Abstract
Background: Due to the continued rise of chronic conditions and unhealthy lifestyle choices, more innovative and evidence-based practices are needed for students, faculty and staff to improve population health outcomes and enhance overall well-being.
Aim: The purpose of this paper is to inform academic health promotion professionals of key strategies to consider in order to create cultures of wellness on their college campuses.
Methods: A review of the existing literature was conducted.
Results: The most current evidence-based practices to create a culture of wellness are discussed.
Conclusions: Institutions of higher education have an opportunity to create campus cultures that foster health and well-being. The time is now for enacting change to create, improve, or sustain cultures of wellness within campus communities.
Description
Copyright (c) 2019 Megan Amaya, Teresa Donegan, Debbie Conner, Julie Edwards, Christy Gipson. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Publisher
he Ohio State University Libraries in partnership with the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities
Date of publication
2019
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4823
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Amaya, Megan; Donegan, Teresa; Conner, Debbie; Edwards, Julie; and Gipson, Christine S., "Creating a Culture of Wellness: A Call to Action for Higher Education, Igniting Change in Academic Institutions" (2019). Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 52.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4823