Survey says: King County Health Reform Heading in the Right DirectionAccording to an annual survey, employees believe the King County Health Reform Initiative (KCHRI) is headed in the right direction, with over half stating that participating in an individual action plan helped them build or maintain healthy habits.
Every year, the KCHRI solicits feedback from employees about what is working well, what could improve and what would be helpful for improving personal health. Information gathered in this survey has been instrumental in shaping the program, leading to the creation of Weight Watchers at Work®, the development of the gym discount program and information posted on the website. This year, employees’ spouses and domestic partners (“spartners”) were also surveyed.
The entire survey and its results can be found at (link), but here’s a summary of how the survey was conducted and what the findings were.
As part of the evaluation of the KCHRI, two surveys were conducted during fall 2008: King County employees were surveyed on-line or through inter-office mail, and spartners were surveyed by telephone. This was the third KCHRI employee survey; employees have been surveyed annually beginning in 2006. This was the second KCHRI spartner survey; spartners were surveyed for the first time in 2006.
Results
- Almost two thirds (64%) of employees said that they “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statement, “The King County Health Reform Initiative (Healthy Incentives + wellness programs) is headed in the right direction to improve personal health and control health care costs.”
Opinions relating to the KCHRI
- Over half of the employees (53%) said that participating in an individual action plan helped them build or maintain healthy habits.
Participating in an individual action plan and healthy habits 
- Satisfaction with all three components of the KCHRI (HRI overall, Healthy Incentives and wellness programs) and with information provided by the KCHRI increased significantly between 2007 and 2008.
Satisfaction with HRI Elements
1 = Not at all satisfied 5 = Extremely satisfied
Conclusions
- Since 2007, employees’ satisfaction with the Health Reform Initiative overall, Healthy Incentives, Wellness Programs, and the information provided by the KCRHI has increased significantly.
- Most employees believe the KCRHI is headed in the right direction.
- Over half of the employees said that participating in an individual action plan helped them build or maintain healthy habits.
- Ratings of the KCRHI program are holding steady or improving over time.
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