Workplace Health Promotion in Singapore

Workplace Health Promotion in Singapore

Join the Nation s War on Diabetes! PM Lee s National Day Rally speech Be aware Below 40 years Take Diabetes Risk Assessment 40 years & above Go for chronic disease Health Screening Screen for Life (SFL) programme The fee covers the cost of the tests and doctor consultation for your visit, and the first follow-up consultation, if required

Importance of Workplace Health Increased productivity Reduced medical leave & claim Employer of Choice Reduced manpower movement Safer workplace, less accidents Positive workplace culture

Health Promotion Board s (HPB) Workplace Health Strategy To bring health to workers (1.36 mil by FY20): Increasing the prevalence of Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) Broad-based Targeted Creating Healthy Workplace Ecosystems Direct Outreach to Companies Customising Targeted Solutions for Mature Workers Cluster-based approach Leverage shared environment to build healthy workplace ecosystems at colocated workplaces Company-based approach Supporting companies in setting up workplace health structures, policies, programmes Sector-based approach Drive provision of targeted health interventions to mature workers Business Clusters Industrial Estates SME Workplace Health Package 7 Priority Sectors (Transport & Logistics, Education, Retail, F&B, Healthcare, Cleaning, Security)

Cluster-based approach: Healthy Workplace Ecosystem (HWE) Example: Helping One-north become a healthy workplace ecosystem Leveraging environment to nudge behaviour change 200-hectare mixed-development 290 companies, 18,000 employees JTC as land owner, managed by 4 major landlords Challenges A widely dispersed and diverse population with complex stakeholder relationships Learnings - Building partnerships given time is essential to change perceptions and secure buy-ins. - Leverage on IT to maximize reach and impact in a diverse workplace setting Customization marketing efforts to overcome diverse and dispersed population Use of technology & digital platforms to successfully garner participation in health programmes About 1 in 3 employees participated in programmes since Nov 14 28% increase in active time of avg. 147mins 14% increase in meeting 150 min/week 20% regular participants (participated in => 4 sessions). 2.5 times increase from Mar 15

Within 3 years, the Healthy Workplace Ecosystem (HWE) approach have reached 178K workers in 30+ HWEs

Company-based approach: Healthy Workplace Ecosystem (HWE) SME Workplace Health Promotion Scheme (SME+) Helping SMEs access ready packages of health programmes subsidised by HPB Active Living Chronic Disease Management Programme topics Healthy Eating Mental Wellbeing Capacity Building Tracking indicators: Changes in physical activity levels, healthy eating behavior, mental wellbeing etc. Warees Investments Pte Ltd : Client of the SME Package Ms Zareena, Strategic Assistant to Management, picked up the SME Workplace Health Package after poor health screening results in Warees Investments Pte Ltd. Workers from Warees Investments Pte Ltd in Hike for Health programme @ Botanic Gardens Who can apply: - Companies with annual turnover of less than SGD 100mil; or - Companies with not more than 200 employees Mr Zulklfi Staff at Warees Investments Pte Ltd experienced weight loss after the weekly runs slight drop in blood cholesterol level employees bond closer together and improve their productivity and experience at work.

Sector-based approach: Reaching 7 priority sectors Example: Health Programme for Foodfare Workers Bringing customised health to the doorstep Brought onsite Health Screening to workers to various camps Health Coaching & Health Programmes Health Programmes Health Workshops Nutrition, Eating Well Healthy Ageing Nutrition Ergonomics: Managing Body Pain Setting up a Health Corner Physical Activities

Sector-based approach: Reaching 7 priority sectors Example: Window of opportunity was identified during monthly taxi servicing, where drivers typically need to wait for 2-3 hours at the service centre. Receives a reminder (SMS) to go for screening when he services his taxi 1 st & 2 nd month 3 rd to 8 th month 9 th to 10 th month Attends Health Screening while waiting for his taxi to be serviced Collects health report from Health Coach during his next taxi servicing session. Health Coach provides personalised coaching Visits Health Coach for follow-up coaching every month during taxi servicing Attends health check at the end of the 9 th month, receives assessment of his health targets Receives incentives such as shopping vouchers, if he participates in intervention activities.

Within 3 years, we ve cracked the code to reach the hard-to-reach through the 4Rs of customised workplace health and impacted 32,000 mature workers 10

Sector-based approach: Bringing health to the heartlands Example: Health in the Heartlands through neighborhood malls Pilot at Loyang Point Aggregate demand for health programmes for F&B, Retail, Cleaners and Security workers in the heartland malls

Health Promotion Board s (HPB) Workplace Health Strategies Strategy Main Target Audience Who can apply How to indicate interest Cluster-based approach: Healthy Workplace Ecosystem (HWE) Landlords and developers of business and industrial clusters Cluster with 10 organisations located in close proximity and with workforce size of 500 workers (office-based, industrial estates and mixed developments) Please email HPB_Health_At_Work@hpb. gov.sg with your contact details Sector-based approach: Health4Work programmes for Mature Workers Lower income mature workers from 7 priority sectors (Transport & Logistics, Retail, Education, Healthcare, Cleaning, Security, Food & Beverage) Companies from the 7 priority sectors Heartland malls Company-based approach: SME Workplace Health Promotion Scheme (SME+) Small-medium enterprises Companies with annual turnover of less than SGD 100mil; or Companies with not more than 200 employees