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ABC Company Employee

Health Needs Assessment

Survey Results

Survey date: January 2015

Report compiled by: Health Promotion Specialist, ABC Company

Overview

This report describes the results from the health needs assessment conducted with employees at ABC Company in January 2015. The needs assessment survey asked questions related to the employee demographics, overall general health, smoking behavior, eating behavior, alcohol use, physical activity, prevention behaviors, and work and health. The assessment was completely anonymous. All ABC Company employees were emailed a link to the survey and asked to complete it online. All employees who completed the survey were entered into a raffle to win one of five year-long gym memberships and 20 one month gym passes. Approximately 85% (100/125) of the staff participated in the survey. Survey questions and results are described below.

Demographics

Age range	Female	Male
Under 25	3	2
25-34	10	12
35-44	8	15
45-54	12	11
55-64	15	10
65 and over	2	0
Total	50	50

Race/Ethnicity	Female	Male
Asian or Pacific Islander	8	9
Black	10	5
Hispanic or Latino/a	3	9
Multi-ethnic	12	11
White	15	13
Other/Unknown	2	3
Total	50	50

Occupational group	Female	Male
Administrative/Clerical	13	9
Client support	17	17
Maintenance	5	5
Management	8	9
Tech support	5	7
Other/Unknown	2	3
Total	50	50

General Health

How is your health in general? (Percent responding very good or good)
Sex
Female	86%
Male	80%
Age range
Under 25	98%
25-34	91%
35-44	89%
45-54	77%
55-64	70%
65 and over	50%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	95%
Black	75%
Hispanic or Latino/a	82%
Multi-ethnic	84%
White	87%
Other/Unknown	100%

Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months? (Percent responding yes)
Sex
Female	14%
Male	20%
Age range
Under 25	0%
25-34	6%
35-44	15%
45-54	23%
55-64	38%
65 and over	17%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	5%
Black	18%
Hispanic or Latino/a	11%
Multi-ethnic	9%
White	14%
Other/Unknown	25%

Overall, how satisfied are you with life nowadays? (Average score on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all satisfied and 10 is completely satisfied)
Sex
Female	8.2
Male	8.9
Age range
Under 25	9.2
25-34	8.4
35-44	7.5
45-54	7.2
55-64	8.9
65 and over	9.1
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	8.5
Black	8.8
Hispanic or Latino/a	7.5
Multi-ethnic	8.0
White	8.2
Other/Unknown	8.6

Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday? (Average score on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all happy and 10 is completely happy)
Sex
Female	7.6
Male	8.3
Age range
Under 25	8.9
25-34	8.1
35-44	7.2
45-54	7.9
55-64	8.3
65 and over	8.8
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	7.4
Black	8.2
Hispanic or Latino/a	8.5
Multi-ethnic	7.9
White	8.0
Other/Unknown	8.3

Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday? (Average score on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all anxious and 10 is completely anxious)
Sex
Female	7.1
Male	4.3
Age range
Under 25	3.3
25-34	5.2
35-44	7.5
45-54	7.1
55-64	6.0
65 and over	4.6
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	8.1
Black	6.9
Hispanic or Latino/a	6.4
Multi-ethnic	6.0
White	5.3
Other/Unknown	7.1

Overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile (Average score on a scale 0-10 where 0 is not at all worthwhile and 10 is completely worthwhile)
Sex
Female	8.3
Male	7.4
Age range
Under 25	9.2
25-34	7.6
35-44	6.5
45-54	7.7
55-64	8.6
65 and over	8.8
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	8.6
Black	7.5
Hispanic or Latino/a	7.0
Multi-ethnic	7.2
White	8.0
Other/Unknown	7.4

Smoking

	Ever smoked a cigarette, a cigar, or a pipe (%)	Current smoker (%)
Sex
Female	25	9
Male	44	16
Age range
Under 25	17	8
25-34	22	17
35-44	26	13
45-54	29	19
55-64	37	15
65 and over	41	6
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	36	16
Black	22	7
Hispanic or Latino/a	16	9
Multi-ethnic	19	11
White	42	18
Other/Unknown	21	14

