Critical Success Factors and

Center for Health Support

Supporting Individual Health

HealthFlex Summit

August 23-24, 2012

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Center for Health Objective

Be a trusted source for

denominational health resources

Strategic

Consultation and

Collaboration

Network

Coordination / UMC

Relationships

Monitoring and

Assessment

Plans, Programs

and Information

Strategic

Consultation and

Collaboration

Network

Coordination / UMC

Relationships

Monitoring and

Assessment

Plans, Programs

and Information

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High

Cholesterol

High

Blood

Pressure

Borderline

High Blood

Pressure

Arthritis,

Lupus,

Fibromyalgia,

Etc.

Asthma Diabetes Pre-

Diabetes

Angina/

Heart

Disease

Heart

Attack Stroke

UMC Clergy 54% 35% 11% 29% 16% 12% 9% 5% 3% 2%

Matched Sample

of U.S. Adults 39% 38% 5% 26% 10% 11% 4% 6% 3% 1%

Clergy Health Characteristics

Substantially higher than matched sample benchmark

54% 11% 16% 9%

NHIS = National Health Interview Survey

NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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Benchmark: NHANES UMC Clergy Matched Sample

of U.S. Adults

Suffer from depression 6% 3%

Somewhat, very or extremely difficult

to work, take care of things or get along

with others

28% 12%

Substantially higher than matched sample benchmark

6%

28%

NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Clergy Emotional Health Characteristics

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Church Culture/Systems Impact Health

Social-Ecological Model

Interpersonal

Institutional/Organizational

Community

Policy/Society

Individual

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Factors Impacting Clergy Health (Church Systems Task Force and the Center for Health)

• Stressors of Appointment System

• Appointment Change/Relocation

• Work/Life Balance

• Job Satisfaction

• Education/Preparation for Ministry

• Marital/Family Satisfaction

• Eating Habits

• Relationship with Congregation

• Existential Burdens of Ministry

• Living Authentically

• Personal Centeredness

• Outside Interests and Social Life

• Personal Finances

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Factors Influencing Health

Parish Nurses and Congregational Health Ministry

SPRC/ Human Resources

Leadership Support of Wellness

Conference/Employer Wellness Programs

DS/Manager

Congregational/ Workplace Dynamics

Peer Social Support

Individual

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Critical Success Factors for Supporting Individual Health

Strategic support of wellness and leadership engagement

Resources and support in day-to-day environment (congregation vs. team)

Creative methods to engage individuals in healthy offerings

“Champions” or ambassadors to make top-level messages come alive at local level

Engagement of family in wellness

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Strategy and Leadership Engagement

Leadership Engagement

• Referral to wellness

programming

• Support wellness during

reviews

• Advocate for wellness

with SPRCs/business unit

• Identify Wellness

Ambassadors (WA)

• Connect peers for support

Strategic Support

of Wellness

• Align health and ministry

(business) strategies

• Incorporate wellness in

other events

• Designate Wellness

Navigator (WN)

• Review systems that

impact health

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Day-to-Day Resources and Support

Parish Nurses and

Health Advocates

• Clergy, congregational,

and community health

• Know wellness

resources

• Healthy environment

for work and worship

Staff/Pastor Parish

Relations Committee

• Discuss work/life balance

• Advocate for the clergy

• Share clergy load

with lay leaders

• Know wellness resources

Immediate Work Team

• Health impacts

productivity

• Know wellness

resources

• Healthy work

environment

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Creative Program Engagement Methods

Additional Considerations

• Wellness Navigator/

Ambassadors Network

• Health ministry leaders,

health and safety teams

• Managers and DSs

• S/PPRCs and business units

Traditional Methods

• HealthFlex communications

• Toolkit

• Incentives

How can you make sure that everyone knows about programs to support their health and well-being?

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Wellness Navigators/ Ambassadors Network

Wellness

Ambassador

Wellness Navigator

Conference Leadership

Wellness

Ambassador

Wellness

Ambassador

Wellness

Ambassador

WN/WA can be a top-down or grassroots network

to make wellness come alive at local level

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Engaging Family in Wellness

Additional Considerations

• Choose a well-connected

spouse as ambassador (WA)

• Targeted outreach, activities,

programs, communications

for families

Traditional Methods

• Communicate to

spouses/families

• Incentives to

spouses/families

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Considerations for Influencing Environment

Church/Team

District/Department

Conference/

Organization

World “outside”

of work

Individual

• Family

• Spouse

• Friends

• Strategic alignment

• Leadership support

• Programming

• DSs

• Managers

• Wellness

Ambassadors

• Local

communications

• Parish nurses

• SPRCs

• Congregants

• Team members

CFH Services and Supports

Strategic

Consultation and

Collaboration

Network

Coordination / UMC

Relationships

Monitoring and

Assessment

Plans, Programs

and Information

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Strategic Consultation and Collaboration Services

Established framework for consultations inspired by Health Enhancement

Research Organization (HERO) health management scorecard

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Population Health Consultation: Pilot Methodology

• Collaboration with annual conferences

to improve health of clergy, congregations

and employees

— Data collection

— Strategy design and recommendations

— Strategy and plan implementation

— Strategy review and optimization

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Population Health Consultation: Initial Findings

• Wellness program silos; lack of integration

• Leadership support in spirit; lack of integration

with mission/ministry (business) objectives

• Lack of “wellness focus” embedded in

practices/processes; across conference,

district, church, organization

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Population Health Consultation: Initial Changes

• Cabinet awareness/recognition of need

for greater integrated focus

• Subcommittee(s) formed (DSs);

lead development and follow-through

of conference strategy

• Wellness Navigators appointed

(position added to extended cabinet in one case)

• Wellness Ambassador recruitment

Strategic

Consultation and

Collaboration

Network

Coordination / UMC

Relationships

Monitoring and

Assessment

Plans, Programs

and Information

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UMCOR Health—

UMC Health Ministry

Network Parish Nurses/Health Advocates

GBOD Education of S/PPRCs,

Church Leaders

GBHEM/GBOD Partnership Church Systems Task Force

follow-up

Drew Theological

School and Other

UMC Seminaries

CFH Relationships to Support Change

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Summary and Review

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Start/Keep Supporting Health

Church/Team

District/Department

Conference/

Organization

World “outside”

of work

Individual

• Family

• Spouse

• Friends

• Strategic alignment

• Leadership support

• Programming

• DSs

• Managers

• Wellness

Ambassadors

• Local

communications

• Parish Nurses

• SPRCs

• Congregants

• Team members

umc-centerforhealth@gbophb.org

www.gbophb.org/cfh