#1042
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:02:07 -0400
From: AAHE Gateway <aahe@AAHPERD.ORG>
Subject: American Heart Association On-line Education Resources
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The American Association for Health Education/AAHPERD would like to share
with you the American Heart Association on-line education resources.
Heart Power! Tools Online
The American Heart Association's Field Operations and Development Department
is proud to announce that HeartPower! - one of AHA's most popular
educational resources - is now online. HeartPower! is targeted to
classroom teachers of grades PreK - 8, and all materials are downloadable,
printable and free! This is a great resource for teachers, parents,
grandparents, etc. Please take a moment to visit the new site at
www.americanheart.org/heartpower In addition, please share the information
below with your children's teachers and your friends and family.
Materials are categorized by curriculum, lifestyle message, format and grade
level. They include:
* lesson ideas
* activity sheets
* coloring sheets
* games
* songs
* stories
* poems and more
* Spanish materials are available for Pre-K through Grade 1
* One-color line art, formatted as pdfs, for easy, quick
downloading of files
This teacher resource is similar to the elementary education kit and middle
school kit sponsored by AAPHERD's Joint Projects - Jump Rope For Heart and
Hoops For Heart.
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#1043
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:17:29 -0500
From: Kelly Alley <kalley@SMOKEFREEINDIANA.ORG>
Subject: NCHEC Names New Executive Director
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National Commission Names New Executive Director
The Board of Commissioners of the National Commission for Health
Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) is pleased to announce that Mrs.
Linda Lysoby, CHES, has been named Executive Director of NCHEC effective
September 30, 2002.
“I am honored to serve the profession is this capacity,” Lysoby said.
“I am eager to use my skills and experience to enhance services to CHES,
continue to promote the health education profession and to promote the
value of the CHES credential.”
Prior to joining NCHEC, Mrs. Lysoby served as Manager of Health
Promotion and Wellness at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, PA. She
was responsible for all community education outreach efforts including
programs specific to senior adults, a prenatal clinic, a women’s health
center, and a wide variety of health education programs and events. She
was a founding member of both the Bucks County Wellness Partnership and
the Bucks County Domestic Violence Task Force which united all seven
hospitals in Bucks County, voluntary agencies and the health department
to address specific health issues of county residents. Linda brings
experience in marketing, planning, budgeting, working with boards and
coalitions, grant writing, and personnel supervision to the NCHEC
office. Mrs. Lysoby received her Master of Science degree in health
education from Beaver College (now known as Arcadia University) in
Glenside, PA. She also earned a graduate level certificate in health
care administration from Penn State University.
Please join us in congratulating Linda on her appointment as Executive
Director of NCHEC. She can be reached at llysoby@nchec.org or meet Linda
in person at the NCHEC exhibit during the SOPHE and APHA conferences in
Philadelphia in November.
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#1044
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:19:36 -0700
From: "Robert B. Beavers" <robertbeavers@BEAVERS.NET>
Subject: HELP
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October 8, 2002
Colleagues:
I have a student who is doing his senior research on the
relationship between Individual Leisure Time Activities and
the the occurrence of diabetes and hypertension in African
American Faculty Members. We don't want to re-invent the
wheel. Does anyone know of the existence of any survey
instrument that is available to address this research focus?
If so, could you send the information to:
Vincent Rawlings rumplin@hotmail.com
Thanks
Robert Beavers, Ph.d.
Assistant Dean, School of Education
Benedict College
Columbia, SC
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#1045
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:06:13 -0600
From: Tonya Peters <TonyaPeters@EPCHEALTH.ORG>
Subject: Walking at work
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In response to Kathleen's request about walking at the workplace:
I work at a county health department and walk everyday (for the most part)
around a local park with a lake across the street. During National Public Health
Week in April, we (a colleague and myself) sponsored an employee walk around the
lake during the lunch hour. It begin a summer long series of weekly walks in
which administration purchased inexpensive pedometers as incentives, given away
each week by a cumulative drawing of names.
We hand delivered the initial flyer to each person's desk and followed up every
Wednesday (the day before the walk) with an email flyer department-wide. Right
before the walk each Thursday, we announced the activity over the building
intercom and conducted the drawing each week upon our return.
Sadly enough - behavior change is just as difficult amidst "our own population"
as it is in our communities. We received very positive feedback about the
informational email flyers and several people began to associate us with the
"weekly walk" yet we did not receive an overwhelming amount of participation! (I
would guess that we had about 12 regular walkers out of 250 employees.) Some of
the comments of why they did not participate - 1)It they didn't have to use
their lunch hour they might be more likely to walk. 2)They already do physical
activity at home in the evening. 3)Too hot outside at noon-time. Towards the end
of the summer we ran into a logistical issue that the Farmers Market was close
by and employees used their lunch hour for that.
Not sure if that offers any help in planning. I do believe that the offering of
pedometers made a difference. The types of employees that it attracted were the
majority of folks that were already physically active. The saturation of
information raised employee awareness but I do not feel it served as a
motivator. Best of luck in your endeavors - I would be very interested in the
efforts you try!!
Tonya
Tonya Peters, MPH
Adolescent Health Specialist
El Paso County Department of Health & Environment
719-578-3210
tonyapeters@epchealth.org
I am interested in finding out if anyone has done any research about the
effectiveness of measured walk routes at worksites in promoting walking by
employees that had not previously shown any interest in walking as a form of
physical activity. What additional supports do employees seem to need to
motivate them to use existing measured walk routes? What types of workers does
this type of intervention work for and what type just ignores the existence and
the other motivational efforts? What works? What does not work?
Thanks.
Kathleen
HEd practitioner.
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#1046
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 16:17:09 -0600
From: Tonya Peters <TonyaPeters@EPCHEALTH.ORG>
Subject: workforce needs assessment
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BACKGROUND: I am a board member for Colorado Springs Assets for Youth, a local
initiative in the promotion of the 40 Developmental Assets. We have recently
ventured into a new supervisory training model that infuses the assets into the
workplace of teens.
QUESTION: Does anyone have any data, statistics, and/or resources about
businesses that employ youth? We are looking for outcome indicators such as
employee retention, productivity, absenteeism, and morale. We would also like to
find the estimated cost of hiring an employee in relationship to the high
turn-over rates of some businesses.
THANKS: I understand it is a little bit out of the "health education realm" but
I would appreciate ANY guidance you or your contacts may have!!!
Tonya
Tonya Peters, MPH
Adolescent Health Specialist
El Paso County Department of Health & Environment
719-578-3210
tonyapeters@epchealth.org
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