Download or read book Enhancing Student Health Wellness and Success Through Group Health and Wellness Coaching written by Johanna Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background and Purpose: The American college student population struggles to practice healthy behaviors and manage stressors associated with college, which can impact academic performance. Interventions are needed in the population to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors, stress management, and overall wellness and success. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of including group and health wellness coaching (GHWC) in a college-level health and wellness course. Methods: A quantitative pre/post-test design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of GHWC on measures of student healthy lifestyle ratings, stress perceptions, self-efficacy, and autonomous motivation. A GHWC protocol combined with standard instruction was administered in one section of the HHP 200 Health and Wellness course at Ferrum College in Ferrum, VA during the Fall 2022 semester, while another section of the same course received standard instruction only, serving as a control group. Students completed surveys at the beginning and end of the courses, and results were compared to evaluate the effectiveness of both courses and the GHWC curriculum model. Results: 30 students, 15 students in each course, completed botht the pre- and post-class surveys and consented to participate in the study. Multiple mixed-model Analyses of Variance (ANOVAs) found significant differences in the Safety and Health Lifestyle Factor scores, the Perceived Stress Scores, and the Healthy Eating Controlled Motivation scores from pre- to post-intervention. Positive outcomes were observed in both courses and some differences in outcomes betweeen courses were noted, although not statistically significant. Overall scores in lifestyle factors, perceived stress, self-efficacy, and autonomous motivation were good to moderate at both the beginning and end of the study, indicating a healthy and thriving group of college students. Limitations included a majority of participants being student athletes, a selection bias of students who were more interested in health and wellness prior to taking the course, poor sensitivity of survey instruments for this study population and similarities between the intervention and control course content. Conclusions: Both traditional instruction and group health and wellness coaching within a college health and wellness course yielded similar positive outcomes. Future research should focus on using measures more appropriate for college students and student-athletes along with utilizing a different control population to better illustrate benefits of group health and wellness coaching in college student populations.
Download or read book Student Wellness and Academic Libraries written by Sara Holder and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post secondary institutions are high stress environments for many students: Undergraduates may be living on their own for the first time, coping with demanding academic requirements, and experimenting with drugs, alcohol, and new social relationships and identities. Advanced degree students tend to have a high level of job insecurity and are also more likely than other students to be juggling family obligations on top of their studies, research, and teaching. Mental health disorders have their peak onset during the university and college years, and severe anxiety is on the rise. Many university libraries across North America are expanding their service offerings to include student wellness initiatives or are making their space available to other campus entities to provide wellness support as mental health issues and awareness of mental health challenges on campus have increased. Student Wellness and Academic Libraries gathers multiple perspectives on wellness programming and discussions of current activities, with case studies, commentary, and research on student wellness initiatives in academic libraries. Some chapters explore one initiative in detail, and others look at a variety of activities and how they fit within a strategy; some focus on a particular aspect of wellness, and others on a particular at-risk group.Academic libraries have always promoted student success through teaching and research support and through instruction in information literacy, a skill that is understood to be useful not just for academic success but also for life success. For college and university students, learning to live well and attend to their mental health are life skills they can and should develop during this time, and academic libraries are increasingly playing a role in this part of the student experience. Student Wellness and Academic Libraries can help those charged with leading these efforts gain valuable insight into ideas and directions the library can take in pursuit of that goal -- Publisher's description.
Download or read book Mental Health Substance Use and Wellbeing in Higher Education written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student wellbeing is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80 percent believed emotional wellbeing is a "very" or "extremely" important factor in student success. Studies have found the dropout rates for students with a diagnosed mental health problem range from 43 percent to as high as 86 percent. While dealing with stress is a normal part of life, for some students, stress can adversely affect their physical, emotional, and psychological health, particularly given that adolescence and early adulthood are when most mental illnesses are first manifested. In addition to students who may develop mental health challenges during their time in postsecondary education, many students arrive on campus with a mental health problem or having experienced significant trauma in their lives, which can also negatively affect physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. The nation's institutions of higher education are seeing increasing levels of mental illness, substance use and other forms of emotional distress among their students. Some of the problematic trends have been ongoing for decades. Some have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic consequences. Some are the result of long-festering systemic racism in almost every sphere of American life that are becoming more widely acknowledged throughout society and must, at last, be addressed. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education lays out a variety of possible strategies and approaches to meet increasing demand for mental health and substance use services, based on the available evidence on the nature of the issues and what works in various situations. The recommendations of this report will support the delivery of mental health and wellness services by the nation's institutions of higher education.
Download or read book Promoting Health and Academic Success written by Birch, David and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting Health and Academic Success is a valuable resource for advocacy, planning, implementation, and evaluation related to the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach. It’s also ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses that address a coordinated approach to school health.
