The purpose of the King County Health Promotion Leadership Committee (HPLC) is to provide leadership in transforming King County into an organization that effectively supports employee health. This leadership focuses on increasing the effectiveness of County managers and supervisors in implementing key components of the Health Reform Initiative within their departments.

Numerous studies demonstrate that the successful conveyance of a few key messages concerning well being will produce enormous benefits including better health, increased workplace vitality (productivity) and significant reduction health care cost trends. With these goals in mind, the primary responsibility for the HPLC is assisting the ongoing education and outreach to employees of the health and savings benefits of the reform initiative.

The efforts of specific interest to the HPLC include the following KCHRI programs and events:

• Eat Smart
• Move More
• Get a Flu Shot
• Healthy Workplace Funding Initiative
• Health Leadership Forum
• Live Well Challenge
• Health and Benefits Fair
• Weight Watchers at Work

The King County Health Promotion Leadership Committee comprises key deputy directors, administrators and managers invited from each of the County’s departments, who will be called together on a regular basis to discuss the overall execution of the education and outreach strategy and to assist in the conveyance of key messages concerning health and well being to the workplace.