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Live Healthy Live
Well Workplace
Wellness Programs
Presenters:
Cindy Bond, Extension Educator, Community Development
Linnette Goard, Field Specialist, Food Safety, Selection and Management,
Family & Consumer Sciences
Ohio State University Extension
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Today’s Topics:
• Research based workplace programs to encourage healthy
lifestyles.
• Develop new or strengthen existing partnerships.
• Empower individuals and communities to make informed
choices regarding healthy behaviors.
• Increase awareness of using social media tools (such as
blog, Facebook, or email) to reach busy adults.
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Programs:
• Lessons
• Blog
• E-mail Challenge
• Facebook
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Live Healthy Live Well Lessons
• Physical Activity: A Good Fit!
• Think About What You Drink
• Stress Management
• Maintaining a Healthy Weight
• Cooking for One or Two
• Planning Healthy Meals for Meetings
• Take Charge of Your Diabetes
• Exercise….Not a Puzzle
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Blog
• A new way to use the lessons.
http://livehealthyosu.com/
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• http://go.osu.edu/PRP
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Factors affecting decision to use
technology based program
• Fast paced lifestyle of our society
• Allows for flexibility to engage in the program
• Potential to reach a younger audience
• Reaching out to non-traditional audience
• Participation not limited to a demographic area
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Factors - continued
• Allows for partnerships across
the state
• Helping companies or employers to offer
programming that may lower health care costs
and a healthier work force
• Fewer Family and Consumer Sciences
Educators in the state
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Wellness Challenge (email)
• Started in 2007 with 3 agencies in one county
working on a online wellness challenge
• Expanded in 2009 to 2 counties, 4 agencies
• Increased in 2011 to 6 Ohio Extension
Educators with support of multiple
community partners
• 2012 has moved to 12 Educators with over
1100 participants per challenge
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Our Wellness Program
• 2 short email messages a week
• Tracking log for participant progress
• Weekly wellness themes
• Incentives
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Sample email message
Live Healthy Live Well – Zero Weight Gain Challenge
Bonus Message for January 8, 2013
Zero Weight Gain Group:
I wanted to remind everyone that we are down to the last week for the Zero Weight Gain end of
program survey, I know many of you have already completed it, but if you haven’t please log on to
http://s.zoomerang.com/s/zwgexit. It should only take you 5 to 10 minutes. The survey will close on
January 18 at 11:30 PM. This really helps us with funders and planning future programs. Don’t forget to
send me your log – I have gotten a few – which I will probably reward with extra prizes – they can be
emailed to me or faxed to 740-702-3209.
I thought on this cool day in Ohio that maybe you could use a little inspiration for some healthy foods to
serve this weekend. I know the cold weather from last week has put into my mind comfort
foods, especially soups. While we all know that soups seem to make us feel warmer when it is cool, did
you also know that there is research that shows that a water rich diet may also help you lose more
weight? Researchers from Penn State found that women who ate a low fat diet and water rich foods
(vegetables, (more)
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Demographics of Survey
Respondents
• 91% Female
• 94% Caucasian
• Primarily working adults
• Over 60 of Ohio Counties, 11 other states
• Some participants from prior Extension
Programs
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• 94% Learned new information
• 98% Recommend participating in an online
challenge to others
• 54% Lost weight, 42% maintained current
weight
• Respondents lost 406 pounds in Zero Weight
Gain Challenge –and goal was just
maintenance!
Pre/Post Survey Responses
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Examples of Survey Questions
• Indicate your level of commitment or interest
in improving your diet, managing
weight, changing physical activity.
• I have no need to.
• I have no plans to.
• I plan to within the next 6 months.
• I already do.
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Questions - continued
Indicate how often you eat the
following foods:
• At least 2 different kinds of fruits everyday.
• At least 3 different kinds of vegetables
everyday.
• Eat whole grain foods such as whole wheat
bread.
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Questions - continued
• Eat a dark green or deep yellow vegetable 3 to
4 times per week.
• Eat breakfast everyday.
• Have 3 cups of low-fat dairy products
everyday.
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Interesting Findings
When asked “What 1 thing did you like most
about the challenge?”
• 38% Ease of participating
• 23% Encouragement from others
• 30% Recipes, fitness and nutritional
information
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Findings - continued
Incentives-
• Although people seem to like them
and are excited when they win – they
aren’t always picked up and very low
(2%) on what participants liked most
about challenge
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Success Stories
• I’m really loving this
challenge. It’s helping
me stay in check. I
write down my exercise
before I go and that
keeps me motivated to
go to class even if I’m
tired and I ALWAYS
feel better after I
workout!
• This week I have went
to the YMCA and have
been walking every
night. Drinking a lot of
water, and have changed
my eating habits…
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What did I learn from the lesson?
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Demographics of lessons and
challenges
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Profile of Spring 2013
Eat breakfast Everyday 69.0%
Eat meat portion size of card deck 4 times per week 41.3%
Eat 3 vegetables 4 times per week 40.7%
Eat whole grain 4 times per week 35.4%
Eat 2 fruit 2-3 times per week 33.7%
Eat 3 servings low fat dairy 2-3 times per week 32.3
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Profile of Spring 2013
Drink 6 or more glasses of water Everyday 33.2%
Read food labels for healthy choice Everyday 29.8%
Choose healthy foods as a snack 2-3 times per week 37.2%
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Profile of Spring 2013
Eat cookies or dessert 2-3 times per week 38.9%
Eat candy 1 time per week or less 34.2%
Drink soda or sweet tea 1 time per week or less 58.4%
Eat fast food 1 time per week or less 66.3%
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Profile of Spring 2013
Sleep 7-8 hours per night 4 or more times per week 29.9%
Participate in physical activity at least 30
minutes.
