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Health Promotion for
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Action Steps for Implementing Health Promotion for Faculty
and Staff
Actions for Schools and Local Districts
- Develop school-site health promotion
initiatives that go beyond individual-level risk reduction activities
- Improve methods for evaluating
the health outcomes and cost effectiveness of worksite health
promotion programs
- Address the well-being of
administrators, faculty, and school support staff, including school
bus drivers, food service workers, building custodians, and classroom
aides
- Integrate health promotion
and disease prevention into employee benefit plans and make such
efforts compatible with the goals of managed care
- Establish a standing committee
to assess employee and school needs, identify resources, and evaluate
the impact and outcomes of school-site health promotion efforts
Actions for National, State,
and Community Organizations
- Offer grants or provide incentives
for local schools and districts to develop, implement, and evaluate
school-site health promotion programs
- Advocate for and support the
development of school-site health promotion for faculty and staff
- Identify exemplary models
of school-site health promotion and encourage schools to replicate
them
- Examine and monitor the impact
of school-site health promotion efforts on health benefits and
ensure that such programs meet the needs of all school employees
- Provide technical assistance,
guidelines, resources, and opportunities for networking that will
help schools develop plans with measurable goals and objectives
for improving faculty and staff health
- Offer or support statewide
conferences that foster development and implementation of school-site
health promotion for faculty and staff
- Develop guidelines and standards
for school-site health promotion for faculty and staff based on
model guidelines
- Establish integrated databases
that monitor health promotion development, implementation, and
evaluation results
Adapted by permission of the publisher from
Marx, E. & Wooley, S. F. (Eds.) (1998). Health is academic:
A guide to coordinated school health programs. New York: Teachers
College Press. © 1998 by Education Development Center, Inc. All
rights reserved.
For a more detailed discussion of Health Promotion
for Staff, see the book Health
Is Academic. Related Links
Breast & Cervical Cancer
Education and Detection Project, AFT
FNHP Occupational Health
and Safety Links, AFT
Health Information Network,
NEA
Here is a sample of national
organizations that can provide resources and support for school-site
health promotion for staff and CSHPs:
American Association for
Active Lifestyles & Fitness
American Federation of
Teachers
Employee Assistance Professionals
Association
National Education Association
National Wellness Association
Wellness Councils of America
For other organizations
that support school health, click on Links.
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