Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:37:20 -0400

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Subject: Re: Elementary Curriculum, lesson ideas

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Dear Hedirs,

I have been asked by my daughter's elementary school to do a presentation on

Communicable Diseases (3,4, and 5th grade)

I taught middle and High School health for many years, but need some suggestions for curriculum, lessons, activities, web-sites, demonstrations, etc. The presentation will be to large groups of 100 or more in an assembly type setting. I am comfortable with the information, but need some ideas to keep their attention and that is developmentally appropriate. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:01:12 -0400

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Subject: Re: Elementary Curriculum, lesson ideas

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Subject: Elementary Curriculum, lesson ideas

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Dear Hedirs,

I have been asked by my daughter's elementary school to do a

presentation on

Communicable Diseases (3,4, and 5th grade)

I taught middle and High School health for many years, but need some

suggestions for curriculum, lessons, activities, web-sites,

demonstrations, etc. The presentation will be to large groups of 100 or

more in an assembly type setting. I am comfortable with the

information, but need some ideas to keep their attention and that is

developmentally appropriate. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks

Dom Splendorio

NY

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:00:58 -0500

From: Georgia Keeney <gkeeney@D.UMN.EDU>

Subject: faculty workload for internship

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Greetings all. This message is for college faculty and concerns

faculty workload. All others, feel free to delete.

Our undergraduate degree in health education with community

concentration requires a minimum of 9 credits of internship (40 hours X

9 = 360 hours). Right now the faculty member who supervises interns

receives .25 contact hour for each intern (4 interns equals 1 contact

hour/credit). Twelve interns to supervise is equal to a 3 credit

semester course, regardless of location and number of credits taken by

interns. Internship may be taken is two parts - for example, 3 credits

one semester and 6 the next. The only difference in requirements is

the number of hours at the site. We try to visit the intern 3 or more

times, require weekly narratives of work completed at internship, a

final project, and midterm and final evaluations. If interns are more

than 75 miles a way, we do not visit more than once, unless there is a

problem.

The current workload does not give any credit for the time it takes to

solicit internship sites, recruit and train staff at sites, meet with

students to discuss internship placements, confirm placements, get

documents signed. The workload is directly attached to enrollment in

the internship course which is after lots of work has been done.

So the problem - we would like to receive more faculty workload credit

for internship supervision but we need information with which to make a

case to college administration. This is where your assistance is

needed.

How is internship supervision calculated into faculty workload at your

institution?

Do you calculate workload based on number of interns or number of

credits or equal to one or two courses?

Other insights:

Thanks for your time, Georgia

Dr. Georgia Lynn Keeney

Associate Professor and Coordinator of

Health Education Degree Programs

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

University of Minnesota Duluth

1216 Ordean Court

Duluth, MN 55812-3032

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:58:26 -0500

From: Georgia Keeney <gkeeney@D.UMN.EDU>

Subject: worksite wellnes question

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Hi, HEDIR. I want to respond to Debra's request for info. on what not

to do. Let me set my reply in context. In Jan. 2006 the Univ. of

Minnesota decided to contract with Harris Trends for a health risk

appraisal and follow-up counseling for those who desired it. Employees

could receive $65 for completing each one. I did the health risk

appraisal and got my $65 but it was a useless tool as far as I'm

concerned. I pasted below the comments I sent to the human resource

department of UM. I think segmenting is really important for the

worksite. Maybe set up an advisory group and let workers decide what

they'd like to do to improve their health. Secretaries may not have the

same concerns as managers or maintenance workers. People who have

health issues, like I do with asthma, need to be rewarded for good

control, not hounded to lose weight. I received 8-10 follow up calls

at home and work from counselors trying to get me to participate in

telephone counseling about my health risks. I finally had to get nasty

and say that I knew enough to change health risks if I wanted to. I

teach a class of health promotion program planning and I share my

experience and opinions with my students. FYI, GA

Georgia wrote to UM Human Resources - "Harris Trends Health online

assessment was out of date, not targeted to highly educated consumers,

and ignored significant health information. I carefully waited to

complete the assessment until I had current cholesterol, triglyerides,

and blood pressure readings. I entered that data but in the final

calculations of my health risk score, that information was not used.

Since I am a very knowledgeable consumer, I approached this online

assessment as a learning experience but I learned nothing new about my

health status. I was fully aware of the changes that could be made in

my health behaviors before I completed the assessment. Because some of

my graduates potentially work for Harris Trends and do over the phone

counseling, I had no interest in being contacted. None the less, I

received at least seven phone calls with voice messages about following

up. Two of those calls were to my work number and five were to my

home. After the third attempt to reach me, the calls should have

stopped. Another waste of benefits money, trying to reach people who

do not want to be reached.