Healthy Eating

	Average number of portions of fruit eaten on a typical day	Average number of portions of vegetables eaten on a typical day
Sex
Female	2.2	1.9
Male	1.4	1.1
Age range
Under 25	2.6	2.8
25-34	2.1	1.4
35-44	1.8	1.2
45-54	1.3	1.4
55-64	2.2	1.9
65 and over	2.5	2.6
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	2.1	3.2
Black	1.7	2.5
Hispanic or Latino/a	1.9	2.2
Multi-ethnic	1.6	2.4
White	1.2	0.9
Other/Unknown	1.8	1.7

Alcohol

	Frequency of drinking in last 12 months (% drinking one or more times per week)	Frequency of drinking in last week (% drinking in last week)	Average number of drinks in last week, of those who drank
Sex
Female	55%	32%	2.5
Male	72%	51%	5.7
Age range
Under 25	68%	58%	7.4
25-34	73%	61%	6.5
35-44	76%	43%	4.3
45-54	61%	33%	4.1
55-64	55%	25%	2.2
65 and over	42%	18%	1.8
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	33%	22%	5.4
Black	21%	7%	3.3
Hispanic or Latino/a	42%	36%	6.7
Multi-ethnic	36%	28%	4.6
White	87%	61%	8.7
Other/Unknown	76%	59%	5.1

Physical Activity

Average number of days in last week doing a total of 30 minutes or more of moderate or intensive physical activity.
Sex
Female	2.3
Male	3.8
Age range
Under 25	4.5
25-34	3.1
35-44	1.2
45-54	1.1
55-64	2.4
65 and over	1.9
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	3.2
Black	1.4
Hispanic or Latino/a	1.9
Multi-ethnic	3.1
White	2.6
Other/Unknown	2.2

Work and Health

In general, how satisfied are you with (Percentage responding very dissatisfied or somewhat dissatisfied):
	Your job	The social environment at work	The physical environment at work
Sex
Female	17%	24%	17%
Male	21%	17%	11%
Age range
Under 25	6%	8%	5%
25-34	10%	17%	15%
35-44	18%	27%	18%
45-54	26%	22%	21%
55-64	12%	15%	27%
65 and over	8%	5%	30%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	4%	16%	8%
Black	17%	29%	12%
Hispanic or Latino/a	19%	27%	9%
Multi-ethnic	20%	29%	10%
White	27%	12%	19%
Other/Unknown	22%	20%	15%

	Average number of days in last month felt sick/ill	Average number days in last month when sick/ill taken off of work	Percent with any illness, disability or other physical or mental problem that was caused or made worse by job or work
Sex
Female	2.1	1.2	18%
Male	1.4	0.7	11%
Age range
Under 25	0.2	0.2	3%
25-34	0.6	0.4	7%
35-44	1.3	0.5	9%
45-54	1.7	1.1	14%
55-64	2.2	1.7	17%
65 and over	2.4	2.1	22%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.6	0.1	5%
Black	1.7	0.5	12%
Hispanic or Latino/a	1.1	.3	15%
Multi-ethnic	1.4	.7	13%
White	2.7	2.2	19%
Other/Unknown	1.7	.9	14%

	In general, how stressful do you find your job? (Percent responding very or extremely stressful)	Percentage receiving the flu shot in past year	Percent who had the flu in the past year
Sex
Female	63%	76%	9%
Male	43%	64%	12%
Age range
Under 25	32%	42%	14%
25-34	44%	45%	18%
35-44	64%	63%	11%
45-54	70%	78%	7%
55-64	32%	89%	4%
65 and over	23%	92%	1%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander	31%	65%	10%
Black	36%	54%	12%
Hispanic or Latino/a	45%	38%	14%
Multi-ethnic	57%	45%	9%
White	50%	82%	4%
Other/Unknown	47%	77%	5%

Percent interested in taking part in each of the following programs if they were offered at work
Health checks/know your numbers	53%
Healthy eating/weight management	42%
Smoking cessation	12%
Physical activity	75%
Alcohol/drugs	9%
Stress & mental well-being (emotional resilience)	61%
Immunizations (flu, etc.)	88%

Health Needs Assessment Questionnaire

About you

What is your age?