Download or read book The Health Coach Collective written by Marsie Ross and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-19 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For so many of us, becoming and staying healthy and happy is almost a fairytale. When we see people who seem to have it figured out, many of us believe that we could never achieve such success. We wish we were those people but often believe we can't kick our old bad habits. We secretly envy those people who seem to be so enlightened, but we often overlook their journey. The famous author and poet Maya Angelou said it best, "You see my glory, but you don't know my story." For the first time, you will hear directly from health and life coaches their story, including setbacks and triumphs so that you can finally see that you have what it takes to be the healthy and happy badass of your dreams!
Download or read book Further Wellness Issues for Higher Education written by David S. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential resource addresses a range of student wellness issues confronting professionals in college and university settings. Building on Wellness Issues for Higher Education, this latest volume comprehensively covers key topics that not only contribute to students’ success in college, but also help students maintain wellness after graduation. Taking a holistic perspective of wellness, coverage includes numerous issues, including body image, time management, financial wellness, dependence and recovery issues, career planning, and civic engagement. It also addresses ways of organizing campus efforts on wellness. Each topical chapter includes proactive wellness advice and prepares the reader to better understand the facts, issues, controversies, misconceptions, and strategies for addressing the issue. This practical guide prepares higher education and student affairs professionals to understand the wellness and health issues contributing to their students’ overall well-being both during and after college.
Download or read book Wellness Issues for Higher Education written by David S. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellness Issues for Higher Education is an essential resource that addresses a range of student wellness issues confronting professionals in college and university settings. Organized around five dimensions of Wellness—Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Physical, and Spiritual—this book comprehensively covers key topics that contribute to students’ success in college. Each topical chapter includes proactive wellness advice, and is designed to prepare the reader to better understand the facts, issues, and strategies appropriate for addressing the issue. Each Chapter Features: Background information, theory, and research Historical and emerging issues Common questions, controversies, challenging situations, and misconceptions Practical applications for the campus This practical guide prepares practitioners to understand and deal with the wellness and health promotion issues contributing to their students’ overall success and well-being. Armed with this valuable resource, higher education and student affairs professionals can work to improve academic performance, retention, satisfaction, and quality of life. This thorough resource will guide those working at any level in residence life, student activities, orientation, health education, student leadership, advising, instruction, and other areas of student development.
Download or read book Promoting Health and Academic Success written by David A. Birch and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting Health and Academic Success was the first book to cover the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, now a widely accepted framework for promoting health and learning in schools. With increasing evidence that health and academic success go hand in hand, this second edition delves deeper into the WSCC approach to showcase best practices that truly put the child at the center of health and education. Promoting Health and Academic Success, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, boasts a team of editors and contributors who have experience as leaders in school health and WSCC at the national, state, and local levels. It provides direction for educators, school health professionals, and health agencies interested in promoting student health, diversity, equity, inclusion, and advocacy for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the WSCC approach. The second edition has been updated to incorporate the knowledge and experiences that have been gained since the first edition of the book: Discussion of new challenges for schools and communities such as COVID-19, school safety, and curriculum and programming decisions related to social justice and racism Real-world examples to provide practice and multiple perspectives on WSCC Application activities and case studies that engage students in applied learning within the context of WSCC simulations Related online learning tools, delivered in HKPropel, including review items, and project-based assignments Perspectives from WSCC leaders related to current practice and future WSCC considerations This resource is a must-have for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives designed to promote education and health for students through meaningful engagement of family members, community members, and school faculty and staff members. The coordinated initiatives presented in Promoting Health and Academic Success: The WSCC Approach, Second Edition, provide a valuable resource for educators, community health practitioners, and other stakeholders engaged in promoting health and academic success for school-age children. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is not included with this ebook but may be purchased separately.
Download or read book Healthful School Environment written by Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educating the Student Body written by Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
Download or read book Shaping School Success written by Ian Hardy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique primer for school professionals, educators and policymakers to develop a solid understanding of the domains essential to cultivating and sustaining successful schools. It also provides essential reading for policymakers and researchers interested in these issues more broadly. In response to various sensationalist discourses around schooling that dominate both mainstream and social media, the authors draw upon both long-standing and up-to-date research from around the world to present a more accurate, holistic, and optimistic approach. The book identifies the key domains that are necessary to address concerns in equity, leadership and teaching for enhanced student learning and wellbeing. Specifically, these domains relate to: (1) system-wide approaches to enhance school performance; (2) building teacher capability for student learning; (3) educational leadership as a vehicle for leading learning; and (4) building community ‘infrastructures’ for equitable, place-based learning. The book can be used in several ways: each chapter can be read as a stand-alone overview of key areas for school improvement. The broad topics are important jigsaw puzzle pieces that are necessary to ‘see the whole picture’ of a successful school/system. Each chapter includes ‘Key messages’ and ‘Ways forward’ and closes with extension questions to further guide thinking through the ‘big ideas’ presented in each chapter and how they are relevant to different schooling and policy contexts. Grounded in research into productive and proactive system and school practices from around the world, this book ensures professional educators are equipped with the latest research and practice, without being overwhelmed by the detail.
