Wellness

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Wellness

• Wheel of Health
• Six Dimensions
• Kathy Castulik
• BS, CCMA, CPT, CET, CHI,
• Health Educator III
• University of Missouri-St. Louis

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What is Wellness?

• Wellness is an active process of becoming aware
  of and toward a more successful existence.
• (National Wellness Institute)

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Active Process

• Process We never arrive at a point where there
  is no possibility of improving.
• Aware We by our own nature, continuously seek
  more information about how we can improve.
• Choices We have considered a variety of options
  and select those that seem to be in our best
  interest.
• Success Is determined by each individual to be
  their personal collection of accomplishments for
  their life.

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Wheel of Health
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Multidimensional

• Wellness is about balance, the choices we make
  today will affect us tomorrow. What is a
  priority today can change tomorrow. This is
  multidimensional, the ability to be flexible.

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What Do the Six Dimensions of Wellness Mean ?

• Social Encourages contributing to ones human
  and physical environment to the common welfare of
  ones community. It emphasizes the
  interdependence with others and nature. It
  includes the pursuit of harmony in ones family.

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Second Dimension

• Physical Encourages cardiovascular,
  flexibility, strength and also encourages regular
  physical activity. Physical development
  encourages knowledge about food and nutrition and
  discourages the use of tobacco, drugs and
  excessive alcohol consumption. It encourages
  activities which contribute to highlevel
  wellness, including medical self-care and
  appropriate use of the medical system.

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Third Dimension

• Intellectual Encourages creative, stimulating
  mental activities. An intellectually well person
  uses the resources available to expand ones
  knowledge in improved skills along with expanding
  potential for sharing with others.

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Fourth Dimension

• Emotional Emphasizes an awareness and
  acceptance of ones feelings. Emotional wellness
  includes the degree to which one feels positive
  and enthusiastic about oneself and life. It
  includes the capacity to manage ones feelings
  and related behaviors including the realistic
  assessment of ones limitations. An emotionally
  well person maintains satisfying relationships
  with others.

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Fifth Dimension

• Spiritual Involves seeking meaning and purpose
  in human existence. It includes the development
  of a deep appreciation for the depth and
  expansion of life and natural forces that exist
  in the universe.

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Sixth Dimension

• Vocational/Occupational
• Involves preparing for work in which one will
  gain personal satisfaction and find enrichment in
  ones life through work. Vocational development
  is related to ones attitude about ones work.

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Use needs assessments/HRAs
• Getting involved with organizations
• Going to Residence Halls
• Go to places where students hang out between
  classes, cafeteria etc.
• Meet with department heads to tie in wellness
  programs into their classes

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Have wellness booths set up in between classes at
  popular locations.
• Vary sites
• Attend evening classes with booths before after
  classes.
• Offer health fairs on campus day and evening
  times.
• Offer stress reduction during finals.

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Attend Student Government Association meetings.
• Use student paper to promote wellness.
• Incorporate the Health Observance Calendar into
  student activities.

• Bring in outside groups, corporations,
  organizations through advertising and
  sponsorships in wellness activities.
• Form Wellness groups such as S.H.O.T.S (students
  helping others to succeed, as peer educators)

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Have S.H.O.T.S or peer educators provide wellness
  activities to students.
• Involve faculty and staff into wellness promotion
  for students.
• Based on the 6 dimensions of wellness, have
  multiple student coalitions come up with a theme
  representing the 6 dimensions in programming on
  campus.

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Market what youre wanting to do.
• Participate in Homecoming.
• Attend directors meeting to present ideas.
• Form contests between fraternities and sororities
  to promote wellness events.
• Sponsor blood drives and have door prizes
  promoting wellness activities.

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Offer Welcome back week at the beginning of each
  new semester with first aid capsules/kits,
  anything wellness related.
• Provide a monthly customized calendar providing
  health tips that relate to six dimensions of
  wellness and place throughout campus and
  residential halls.
• Meet with student activities and have banners
  made up to post in cafeteria on upcoming wellness
  activities.

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Integrating Wellness into Campus Health

• Contact hospitals to provide mammograms at
  University from their mobile vans on a yearly
  basis.
• Have pharmaceutical companies come out and
  provide a booth with educational materials and
  giveaways promoting a special wellness
  series/theme.

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Inspiration

• Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and
  is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
• Joseph Addison

• Our minds are like parachutes they work better
  when opened.
• Author Unknown

• The elevator to success is out of order. Youll
  have to use the stairsOne step at a time.
• Joe Girard