title: A campus wellness program: accepting the challenge.
abstract: The federal government challenges universities to promote health and prevent illness by creating awareness of health issues and encouraging healthy practices. Establishing a wellness program on campus is a means to provide excellence in health care for students and a way to reach out to faculty and the community at large. In this paper, the authors explicate the process of a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort in a university to develop a wellness program. Various data supported the need for the program. Using a model center, the design and implementation of the program are addressed, as well as the benefits of the wellness program.
authors.affiliation: Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.forename: Marybeth
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Emilia Patricia
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Zarco
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D016730:Program Development; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*