Creating a Culture of Health and Wellness at Clemson University

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Creating a Culture of Health and Wellness at
Clemson University

• Cheryl Dye, Ph.D., CHES
• Professor, Department Public Health Sciences
• Director, Institute for Engaged Aging

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Clemson University has established eight major
goals in its new strategic plan. Including

• Ensure a healthy, safe, and well campus for all
  members of the Clemson communityThis includes
• Environment
• Personal Health
• Safety

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How are the University, College of Health,
Education and Human Development, and the
Department of Public Health Sciences working to
attain and maintain this strategic goal?
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Redfern Student Health Center

• Counseling and Psychological Services
• Alcohol and drug reduction counseling
• Sexual victimization counseling
• Eating disorder counseling
• Mental health promotion

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Redfern Student Health Center, cont.

• Health Promotion Office
• Goal is to help educate and train students to
  become leaders and role models on campus
• Encourages students to adopt healthy lifestyles
• Assists with modifying negative and/or risky
  behavior patterns
• Cultivates positive attitudes

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Health Promotion Office Activities

• CU Quit American Cancer Society curriculum for
  smoking cessation offered free of charge
• HIV testing and counseling offered every day, and
  Free testing on AIDS Awareness Day
• Stress relief activities during finals week
• Distribute booklets for parents of incoming
  freshmen about college life, drinking, safety,
  academic integrity, and peer pressure

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Health Promotion Office Activities

• Body Image Awareness Month
• Relationship Awareness and Rape Awareness Month
• National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
• Sexual Responsibility Week

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Peer Health Education

• Students provide comprehensive programs and
  educational activities for Clemson University and
  the surrounding communities

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Empower Campaign

• Student initiative to decrease high risk drinking
  and other behaviors and to increase healthy,
  responsible behaviors
• Dr. Hugh Spitlers NIAAA Cooperative Agreement
  grant project has provided research data for this
  initiative

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SHAC Student Health Advisory Committee

• Dedicated to promoting and educating Clemsons
  student body about personal health
• Sponsor health promotion activities such as
• Alcohol Awareness Week
• The Great American Smoke Out
• Sexual Responsibility Week
• Take Back the Night 5K Run

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College of Health, Education, and Human
Development
Joseph F. Sullivan Center
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CU 4 Health Program

• A wellness program presented by the Joseph F.
  Sullivan Center and the State Health Plan
  Prevention Partners Network
• Provides a personal health screening for Clemson
  University employees and retirees for 15.00

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CU 4 Health Program, cont.

• The personal health screening consists of
• Health Risk Appraisal
• Height/Weight Measurement
• Blood Pressure
• Blood Draw blood lipid profile, blood chemistry
  profile, hemogram
• A Follow-Up Counseling Session

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College of Health, Education, and Human
DevelopmentHartzog Institute

• Research, education and training initiative for
  all levels of parks both private and public
• Four (4) major planks
• One plank devoted to keeping parks relevant in an
  increasingly urban society with a special focus
  on reintroducing youth to nature as a fun place
  to be physically active and a place to learn
  about self

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Special Event Richard Louv

• Richard Louv, national best-selling author of
  several books, including Last Child in the
  Woods which charges society with saving our
  children from nature deficit syndrome
• Presentation on October 23, 1000 at Brooks
  Center, Clemson University

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Department of Public Health Sciences
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Curriculum

• The Department of Public Health Sciences offers
  an undergraduate concentration in Health
  Promotion and Education
• Prepares graduates to assess health problems both
  at the individual and community levels and then
  to develop, implement, and evaluate health
  promotion and education programs
• Students eligible to take national Certified
  Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam
• Internship opportunities in local, national, and
  international health organizations

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Professional Development

• Eta Sigma Gamma National Professional Health
  Education Honorary
• Purpose to elevate the standards, ideals,
  competence, and ethics of professionally trained
  health educators
• All members participate in community service
  projects to promote health

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Internship

• Internships are offered fall, spring, and summer
  semesters
• Internships are project-focused and involve many
  different organizations
• Cliffs representatives are working with the
  Department of Public Health Sciences to establish
  internships within The Cliffs Communities

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Internship

• Health Promotion internship locations range from
  national organizations including the Centers of
  Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of
  Health (NIH), and Women's Sports Institute
• Locally, students intern at the Department of
  Health and Environmental Control (DHEC),
  non-profit agencies, area hospitals and corporate
  fitness/health promotion sites
• Internationally, students have worked through
  Amigos De Las Americas and Global Crossroads.

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Faculty Research

• NIAAA Cooperative Agreement Grant Project, Hugh
  D. Spitler, Principal Investigator
• Clemson is one of 15 universities nationwide to
  receive U18 Rapid Response to College Student
  Drinking cooperative agreement grant
• Project goal reduce the incidence of high-risk
  drinking among incoming first year students at
  Clemson University and provide skills training to
  help students avoid the negative consequences of
  drinking

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Institute for Engaged Aging
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• The mission of the Institute for Engaged Aging
  (IEA) is to enable older adults to be engaged in
  family and community living regardless of their
  health, economic, social or employment status
• To achieve this mission, IEA members will
  discover, develop and disseminate best practices
  for engaged aging through research, education and
  service

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Thank you and..Go Tigers!
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THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS

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• The University of North Carolina Asheville

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Department of Health and Wellness

• Curriculum
• Major in Health and Wellness Promotion
• Minor in Health and Wellness Promotion
• Minor in Sports Medicine
• Minor in Dance