Download or read book Increasing Awareness of Health wellness Coaching Using Arts informed Research written by Margaret Polacek and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Becoming a Health Coach written by Jules Hawthorne and published by RWG Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-09 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a Health Coach: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrative Wellness by Jules Hawthorne is your ultimate roadmap to a fulfilling career in health coaching. This guide delves into the essence of health coaching, a profession that has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the past two decades. Discover how integrative wellness-encompassing physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health-can transform lives. Whether you're aspiring to become a health coach or seeking to deepen your understanding of integrative wellness, this book offers invaluable insights and practical advice. Learn how to empower clients to take charge of their health, make sustainable lifestyle changes, and achieve their fullest potential. Embark on a journey that not only promises a rewarding career but also a transformative way of life.
Download or read book Health and Fitness for Life written by Raschel Larsen and published by Chemeketa Press. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Fitness for Life is an introductory college textbook that shows students how to improve their habits related to physical activity, eating, or stress management. With a focus on real-world activities and practices for increasing overall wellness, this book includes grounded examples of practical health-based situations and healthy choices from diverse perspectives that will give students strategies for identifying and improving areas of their health. This book covers the basics of exercise and healthy living, as well as more advanced topics, including: • Cardiorespiratory fitness • Muscular strength and endurance • Flexibility training and mobility • Body composition • Nutrition planning and guidance • Stress management • Chronic and infectious disease • Substance use and abuse • Environmental health This book’s data-driven study of health and fitness is goal-oriented, instructive, and encouraging for students of varying backgrounds and states of wellness. The approach in these pages creates relevant links between guidance from official health organizations and everyday life. There’s something for everyone here, whether you’re looking to improve habits related to physical activity, eating, or stress management, or to better understand your place in the world as a healthy individual. Written by community college health faculty, Health and Fitness for Life blends down-to-earth instructional text with numerous examples of relevant situations and outcomes for students from all demographics.
Download or read book Health Coach Wisdom written by Lynell Ross and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Have the Power to Be Healthy You have the power to prevent heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. You can take control and start living a healthy life today! This is a simple guide with easy answers on how to eat nutritious meals that fuel your mind and body, how to get functionally fit to prevent injury, and how to find peace of mind so you can enjoy each day fully and sleep soundly at night. Health Coach Wisdom reveals natural ways to help you lose weight, get fit and feel great. It is your step by step action plan to making simple changes with a big impact. If you want to move from surviving to thriving, you can get started creating your own healthy lifestyle today. In Health Coach Wisdom, you will discover how easy it is to: ? Reach and maintain your healthy weight without dieting ? Weave in fitness throughout your day ? Control your hunger by balancing your blood sugar ? Lower stress, improve your mood and sleep better ? Reduce and reverse the signs of aging ? Reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke and type 2 diabetes ? Develop peace of mind, better relationships and a joyful life ? Lighten up the everyday foods you love to eat ? Create daily healthy habitsa key to success!
Download or read book Unconditional Education written by Robin Detterman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of reform, America's public schools continue to fail particular groups of students; the greatest opportunity gaps are faced by those whose achievement is hindered by complex stressors, including disability, trauma, poverty, and institutionalized racism. When students' needs overwhelm the neighborhood schools assigned to serve them, they are relegated to increasingly isolated educational environments. Unconditional Education (UE) offers an alternate approach that transforms schools into communities where all students can thrive. It reduces the need for more intensive and costly future remediation by pairing a holistic, multi-tiered system of supports with an intentional focus on overall culture and climate, and promotes systematic coordination and integration of funding and services by identifying gaps and eliminating redundancies to increase the efficient allocation of available resources. This book is an essential resource for mental health and educational stakeholders (i.e., school social workers, therapists, teachers, school administrators, and district-level leaders) who are interested in adopting an unconditional approach to supporting the students within their schools.
Download or read book Health and Academic Achievement written by Blandina Bernal-Morales and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emotional, physical and social well-being describe human health from birth. Good health goes hand in hand with the ability to handle stress for the future. However, biological factors such as diet, life experiences such as drug abuse, bullying, burnout and social factors such as family and community support at the school stage tend to mold health problems, affecting academic achievements. This book is a compilation of current scientific information about the challenges that students, families and teachers face regarding health and academic achievements. Contributions also relate to how physical activity, psychosocial support and other interventions can be made to understand resilience and vulnerability to school desertion. This book will be of interest to readers from broad professional fields, non-specialist readers, and those involved in education policy.
