1. Worksite Wellness DSHS State Agency Wellness Program

2. Background • HB 1297 – Implementation began in 2008 • State Agencies “MAY” • Model Wellness Program Development Team created a menu of priority objectives and evidence-based strategies to meet these objectives • Statewide Wellness Coordinator served as consultant to agencies who chose to develop a wellness program

3. State Agency Model Wellness Program Priority Objectives • Increase Usage of Preventive Services and Screenings • Improve Tobacco Cessation and Prevention • Increase Routine Physical Activity • Improve Healthy Eating Choices • Improve Stress Management • Improve Lactation Support for Nursing Mothers

4. Feedback • Surveyed state agencies every two years • What policies and programs were being implemented • What resources and support they needed from DSHS/Statewide Wellness Coordinator What the Agencies Said • Data • Funding • Policy Interpretation • Implementable Turn-Key Initiatives

5. AH-HA! • Disconnect between the time and expertise required to translate health promotion principles to implementable activities and the time and expertise available among state agency staff.

6. New Approach to Statewide Wellness • Large Statewide Initiatives implemented by DSHS and partner organizations which state agencies link into. • Get Fit Texas State Agency Physical Activity Challenge • Know Your Numbers/Health Risk Assessment Initiative • Onsite Flu Vaccination Clinics • State Agency Wellness Conference • Maintain No Gain – Holiday Weight Maintenance

7. Agency-Level Wellness Planning • Logistical implementation of major initiatives • Policy development • Environmental supports • Fitness Rooms • Classes • Nutrition/Healthy Eating • Massage Therapy • Zumba • Yoga

8. 2013 Get Fit Texas State Agency Challenge • 170,129 = Total FTEs • 20,909 = Total GFT Participants • 12.29% = Percentage of Total FTEs Participating in GFT • 14, 521 = Total GFT Completions • 69.44% = Percentage of Participants that Completed • 8.53% = GFT Overall Completion Percentage (Of All FTEs) • 74 = Number of Agencies Participating (least 5 participants) • 13.1 Million = Total number of PA Minutes Logged (based on Completions)

9. Next Steps • Currently planning the Know Your Numbers/Health Risk Assessment Initiative • Develop communication system with private worksites and schools to mirror state agency wellness liaisons • Expand Get Fit Texas Physical Activity Challenge to private worksites and schools (as worksites initially) • Develop other initiatives in state agency setting and expand to private worksites and schools

10. Questions? Brett Spencer Statewide Wellness Coordinator Department of State Health Services 512-776-6161 Brett.Spencer@dshs.state.tx.us