1 time per week or less 32.4%
Use a coping technique to reduce stress 1 time per week or less 37.5%
Participate in strength training 1 time per week or less 62.2%
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Future evaluation
Regression analysis
Eat breakfast Everyday 69.0%
Eat meat portion size of card deck 4 times per week 41.3%
Eat 3 vegetables 4 times per week 40.7%
Eat whole grain 4 times per week 35.4%
Eat 2 fruit 2-3 times per week 33.7%
Eat 3 servings low fat dairy 2-3 times per week 32.3
Correlation
Sleep 7-8 hours per night 4 or more times per week 29.9%
Participate in physical activity at least 30
minutes.
1 time per week or less 32.4%
Use a coping technique to reduce stress 1 time per week or less 37.5%
Participate in strength training 1 time per week or less 62.2%
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Partnerships
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74AxCq
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All articles were written from research-based resources and information.
Developed by: Ohio State University Extension Educators,
Family and Consumer Sciences,
• Linnette Goard, Field Specialist, Food Safety, Selection, and Management,
goard.1@osu.edu
• Michelle Treber, Extension Educator, FCS, treber.1@osu.edu
• Lisa Barlage, Extension Educator, FCS, barlage.7@osu.edu
• Pat Brinkman, Extension Educator, FCS, brinkman.93@osu.edu
• Cindy Shuster, Extension Educator, FCS, shuster.24@osu.edu
• Jenny Even, Extension Educator, FCS, even.2@osu.edu
• Elizabeth Smith, Program Specialist, Snap-Ed, Northeast Region, smith.3993@osu.edu
Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational
programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender identity or
expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran
status. This statement is in accordance with United States Civil Rights Laws and the USDA.
Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration; Associate Dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental
Sciences; Director, Ohio State University Extension; and Gist Chair in Extension Education and Leadership.
Notas del editor
Learn about Extension developed research based workplace programs to encourage healthy lifestyles.Discuss ways to develop new or strengthen existing partnerships between Extension health educators and community organizations or businesses.Explore avenues to empower individuals and communities to make informed choices regarding healthy behaviors guided by research based information.Increase awareness of using social media tools (such as blog, Facebook, or email) to reach busy adults with nutrition, fitness, and wellness information.
Talk about Team of Educators, divided into sub groups working on specific projects.
In 2006, discussion began with the County Commissioners Association of Ohio wellness coordinator and Ohio State University Extension concerning options for meeting the health needs of county employees. The Commissioners’ Association was interested in reducing health care costs in the counties. Several counties had formed a group self- insurance program and other counties were interested in lowering health care costs and having healthier, more productive employees.As a result of this partnership, OSU Extension developed an on-line health needs assessment questionnaire. The surveys results led to development of lessons for lunch and learn workshops. Lessons were developed by Educators and peer reviewed through FCS Administrative process with Out of State reviewers.
Go to the link and share blog. Writers submit articles for peer-review.Blog is updated 2 times a week. Received an award as the First Place OSU Extension Blog in 2011.
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Facebook page was started in September 2011.
Themes include – Whole grains, more veg & fruits, more water, less caffeine and soda, cut out fast food, dairy 3 a day, eat breakfast every day, portion sizes, etcIncentives have included small fitness equipment, cookbooks, things to encourage lunch packing, go green shopping bags, walking lights, veggie brushes, Subway cards, etc. Received a grant from NEAFCS to give out Living Well More than a Cookbook books in this Fall Challenge.
Stages of change
97% of participants completing lesson evaluations indicated they learned new information. The same percent (97) indicated they plan to use something they learned. Lesson evaluation was amended in 2013. Major changes were to match OSU federal and state reporting system. This system asks “participants learn new information” and “plan to make a change based on information learned”
The method of teaching did not significantly change the audience. Lessons-93% female; wellness challenge 91% female. Lessons 94% White; Wellness challenge 94% whiteThis page also shows how evaluation can look different depending on how it is charted. Both charts indicate same information. However, chart on the left does NOT start from a point of zero. Thus it appears that there is a BIG change in number of women participating when in actuality there was only a 2% change. Lesson learned- type of chart makes a difference.
Another way to viewsame information
This evaluation was also amended. Most evaluation changes were about frequency. For example instead of indicating “always, frequently or occasionally” participants now indicate “everyday, 4 or more times per week, 2-3 times per week, 1 time per week or less”. 365 participants completed presurvey. 93. % female, 94% white, 32% 45-54 years old. 27% were 55-64 years old. This means 59% of participants are in the age range of 45-64….baby boomers? Last challenge ___completed presurvey. What does this chart show? What areas should focus on teaching?
What do you think of participants’ indicators? What topics should be emphasized in teaching?
This may be a little more difficult to interpret. Why? The indicators above are negative health behaviors. The lower frequency and higher percentage is actually the best health indicator. What does this mean in terms of teaching materials to develop?
In addition to healthy eating habits, there are other habits and indicators that effect our wellness. What do the these wellness indicators imply?
Do positive habits change negative habits? Can a negative behavior influence a positive behavior? Ideas? What would you like to see?