PUBHLTH 144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: School Governor, Health Promotion, Social Network

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PUBHLTH 144
• Professor: Tonya L Schuster

Document Summary

Level of poverty, nutrition, and well-being of families. Stability of teachers and staff at local schools. Environmental risks could include physical hazards at school. Politics of school governing bodies (e. g. , school boards) and the community. Knowledge about the consequences of risky behavior. Confidence building, role playing and other exercises. Building social networks to support healthy behavior. Addressing the physical environment of the school: workplace settings, workplaces provide access to the target population and synergy between health objectives and organizational goals: Healthier workers miss less work, less prone to accidents, reduce health care costs and increase productivity: worksite wellness has evolved from screening to an increased concentration on environmental factors, to broader health promotion and wellness efforts. Potential barriers include employee reluctance to mix personal health issues with work context and contradictions between health goals and specific workplace cultures: workplace setting assessment.