In conclusion, if I was managing health care benefits for the U faculty

and staff, I would try to target benefits to the needs of the users. If

life style assessments are a desired feature, they should be adjusted

to fit the educational level of the participates. One size does not

fit all. Health is strongly associated with wealth. Wealth is

strongly associated with education. An assessment of health risks

should consider those factors, also. Are the faculty and staff

experiencing the same types of health problems as other Minnesotans,

Americans, middle age people? What types of assistance do people

desire if they want to make changes? Some of us are still in the

precontemplation stage, not even thinking about losing weight or

increasing exercise because we are dealing with young children, elderly

parents, hurting relationships, too many demands on our time.

Thank you for reading my comments. All of us want to use our health

benefits wisely. More knowledge and a better understanding of health

care systems and our own health care issues will result in efficient

use of our dollars."

Dr. Georgia Lynn Keeney

Associate Professor and Coordinator of

Health Education Degree Programs

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

University of Minnesota Duluth

1216 Ordean Court

Duluth, MN 55812-3032

218-726-7521

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:14:04 -0400

From: Michaela Conley <michaela@HPCAREER.NET>

Subject: Fall Faculty Openings (to date)

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Hello everyone!

Please forward the following list of current faculty openings to anyone

who may find them of interest.

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*SUNY, Brockport*

Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure Track In Health Education (School

health Specialty).

Assistant Professor Tenure Track In Health Education (Generalist).

*SIU, Carbondale*

Associate Professor or Professor Health Education

*University of N. Florida*

Instructor, Community Health #335090

Ass't/Assoc. Professor, Public Health #311080

Assistant/Associate Professor, Exercise Physiology

Director, Master of Public Health Program, Associate/ Full Professor

*University of Wyoming*

Assistant Professor Motor Learning

*University of Florida*

Director-GatorWell Health Promotion Services

*Louisiana State University *Health Sciences Center

Behavioral Scientists

*SUNY, Cortland*

Assistant Professor - Health Education

*Northern Arizona University*

Assistant/Associate Professor

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Asst. Prof. Community Health/ Health Promotion

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:38:30 -0400

From: Michaela Conley <michaela@HPCAREER.NET>

Subject: Paid Ad: Asst/Assoc Professor @ UNM

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:46:07 -0400

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Subject: Paid Ad: Department Head @ UNM

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:07:09 -0500

From: Nikki Hillier <nhillier@UIUC.EDU>

Subject: Re: faculty workload for internship

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Hello Georgia-

For the Community Health major at UIUC, the students only have to do 320

hours 20 hours per week for 16 weeks, and they only get 8 credit hours, I

think. I'm not sure how the faculty is paid, but the students have to take

a 0 credit course before their internship as a graduation requirement and

that instructor recruits preceptors, helps students with resumes etc.

-Nikki Hillier

On 10/23/06, Georgia Keeney <gkeeney@d.umn.edu> wrote:

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> Greetings all. This message is for college faculty and concerns

> faculty workload. All others, feel free to delete.

>

> Our undergraduate degree in health education with community

> concentration requires a minimum of 9 credits of internship (40 hours X

> 9 = 360 hours). Right now the faculty member who supervises interns

> receives .25 contact hour for each intern (4 interns equals 1 contact

> hour/credit). Twelve interns to supervise is equal to a 3 credit

> semester course, regardless of location and number of credits taken by

> interns. Internship may be taken is two parts - for example, 3 credits

> one semester and 6 the next. The only difference in requirements is

> the number of hours at the site. We try to visit the intern 3 or more

> times, require weekly narratives of work completed at internship, a

> final project, and midterm and final evaluations. If interns are more

> than 75 miles a way, we do not visit more than once, unless there is a

> problem.

>

> The current workload does not give any credit for the time it takes to

> solicit internship sites, recruit and train staff at sites, meet with

> students to discuss internship placements, confirm placements, get

> documents signed. The workload is directly attached to enrollment in

> the internship course which is after lots of work has been done.

>

> So the problem - we would like to receive more faculty workload credit

> for internship supervision but we need information with which to make a

> case to college administration. This is where your assistance is

> needed.

> How is internship supervision calculated into faculty workload at your

> institution?

>

> Do you calculate workload based on number of interns or number of

> credits or equal to one or two courses?

