Changing Behaviours for a

Healthier Workforce in Singapore

Workplace is a key setting to influence Health

Behaviours, Engage Employees & Improve

Productivity Resident Population

Nearly 7in 10 are in the workforce

Local workers spend most of their waking hours at the workplace, with as many as 80% working longer than their

official hours

Source: MOM, 2016

Workplaces are high-potential touchpoints

Source: Morgan McKinley Working Hours Survey, 2014, Singapore

Source: Ministry of Health (2010), National Health Survey 2010, Singapore.

DiabetesHypertensio

nHigh

CholesterolObesity

DailySmoking

PhysicalActivity

Working Population 9.9% 23.5% 18.1% 11.0% 15.7% 15.7%

General Population 11.3% 23.5% 17.4% 10.8% 14.3% 19.0%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

Key Health Statistics among Working Population

Indicators where working population is worse off than gen. pop

Need to enable and support local workforce to stay healthy to remain employable

WHP can increase workers’ productivity

Workers with access to comprehensive WHP programmes have lower on-the-job productivity loss than those with weaker WHP programmes*.

Source: HPB Study, conducted among SHA2014 applicants

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The 3 Ks to an impactful Workplace Health

Promotion (WHP) Programme

Know the

People

Know the

Business

Know the

Programme

Right Siting

Right Timing

Relevance

Know the People

Where is the best place to reach out to the target audience?

When is the right time to hold the programme?

What is important and specific to them?

Know the

PeopleCracking the code to impact the hard-to-reach sectors through the 3Rs

Right Siting Right Timing Relevant

Bringing healthcare to

non-conventional sites

E.g. Taxi service centres,

bus interchanges, office containers

5

Case Study: Bringing health programmes to

Drivers

Cracking the code to impact the hard-to-reach sectors through the 3Rs

Right Siting Right Timing Relevant

6

Window of opportunity during

monthly taxi servicing downtime of

3-5 hours

Conducting Health Screening for

Bus Captains at 4am to match

operational schedules

Know the

People

Case Study: Bringing health programmes to

Drivers

Right Siting Right Timing Relevant

Cutting up of taxi for ergonomics

training

Using relevant teaching tools to help

them understand better

Work-relatedE.g. Ergonomics, Fatigue Management

Age-relatedE.g. Chronic Disease Mgmt, Vision, Hearing

Establish a health check centre at major

taxi service centres

Personalised one-to-one coaching during

next taxi servicing

Case Study: Bringing health programmes to

DriversKnow the

People

Benefits achieved…Know

the

PeoplePre-post results show significant improvements in health

Of those with abnormal screening results

More than 50% were newly detected cases which would otherwise have gone undetected.

What makes an impactful Workplace

Health Promotion (WHP) Programme

Know the

People

Know the

Business

Know the

Programme

Know the Business

What is important to the stakeholders?

What are the value proposition??

How do we quantify and measure impact that are meaningful to them?

How do we align our deliverables with the stakeholders’ goals?

Case Study: Creating a Win-Win

partnership through Healthy Workplace

Ecosystem

Know the

Business

The Healthy Workplace Ecosystem (HWE)

leverages shared facilities and amenities

managed by developers to create a

supportive environment that makes healthy

living accessible for all workers in the vicinityThrough HWE, HPB aims to:

Know

the

Busine

ss

Measuring and building the Value

Proposition for Developers What is important to the land developers?• Providing value-add to their tenants through health programmes• Increasing tenant satisfaction (strengthens tenant retention)

Ecosystem increases tenant engagement and satisfaction

TENANT SATISFACTION

TENANT ENGAGEMENT

AWARENESS OF LANDLORD

*survey findings from Science Park and Techplace

Showcasing the health benefitsKnow the

Business

BEHAVIORAL IMPACT

HEALTH IMPACT

Know the

BusinessSince its launch in 2014, we have

grown from

1 to 32 ecosystemsWorking with over 16 landlords to create 32 Healthy Workplace Ecosystems at their properties

CLUSTERS

International Business Park

Changi Business Park

Aperia

Techlink

Science Park

TechPoint

TechPlace

e.g.

Reaching out to > 35,000 unique participants through

Healthy Workplace Ecocsystems

What makes an impactful Workplace

Health Promotion (WHP) Programme

Know the

People

Know the

Business

Know the

Programme

Know the

Programme

- How do we design our programme to be easy and attractive for workers to participate?

- How do we support our participants in sustaining their behaviour change?

- How do we measure the impact of our programme?

- How do we articulate the value proposition?

Planning Implementation Evaluation

Know the

Programm

e

6 Health Topics

Food Physical Activity Mental Well-Being

Chronic Disease Management

Communicable Diseases Smoking

Two important sources of help:

1) HealthHubwww.healthhub.com

Information on healthier living that can be shared with your colleagues

Workplace programmes that are offered by HPB

Know the

Programm

e

2) HPB Onlinewww.hpb.gov.sg/workplace

Know the

Programm

e

Examples of offerings on

HealthHub

Food

Physical Activity

Buying healthier ingredients

Increasing access to healthier meals

Tapping on National Steps Challenge

Regular Exercise Classes

Know the

Programm

e

Examples of offerings on HPB

Online

To be eligible for this scheme, your company must have either:• a group annual sales turnover of not

more than S$100 million or• a group employment of not more than

200 employees.

The SME Workplace Health Package will cover the following topics: • Chronic Disease Management• Mental Well-being• Active Living• Healthy Eating • Capacity building for

managers/supervisors

One last thing…

Support for your Business Excellence Framework- Fulfil Employees’ Health &

Satisfaction criterion in the BE Framework

Get recognised for your efforts in health promotion - Gain competitive edge in

attracting and retaining your people

- Seize the opportunity to benchmark your health promotion efforts with other companies

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