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26 <br />The employees Personal Wellness Profile will be sent to the employees' home. <br />Aggregate results will be sent to the Personnel Department. The wellness <br />committee will offer sessions to help employees interpret their results and <br />understand their Personal Wellness Plan. <br />The results of the aggregate report from the HRA will be used to create the <br />strategies for the wellness program over the next two years. If new issues are <br />raised that were not included in the original goals and objectives, additional <br />objectives and strategies will be developed. <br />4. Describe how the annual BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING and follow-up of <br />hypertensive-identified employees will be conducted. <br />Blood Pressure screening will be offered by Emergency Management staff, Chronic <br />Disease Adult Health Nurse from OC Health Dept, and volunteer nurses from the <br />Health Department Public Health Service Corps at the annual Employee Benefits <br />and Health Fair in October 2005. Follow-up protocols as developed by the Health <br />Department will be utilized, which will include referral to their personal physician, if <br />no physician is named, afollow-up visit will be offered by the OC Health <br />Department. <br />5. Describe how the BACK INJURY PREVENTION program will be conducted. <br />Be specific in discussing which employee group(s) will be selected to <br />participate and the rationale regarding their selection (ideally, target all <br />employees) <br />A special program on back injury prevention can be offered to employees through <br />the training calendar. In addition, worksites with a high number of injuries will <br />receive additional materials on back injury prevention and will be encouraged to <br />attend the education session. <br />Blue Cross provides help for members with back pain through Health Line <br />Blue. Currently, members with low back pain who are identified as being likely to <br />incur high costs aver the next year receive a mailing from Health Line Blue <br />encouraging them to call and engage in health coaching about their condition. In <br />addition, outbound calls from Health Line Blue registered nurses are made to <br />selected members who are experiencing back pain. These mailings and outbound <br />calls rely on claims data to identify the members in need. <br />6. Describe how the HEALTH CARE CONSUMERISM PROGRAM SERIES will <br />be conducted in your work setting. <br />Once the series is developed by the NCACC, we will offer it through the County as <br />part of the employee-training calendar. In the meantime, we plan as part of our <br />wellness program to educate management and employees abcut the programs and <br />benefits that are offered by Blue Cross including the HealthLine Blue and Decision <br />