Under 25 35-44 55-64 25-34 45-54 65 and over

What is your sex?

Male Female

What is your race/ethnicity?

Asian or Pacific Islander Black Hispanic or Latino/a White Multi-ethnic Other

What is your occupational group?

General health

How is your health in general?

Very good Good Fair Bad Very bad

Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months? (Include problems related to ageing)

Yes limited a lot Yes, limited a little No

Overall, how satisfied are you with life nowadays? (on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all satisfied and 10 is completely satisfied)

Not at all satisfied 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Completely satisfied

Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday? (on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all happy and 10 is completely happy)

Not at all happy 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Completely Happy

Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday? (on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all anxious and 10 is completely anxious)

Not at all anxious 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Completely anxious

Overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile (on a scale 0-10 where 0 is not at all worthwhile and 10 is completely worthwhile)

Not at all worthwhile 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Completely worthwhile

Smoking

Have you ever smoked a cigarette, a cigar, or a pipe?

Yes No

If yes, do you smoke at all nowadays?

Yes No

Healthy eating

A portion of vegetables approximately equals one handful or 3 serving spoons of vegetables or salad vegetables. A portion of fruit equals approximately a tablespoon of dried fruit, 1 medium sized piece of fruit (e.g. apples), 2 small pieces of fruit (e.g. kiwi fruit, apricot) or a 125ml glass of pure fruit juice.

How many pieces of fruit, of any sort, do you eat on a typical day? _______

How many portions of vegetables, excluding potatoes, do you eat on a typical day? _________

Alcohol

Thinking about all kinds of drinks, how often have you had an alcoholic drink of any kind during the last 12 months? PLEASE CHOOSE ONE

Almost every day

5 or 6 days a week

3 or 4 days a week

Once or twice a week

Once or twice a month

Once every couple of months

Once or twice a year

Not at all in the past 12 months

Have you had an alcoholic drink in the seven days ending yesterday? Yes No

If yes, how many of each of these types of drink have you had during the last seven days? Please include drinks that are drunk in or out of the home.

	No. of drinks in last 7 days
Pints or bottles of normal strength beer, bitter, lager or cider
Pints or bottles of extra strong beer, bitter, lager or cider
Single measures of spirits or liqueur such as whisky, gin, vodka, etc.
Standard glasses of wine (175ml)
Single glasses of martini, sherry or port (not wine)
Bottles of Alcopops/designer drinks or alcoholic lemonade such as Red, Reef, Hooch, Bacardi Breezer, Smirnoff Ice, etc.
Other alcoholic drinks
Low/non alcohol drinks

Physical activity

In the past week, on how many days have you done a total of 30 minutes or more of moderate or intensive physical activity? This includes any activities done to the point where you were slightly sweaty, breathing faster than usual and your heart was beating faster than usual, and which can be done in sessions of 10 minutes or more.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Work and health

In general, how satisfied are you with: (please tick one box in each row)

	Very dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Very satisfied
Your job
The social environment at work
The physical environment at work

In the last month, how many days did you feel sick/ill? _____

Of those days that you felt sick/ill in the last month, how many of them did you take off from work? _____

Within the last 12 months have you suffered from any illness, disability or other physical or mental problem that was caused or made worse by your job or by work you have done in the past?

Yes No

In general, how do you find your job?

not at all stressful

mildly stressful

moderately stressful

very stressful

extremely stressful

In the past year, did you receive the flu shot?

Yes No

In the past year, were you diagnosed by a medical provider as having the flu?

Yes No

How interested would you be in taking part in each of the following programs if they were offered to you at work

	Extremely interested	Fairly interested	Not interested	Undecided/ Not applicable
Health checks/know your numbers
Healthy eating/weight management
Smoking cessation
Physical activity
Alcohol/drugs
Stress & mental well-being (emotional resilience)
Immunizations (flu, etc.)

This fictitious report is adapted from: East Midlands Public Health Observatory. (2012). Health, Work and Wellbeing. Defining the priorities: Workplace Health Needs Assessment for Employers. Retrieved from http://www.empho.org.uk/Download/Public/12735/1/Workplace_HNA_for_Employers%20Feb2012.pdf