City of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO)
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| Date of Entry: |
6/1/2007 10:58:52 AM |
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US- Midwest
Kansas City, MO |
Industry:
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Public Administration
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| Employer Description: |
The city of KCMO is the nation's 36th largest city in population (441,500) and the 13th largest in land area (318 square miles). The metro area straddles the Missouri-Kansas state line and includes more than 176 cities and 15 counties. Kansas City, Mo., includes parts of four counties and 15 school districts. Kansas City is the hometown headquarters of a number of corporations, including Hallmark Cards, Sprint Corp., American Centuries Investments, Cerner, Yellow Corp, H&R Block, and Russell Stover Candies.
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| Total Number of Employees: |
4,650
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Contact:
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Susan Giffee, Benefits Manager - 816-513-1912 Susan_Giffee@kcmo.org
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| Problem Statement: |
The City of Kansas City, Missouri participated in Kansas City’s Community Initiative on Depression (CID) led by the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care in 2001-2004. The initiative brought together employers, health care providers, health plans, and other stakeholders to address depression because of its high prevalence and the significant impact depression has on the workplace. Based on a Coalition-developed Employee Attitudinal Survey and other initial assessments, a broad-based initiative was planned to include workplace education and collaboration with the employers’ EAPs, local mental health agencies, and national groups. In 2004, as improvements were being made in the local infrastructure for depression treatment, the Coalition began to develop informational interventions in the form of communication campaigns in the workplace with the assistance of a consulting occupational therapist experienced in worksite health promotion. A model intervention was developed with optional components to allow employers to tailor their efforts to their particular work culture and communication standards. A full description of the CID can be found at the Coalition’s web site, www.machc.org. |
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Examples of Mental Health Innovation: |
Community Partnership
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- Brought together employers, health care providers, health plans, and other stakeholders around depression and its impact on the workplace.
- Detailed Description
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Community Partnership
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The City of Kansas City, Missouri employs 4,650 people in services including health, sanitation, water, fire, aviation, parks and recreation and many more. A full-time employee wellness coordinator is provided through a local hospital and funded by the city's health insurance provider. The wellness program offers a downtown fitness center, annual health risk assessment, clinical screenings and fun, educational programs that promote a healthy lifestyle. In addition, the health department serves city employees through a variety of communications and education programs.
Components included in employee communication campaigns during the Community Initiative on Depression:
· Internal planning team led by benefits and health department personnel
· Employee letter and depression information to home
· Mental Health Benefit Summary
· Employee newsletter articles (6)
· Depression fact sheets
· Payroll stuffers
· Postcard to home
· Pilot meetings with Health and Water department managers and employees – at these meetings a number of individuals expressed gratitude for covering a mental health topic and spontaneously gave personal testimonies supporting effectiveness of depression treatment and the importance of getting help. EAP personnel also provided helpful information about the ease of using services to reduce barriers to treatment.
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