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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: September 20, 2017 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Employee Wellness- Nutrition Services <br /> <br /> <br />Attachment(s): <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Renée Kemske, Nutrition Program Manager <br /> <br />Purpose: ____ Action <br /> _X _ Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: In November 2016, the County Manager approved the <br />proposal to allocate wellness funds ($10,000) to support one of the Health Department’s <br />registered dietitians’ salaries to provide Nutrition Counseling and Diabetes Self- <br />Management Education services that are not covered by the County Health Plan. The <br />County Health Plan only covers nutrition services for people with diabetes, obesity, <br />hypertension and/or abnormal lipids. The purpose of these funds is to increase access <br />to these preventive services to keep employees well and to reduce health care costs <br />due to uncontrolled illness. <br /> <br />Current Progress: Nutrition Services staff initiated wellness nutrition counseling <br />appointments on 11/29/16 and provided 29 individual appointments, 4 group classes to <br />45 people, and 2 DSME appointments (FY16-17; short staffed 1FTE RD position <br />February-June 2017). Most of the individual appointments were for weight <br />management and/or general healthy eating to prevent chronic conditions. The most <br />effective marketing methods have shown to be promotional emails and/or promotion at <br />County-wide employee wellness events. The next steps are to provide coordinated <br />outreach efforts with the human resources department when promoting other wellness <br />events and continue providing at least one group class per quarter. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> _X_Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):