University of Texas System Wellness Symposium March 19 - 20, 2007 UTMB – Galveston Employee Health & Wellness Gerald Cleveland, M.A. Director, Employee.

University of Texas SystemWellness Symposium March 19 - 20, 2007

UTMB – GalvestonEmployee Health & Wellness

Gerald Cleveland, M.A.Director, Employee Health Promotion

University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

University Profile

• Established in 1891• Approximately 12,000

employees• More than 2,500 students• Four Schools• Network of hospitals and

clinics• Research intensive

UTMB Employee WellnessGetting Started

• Formal program established in 1992 based in part on the success of a pilot fitness program within the Human Resources department

• Groundwork completed over the first two years represents a good case study for other sites to follow– Define mission– Identify champions– Determine available resources– Create personal touch points– Align with organizational mission

UTMB Employee Wellness Getting Started

• Consistent mission for the last 15 years:– “Provide health promotion

education and activities to support the goal of improving the overall health of the employee population”

• Behavior change model used to develop initial program mix– Awareness– Targeted intervention– Regular follow – ups– Programs with mass appeal– Emphasis on keeping low risk

individuals low risk

UTMB Health PromotionAlumni Field House

• On-site facility became the home for health promotion program offerings and allowed further alignment with core organizational and business goals– Teaching– Research– Patient care– Recruitment

Alumni Field HouseFitness to Medical Fitness

• Facility has grown from 5,000 sq ft in 1992 to 50,000 sq ft currently

• Yearly visits by employees, students and retirees have grown from approximately 18,000 to over 100,000 in 2006

• Medical fitness model creates unique atmosphere of blended user mix

UTMB Employee Health & Wellness Current Model

• Employee Health & Wellness Division created by consolidating other areas of the University under Human Resources– Employee Health Clinic– Employee Health Promotion– Employee Assistance

Program– Employee Injury

Management

Components ofHealth & Productivity

Management-UTMB-

Human ResourcesManagement

Health PromotionPrograms

Health Risk Assessment

Commit to Fit

Benefits

EnvironmentalDesign

Behavioral Health-Employee Assistance

-Student Wellness-Pastoral Care

Disease Management-Weight Management

-Maternity Care-Heart Center

-Stark Diabetes Center

Health Plan Utilization

Alumni Field House

Employee/Occupational Health

UTMB Employee Health & Wellness Current Program Highlights

• Tobacco Cessation lead by certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Patrice Houston, M.A., LPC,LCDC, CEAP, TTS– Individual based counseling

with nicotine replacement and twelve month support

– Two year experience of nicotine replacement therapy/counseling model has yielded a 30% one year quit rate

UTMB Employee Health Promotion Current Program Mix

• Departmental Health Initiatives– Six month programs with goal

of internal sustainability post initiative

• Special Intervention Programs/Disease Management with Physician referrals– Orthopedic, Cardiovascular,

Cancer– Employees seen by Exercise

Physiologist, Julie Dial, M.A.

UTMB Employee Health & WellnessPast leads to the Future

• Emphasis on continued development of a health and productivity model– People focused through all risk

categories – Continued alignment with other

centers of excellence around campus

– Enhance data collection which reflects the impact of direct and indirect cost on the institution

– Development of system wide health risk assessment and data collection

UTMB Employee Health & Wellness

• Contact Information– Gerald Cleveland, M.A.– Director, Employee

Health Promotion– Associate Faculty,

Preventive Medicine & Community Health

– [email protected]– 409 772 3689