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From the Editor
Editor's Notes Sep/Oct 2010
Federal Grants to Small Employers
for Comprehensive Wellness Programs:
Passed as Part of Health Care Reform
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Health care reform legislation
includes provisions to fund grants to
help small business develop
comprehensive wellness programs. Section
10408 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, titled "Grants for
Small Businesses to Provide
Comprehensive Workplace Wellness
Programs," authorizes appropriations of
$200,000,000 for the period of 2011
through 2015 to provide grants to help
small business implement comprehensive
wellness programs.1 I will briefly
describe the provision details,
importance, legislative history,
conceptual framework history, and next
steps required before grants become
available to employers.
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21st Annual Art and Science of Health
Promotion Conference
March 21-25
The Broadmoor
REGISTRATION
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Now Open
Capturing the Wisdom of Practice and the
Rigor of Research:
Discovering the Best
Health Promotion Strategies
Demand for
health promotion programs is at an all
time high. Most large and medium
sized employers either have programs in
place or plan to launch one soon.
Hospitals are offering programs to their
patients and communities.
Insurance carriers are engaging their
members in lifestyle change campaigns
and paying for proactive clinical health
promotion procedures. Basic
programs are evolving into comprehensive
programs. Health promotion
strategies are being integrated into
state and national policy through
medical care, transportation,
agriculture, and business tax
procedures. Well-designed programs
continue to improve health and save
money. That's the very good news.
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Definition of Health Promotion
Health Promotion is the art and science of
helping people discover the synergies between
their core passions and optimal health,
enhancing their motivation to strive for optimal
health, and supporting them in changing their
lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal
health. Optimal health is a dynamic balance of
physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and
intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be
facilitated through a combination of learning
experiences that enhance awareness, increase
motivation, and build skills and, most
important, through the creation of opportunities
that open access to environments that make
positive health practices the easiest choice.
O’Donnell MP. Definition of health promotion
2.0: embracing passion, enhancing motivation,
recognizing dynamic balance, and creating
opportunities. Am J Health Promot. 2009
Sept-Oct;24(1):iv.
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Physical |
Fitness.
Nutrition. Medical self-care. Control of substance abuse. |
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Emotional |
Care for
emotional crisis. Stress Management |
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Social |
Communities.
Families. Friends |
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Intellectual |
Educational.
Achievement. Career development |
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Spiritual |
Love. Hope.
Charity. |
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Our definition of health promotion guides the editorial content
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