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Creating a Wellness Culture on Campus

• Strong support and commitment from the Chancellor
  and Board of Trustees
• Designing and building the NCCHW
• Operating the new major in Health and Wellness
  Promotion
• Every UNCA student takes a course in personal
  wellness and fitness
• Working with Student Health, Counseling, and
  Recreation to promote wellness outside the
  classroom (Student Wellness Program)
• Launching a strategic workplace wellness program
  for faculty and staff
• Partnering with University Dining Services
  (Chartwells) to develop their National Center for
  Excellence in Wellness and Nutrition
• Smoke-free environment in all academic buildings
• Creating a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly
  campus
• Hiking/walking trail on campus
• NC Center for Creative Retirement emphasis on
  wellness

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Creating a Wellness Culture in the Community

• Getting Into Fitness Together (GIFT) Program
• Wellness Activities for Seniors in Asheville
  (WASA) Program
• Workplace Wellness Council and Downtown on the
  Move Project with Buncombe County Health Center
• Community Health Promotion Committee
• Obesity Action Team (OAT)
• North Carolina Center for Health and Aging
  (NCCHA) UNCA, MAHEC, WCU, A/B Tech
• Partnership with Mission Hospitals
• Asheville/Buncombe Institute of Parity
  Achievement (ABIPA)
• Past and future support for the Zest Quest
  childhood wellness initiative
• Interdisciplinary faculty and student research
  programs (WIS and Wellness Scholars)

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Preventative HealthcareDiscovering Wellness

• Sponsored by
• The Cliffs Communities
• Dr. Stevie Chepko
• Winthrop University
• chepkos_at_winthrop.edu

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Wellness and Winthrop UniversityAreas of Study

• Academic BS in Physical Education
• Physical Education Teacher Education
• Fitness/Wellness
• Moving to BS in Exercise Science
• Health Promotion Emphasis
• Allied Health Emphasis
• Health Education
• Service courses for teacher education programs
• Early Childhood
• Elementary
• Physical Education

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Wellness and Winthrop UniversityAreas of Study

• Health Method Course
• No health education certification
• Require health method courses in physical
  education not part of the state certification
  requirements
• Health Electives
• HLTH 300 Personal and Community Health
• Eight additional Health electives available

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Wellness and Winthrop UniversityAreas of Study

• Gerontology Major
• Area of emphasis on campus
• Part of the Rock Hill Development Corridor
• Center for Health and Wellness for the Corridor
• Health Services Management Major
• Within College of Business
• Focus is on the management of health services

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Culture of Wellness

• Goal Seven for the University
• To examine values, attitudes, beliefs, and habits
  which define the nature and quality of life
• Pursue basic principles of wellness
• Meeting the goal for the campus
• Basic Instruction Program
• Lois Rhame West Center
• Recreational Sport Program

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Culture of Wellness

• Lois Rhame West Center
• Major social and activity center on campus
• Opened in the fall
• Four basketball courts
• Four racquetball courts
• State-of-the-art weight room
• 58 individual pieces of cardio equipment through
  out the space
• Two activity rooms
• Eight lane competitive pool
• Climbing wall
• Open daily from 600 am to midnight
• Peak hours 700 pm to 1100 pm (they are much
  younger)

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Basic Instruction Program

• 58 60 sections of one credit wellness courses
  each semester
• All classes are full with waiting list in some
  classes
• Taught by qualified adjunct faculty members and
  full time faculty members from campus
• Dr. Cindy Fuhr (English) cardio kick
• Cassie Bell (Biology) step aerobic
• Bob Gorman (Librarian) racquetball
• Classes range from aerobics to yoga
• Classes are electives and meet no general
  education requirements for the University

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Recreational Sport Program/WILL

• Complete program of fitness and wellness
• Daily classes
• Open to everyone on campus
• Classes are designed for individuals to drop in
  to participate
• Complete program of competitive sport
• Full time fitness and wellness director hired
  this year
• Full time student wellness coordinator
• WILL program (Winthrops Investment in Lifelong
  Learning)
• Reading and computer improvement program open to
  all staff and faculty
• Onsite and during working hours

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Other Wellness Initiatives

• Student Health Fair
• Co-sponsored program between Health and Physical
  Education and Student Life
• Over 500 students attend annual Health Fair
• Faculty and Staff Health Screening
• Co-event with Student Health Fair
• Low cost health screenings and flu shots provided
• Screenings occur twice a year
• 100 150 faculty/staff participate in the
  screening each semester
• Four Wellness Floors on campus
• Weight and fitness room in one of the first year
  student dorms
• Classes are taught in dorms to provide student
  easy access to wellness education programs
• Numerous talks on campus each year

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Community Based Efforts

• Zest Quest at Winthrop
• Delivery of Zest Quest curriculum at Lesslie
  Elementary school
• Fit Kid Club at Winthrop University
• York District 3 program
• Target at risk youth for childhood obesity
• Research on physical activity levels
• Lesslie Elementary
• Epinport Elementary

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Community Based Efforts

• Shrinkdown
• Project with the Upper Palmetto YMCAs, Piedmont
  Hospital and Winthrop University
• State wide program
• Kick off event and health screenings hosted at
  the University
• 10 week program of diet and wellness with weekly
  weigh-ins
• Weekly health talks through out the area

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Community Based Efforts

• Health Fairs at various community and senior
  centers
• Speaker bureau for wellness programs
• In-service programs for classroom and physical
  education teachers
• Internships throughout the area in wellness