorkWell Missouri Toolkit Pilot Phase
Karla Voss
Workgroup Chair
MO Department of Health and Senior Services

2. WorkWell Missouri Toolkit
Step 1: Purpose
Step 2: Getting Started
Step 3: Assessing
Step 4: Planning
Step 5: Implementing
Step 6: Evaluating
Appendices: checklists,
samples, and resources per health topic
MU Ext., DHSS, and the MOCAN worksite workgroup and partners have revised the WW Toolkit which was made in 2009 to encourage worksites to improve employee wellness.
Our goal is to guide employers at each step and give resources for programming to decrease a business’ time commitment when doing worksite wellness.
We hope the toolkit outlines each step so a wellness coordinator could describe the steps to her committee or be able to promote WW to an employer
The toolkit is created for small worksites who have never done worksite wellness but it would also help bigger businesses improve their programs.
This toolkit is available on MU Ext’s webpage
I’d like to go over each step so you become familiar with the toolkit.

4. Pilot Phase Recruitment
7 Regional Contacts actively gave TA to 15 sites:
4 County health departments (1 not funded)
3 Health systems (2 not funded)
2 Schools
2 Manufacturing companies
2 Social service entities
1 City government
1 Casino (not funded)

5. Pilot Phase Pre-Survey
Trained in July, pre-surveyed by August
15 sites
Over 1,000 participants total
# of employees participating in workplace wellness ranged from 5 to 350 per site
Most planned to address HE/AL and mental health policies/practices

6. Pilot Phase Process Gather wellness committee
Assess interests of staff
Complete the CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard
Plan and implement events/initiatives

7. Requests for Funds Memberships to WELCOA, etc.
Employee wellness resource station
Sustaining ongoing programs/incentives
Stability ball chairs
Desk pedal bike
policy/enviro change
Resource station- Health magazines
Workout DVDs
Healthy Cookbooks
Yoga Mats , weights

8. Pilot Post-Survey Overview
Majority of pilots found the Toolkit easy to use
Used printed and electronic versions
Likely to continue using
Feel better prepared to manage company's healthcare costs

10. Pilot Post-Survey
After using this Toolkit, did your company DEVELOP or IMPLEMENT new policies/practices around these topics?

11. Pilot Post-Survey
After using this Toolkit, did your company DEVELOP or IMPLEMENT new policies/practices around these topics?

12. Pilot Post-Survey Impact of using WorkWell Missouri Toolkit:
Productivity increased- 53% of respondents
Employee satisfaction increased- 64% of respondents

13. Pilot Post-Survey Impact of the Toolkit:
“Overall good insights and overview of how to implement a worksite wellness initiative.”
“We can target more areas of health concerns with what we learned from the Toolkit.”
“Access to tools and resources when questions arise.”

14. Pilot Post-Survey
Rate the importance to the success of workplace wellness efforts at your organization.
Documenting our successes
Identifying wellness needs in our organization
Getting buy-in from management and employees
Communicating wellness opportunities to participants

15. Pilot Post-Survey What additional training or support do you need?
“We have great support from our Regional Contact. She is always there for us!”
“Employee buy-in and participation.”
“New ideas about ways to improve our program or other incentive ideas.”
“Getting more backing from higher up staff.”

16. Pilot Post-Survey Other comments: “…They are excited and motivated…”
“I think it is a great resource and would encourage other manufacturers to use it.”
“We not only wanted to increase wellness at our place of employment but our community too.”

17. Pilot Phase Key Takeaways
Essential to success:
Management buy-in
Coordinator
Resource contact person

20. Thank You to our Partners
Worksites Work Group
the MOCAN Worksites Work Group encourages businesses to start and implement a wellness program for their staff. Please reach out to us if you need assistance.