Creating Healthy Communities
City of Cincinnati
The Creating Healthy Communities Program is the official Health Promotion and
Worksite Wellness initiative for the City of Cincinnati. The purpose of the program is
to encourage environmental, policy, and systems changes in the community,
worksite, school, and healthcare settings to improve nutrition, increase physical
activity, promote tobacco cessation, and provide chronic disease prevention
education. By working through partnerships and collaborations, the program builds
healthy lifestyle practices into policies and environments in an effort to improve the
systems that influence the health of our citizenry.
City of Cincinnati
The Creating Healthy Communities Program (CHCP) and the CHCP Coalition support healthy eating,
active living, and tobacco free environments in the City of Cincinnati.
Community: With 7 farms and over 100 community participants, CHCP distributed ~5000 pounds of
locally grown, healthy food. CHCP also assisted in creating a city-wide mobile produce vending
policy championed by Councilmember Quinlivan.
Community / Healthcare Setting: CHCP instituted a Chronic Disease Self Management Program using
the Standford University model in Cincinnati Health Department health centers to help patients selfmanage chronic disease through personal goal setting, healthy behavior modification, and improved
communication with health care providers.
Schools: Healthy Monday Campaigns encourage people to start healthy behaviors each Monday and
continue them throughout the week. CHCP and local coalition members implemented Mentoring
Meals Monday in our local public schools, to allow teachers to role model healthy eating with
students during lunch-time.
Worksites: Through CHCP’s leadership efforts with the Tri-State Workplace Wellness Collaborative
(TWWC), CHCP helped Remke Bigg’s and Northern Kentucky University establish tobacco free
campuses that impacted 2000 employees. The TWWC educates over 100 large businesses in the tristate area, and highlights best practices in workplace wellness.
The Tri-State Workplace Wellness Collaborative
(TWWC)
The premiere regional support for workplace wellness
Discussion Points
1. The need:
• Business
• Wellness/HR Professionals
• Community
2. TWWC Mission
3. TWWC successes to date
Now more than ever…
Rising Health Care Costs – an unsustainable situation
(the costs of doing ‘nothing’ are just too great)
A paradigm shift – offensive rather than defensive strategies
Employee Wellness to the Rescue!
In our region, we noted a significant spike in employer
wellness ‘activity’!
A New Employer/Employee Experience
The Future is Now!
Yet despite offering a variety of programs…
The levels of engagement and resulting
ROI was not being achieved
Wellness – A Key Business Strategy
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To achieve a results-oriented wellness
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The need to learn ‘how to do this correctly’ had
never been greater
Supporting the professionals who are charged with this mission
Community Support or Confusion?
WWIN (Workplace Wellness Initiative Network)
Partnership for Fit Kentucky NKY Wellness group
Healthy Ohioans Business Council
NKY Chamber - Health Care subcommittees
Where do you direct individuals for support?
Efforts occur in silos!
Best intentions don’t necessarily result in sustainable
models of success
The Power of “ONE”
Tri-State Workplace Wellness Collaborative
Our Vision: To be the leading advocate for workplace
wellness within our region
Our Mission: To foster workplace cultures that promote
healthy lifestyles
Provide a “W.I.F.M.” Factor
Operationalizing the Mission and Vision
1. Educating wellness professionals on best practices, resources
and emerging trends
• Asked for input
• Yearly strategic plan
• Bimonthly meetings throughout the year
2. Increasing networking opportunities
3. Sharing of first hand experiences
Planning to Succeed
TWWC: Our Success
Membership continues to grow after 3 years!
-Attracting all size organizations – 5/3, Western Southern, P&G, Bethesda,
Shriners Hospital, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati Insurance, Ethicon-Endo Surgery, NKU, FreeStore
Food Bank, YMCA Greater Cincinnati, City of Blue Ash, Hubert North America Service Co.,
CFM Religion Publishing Group, LLC., Union Baptist Church
Delivering Value to our Members
-Resources and Guest Presenters – ergonomics, workplace healthy eating, tobacco
cessation support, business case for healthy families/healthy babies,
stress management/laughter yoga, and obesity/weight management
-Sharing of First Hand Experiences – “Share the Light” – everything from
Marketing posters to full wellness campaigns
(upcoming June meeting=wt. management strategies)
-Networking
-Employer Survey Profile
-Web site
Our members actively engage in the
collaborative and look forward to upcoming meetings
The Tri-State Workplace Wellness Collaborative
(TWWC)
The premiere regional support for workplace wellness
In Conclusion…..
The Ultimate Goal
Improved quality and effectiveness of workplace wellness
programming in Tristate region
Increased number of Tristate businesses delivering comprehensive
workplace wellness initiatives
Healthier Employees
Healthier Business
The future is NOW
Panel Discussion
Leadership Team
Traci Barry, Director of Health Management
Strategies
Employers Health Coalition of Ohio, Inc
[email protected]
Karen Campbell, Director of Wellness
Heartland Health & Wellness Fund
[email protected]
Denisha Porter, Project Director
Creating Healthy Communities
Cincinnati Health Department
[email protected]
The future is NOW