2007/2008 workplace pilot program results toronto police service supported by sanofi-aventis 1 june...
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2007/2008 Workplace Pilot Program ResultsToronto Police Service
Supported by sanofi-aventis
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June 2009
•sanofi-aventis
•Connex Health
•Toronto Police
•Database development
•Health screening clinics (initial and rescreening at 6 months)
•Physician referrals
•Healthy lifestyle programs
•Communication
•Awareness of cardiometabolic health risks
•Prevention, detection and management
•Healthier employees
Spring 2007 through March 2008
Winter 2006-07
Number of Participants◦ Initial clinics – 510 participants, 49% of full attendance◦ Follow-up clinics – 171 participants
Participants with ‘unhealthy’ results referred to their physician
Initial clinic results: >52% of participants referred Follow-up results: 49% referred visited their physician
within 6 months of initial clinics New diagnosis: 26
◦ High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity Prescriptions: 17
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Results Program Impact on
Heart Disease Risk (Framingham Risk Assessment):
• Number of participants with the lowest risk (0-2% risk category) increased by 13.5%
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Results Program Impact on
CM Risk Factors:
• Number of participants with 0 or 1 risk factor improved by 23%
• Number of participants with 4 or more risk factors decreased by 39%
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ResultsNote: Coronary Heart
disease decrease by approximately 40% for every mmol/L reduction in LDL.
Impact of Program on LDL:
• The LDL value with the greatest number of participants (peak in graph) improved from 3-3.49 mmol/L to 2.5-2.99 mmol/L
• The number of participants with and LDL value of 2.49 mmol/L or less improved by 25%
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Results Impact of Program on
TC: HDL Cholesterol:
• The number of participants with a TC:HDL result ‘within target’ (healthy) improved by 20%
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Results Program Impact on
Waist Circumference:
• The number of people with a ‘healthy’ waist circumference increased by 18%
• The number of people with an ‘unhealthy’ waist circumference decreased by 12%
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ResultsImpact of the program on eating habits:
•Improvements in the number of people who reported that they ‘always’ meet the recommended daily servings of following:•Grains + 13.7%• Fruits & Vegetables
+42%• Dairy +40%• Whole Grains + 38%• Fish +55%
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Screening can be delivered in a shift work environment in challenging locations
Advance planning, and communication is essential
Senior management SupervisorsEmployees
Be flexible – clinics and programming
Results can be tracked – MEASURE IT
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Ongoing cardio metabolic screening
Annual focus on one aspect of metabolic health across Service – 2009 blood pressure
Full time physical fitness wellness coordinator
New physical activity education and programming
Release of employer kit for cardio metabolic screening and evaluation