>

> Other insights:

>

> Thanks for your time, Georgia

>

> Dr. Georgia Lynn Keeney

> Associate Professor and Coordinator of

> Health Education Degree Programs

> Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

> University of Minnesota Duluth

> 1216 Ordean Court

> Duluth, MN 55812-3032

> 218-726-7521

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#748

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:47:15 -0700

From: Margo Harris <margo@PNWHEALTH.COM>

Subject: Re: worksite wellnes question

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Well, I would second those comments! I also found Harris Health Trend's HRA

outdated and of limited value. In fact, I was sort of shocked. I don't pay

much attention to HRAs in general. When I participated in the Harris

product, it reminded me of the HRAs we used in the 80s, but they had put it

on a web site.

Our worksite is 16,000+ with an average age of 48. Much of the information

didn't really apply, and didn't begin to take into account the chronic

issues that audience lives with, such as asthma that Georgia mentioned.

Keep us in your thoughts, Georgia, we have to do that again every January!!!

Margo

Margo Harris

Seattle, WA

206/932-1273

Email: margo@pnwhealth.com

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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 9:58 AM

To: HEDIR-L@listserv.siu.edu

Subject: worksite wellnes question

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Hi, HEDIR. I want to respond to Debra's request for info. on what not to

do. Let me set my reply in context. In Jan. 2006 the Univ. of Minnesota

decided to contract with Harris Trends for a health risk appraisal and

follow-up counseling for those who desired it. Employees could receive $65

for completing each one. I did the health risk appraisal and got my $65 but

it was a useless tool as far as I'm concerned. I pasted below the comments

I sent to the human resource department of UM. I think segmenting is really

important for the worksite. Maybe set up an advisory group and let workers

decide what they'd like to do to improve their health. Secretaries may not

have the same concerns as managers or maintenance workers. People who have

health issues, like I do with asthma, need to be rewarded for good control,

not hounded to lose weight. I received 8-10 follow up calls at home and

work from counselors trying to get me to participate in telephone counseling

about my health risks. I finally had to get nasty and say that I knew

enough to change health risks if I wanted to. I teach a class of health

promotion program planning and I share my experience and opinions with my

students. FYI, GA

Georgia wrote to UM Human Resources - "Harris Trends Health online

assessment was out of date, not targeted to highly educated consumers, and

ignored significant health information. I carefully waited to complete the

assessment until I had current cholesterol, triglyerides, and blood pressure

readings. I entered that data but in the final calculations of my health

risk score, that information was not used.

Since I am a very knowledgeable consumer, I approached this online

assessment as a learning experience but I learned nothing new about my

health status. I was fully aware of the changes that could be made in my

health behaviors before I completed the assessment. Because some of my

graduates potentially work for Harris Trends and do over the phone

counseling, I had no interest in being contacted. None the less, I received

at least seven phone calls with voice messages about following up. Two of

those calls were to my work number and five were to my home. After the

third attempt to reach me, the calls should have stopped. Another waste of

benefits money, trying to reach people who do not want to be reached.

In conclusion, if I was managing health care benefits for the U faculty and

staff, I would try to target benefits to the needs of the users. If life

style assessments are a desired feature, they should be adjusted to fit the

educational level of the participates. One size does not fit all. Health

is strongly associated with wealth. Wealth is strongly associated with

education. An assessment of health risks should consider those factors,

also. Are the faculty and staff experiencing the same types of health

problems as other Minnesotans, Americans, middle age people? What types of

assistance do people desire if they want to make changes? Some of us are

still in the precontemplation stage, not even thinking about losing weight

or increasing exercise because we are dealing with young children, elderly

parents, hurting relationships, too many demands on our time.

Thank you for reading my comments. All of us want to use our health

benefits wisely. More knowledge and a better understanding of health care

systems and our own health care issues will result in efficient use of our

dollars."

Dr. Georgia Lynn Keeney

Associate Professor and Coordinator of

Health Education Degree Programs

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation University of

Minnesota Duluth

1216 Ordean Court

Duluth, MN 55812-3032

218-726-7521

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#749

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:40:01 -0400

From: Mary and Gary Zahler <gzahler@RAEX.COM>

Subject: Hygiene help?

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Hi All,

I have a staff person who has to do a presentation for adults at a local

company on hygiene. Can anyone suggest some good resources or where she can

go to at least get started on preparing and planning this presentation? She

already has found a lot on hand-washing but needs more info than this for a

broader presentation on hygiene.

Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide related to this!

Sincerely,

Mary Lynne Zahler

North Canton, OH

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