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Introduction
Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of choices and making decisions toward a more balanced and fulfilling life. Healthy People 2010 is a national agenda for reducing the most significant preventable threats to health. It challenges all of us to take the first step to enjoying good health and a long life. It aims to reduce the major health burdens created by obesity, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease and stroke. It addresses related lifestyle choices of poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco use, as well as youth risk-taking behavior.
Rural Healthy People 2010 focuses on the health challenges faced by rural Americans. The primary goal of this project is to identify and address the priority health concerns of rural America.
Poor diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use are the major preventable causes of death in the United States. With the increasing health problems related to poor lifestyle choices, there is an emphasis on wellness programs and disease prevention. Wellness and disease prevention are particularly issues for rural areas, which have higher rates of elderly individuals, higher poverty rates, and limited access to health care facilities to provide care and health education.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tools
Active Living by Design
Web site
Is a national program that establishes innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies. Is funding 25 community partnerships across the country to demonstrate how changing community design will impact physical activity.
CDC's Healthy Communities Program
Web site
An initiative that advances the HealthierUS goal of helping Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives.
Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI)
Web site
Designed to inform public health professionals and community members about state- and county-level health status indicators such as: causes of death, tobacco use, diet, physical activity, and drug and alcohol use. Available reports also include Healthy People 2010 targets and information on vulnerable populations, access to care, and much more.
Healthfinder
Database
Links to carefully selected information and web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations. Has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
Healthy People 2010
Web site
Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It can be used by many different people, States, communities, professional organizations, and others to help them develop programs to improve health.
Healthy People 2010 Toolkit
Web site
Provides guidance, technical tools, and resources to help states, territories, and tribes develop and promote successful state-specific Healthy People 2010 plans.
MedlinePlus: Health Screening
Web site
Provides information about screening tests or exams done to find a condition before symptoms begin such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis.
MedlinePlus: Healthy Living
Web site
Contains a variety of wellness resources including latest news, overviews, screening, health check tools, nutrition, and related issues.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
Web site
Designed to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes through information, prevention campaigns and educational tools. NDEP is a federally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Physical Activity and Healthy Eating for Rural Young and Adult Women
Web site
Resources to encourage women living in rural areas to increase current levels of physical activity, healthy eating, and communication with their health care providers to set goals for behavioral changes.
Rural Health Research: Health promotion and disease prevention
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of health promotion and disease prevention, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
Rural Healthy People 2010: Volumes 1, 2, 3
Web site
Includes links to the publication including Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Volume 1 contains brief overviews of the top rural health priority areas as well as associated Models for Practice. Volume 2 contains in-depth literature reviews for each of the top rural health priority areas. Volume 3 contains overviews, literature reviews, and accompanying models for practice for new focus areas.
School Breakfast Program
Web site
Provides cash assistance to States to operate nonprofit breakfast programs in schools and residential childcare institutions.
Workplace Ergonomics Quick Reference Guide
Web site
Provides quick reference illustrations of proper workstation ergonomics. Ensuring proper ergonomics in the workplace is a smart business decision because it increases employee productivity and satisfaction.
Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Corporate Wellness Makes a Bottom-Line Difference: The Cost Benefit of Worksite Wellness
Sponsoring organization: Wellness Councils of America
Describes specific examples of the cost benefits of corporations which have worksite wellness programs.
Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Discusses the role of the built environment, including buildings, roads, parks, and other structures that physically define a community, in physical activity.
Date: 01 / 2005
Getting Cancer Screenings to Rural Patients
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Discusses the importance of early detection of breast and prostate cancers.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume Fall Issue 2008
Date: 11 / 2008
Healthy America: Wellness Where We Live, Work and Learn
Sponsoring organization: National Governor's Association
Highlights the simple yet specific behavioral and lifestyle changes necessary for sustainable long-term health and wellness for children, teenagers, adults and seniors.
Lessons Learned: Promoting Physical Activity at the Community Level
Author(s): Janet Heroux
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Examines 25 projects funded by RWJF to promote walking, biking and other activities and offers 12 lessons learned.
Date: 09 / 2005
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Rural America
Author(s): Joe Blankenau
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Reports that obesity is more prevalent for rural adults than urban adults. Provides examples that can be used to promote and enhance nutrition, health, wellness, and physical activity in rural communities. Concludes that health reform plans should address school nutrition programs.
Date: 01 / 2009
Rural Healthy People 2010: Educational and Community Based Programs in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Author(s): Larry Gamm, Graciela Castillo, Lisa Williams
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on educational and community-based programs.
Date: 01 / 2005
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 1
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, Betty J. Dabney, Alicia M. Dorsey, eds.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Brief overviews of the top rural health concerns and objectives associated with Healthy People 2010 focus areas, references to key literature about these concerns, and descriptions of models for practice that rural communities can draw upon to achieve key Healthy People 2010 objectives.
Date: 2003
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 2
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, Betty J. Dabney, Alicia M. Dorsey, eds.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Detailed literature reviews and associated references for the top rural health concerns addressed in Vol. 1 of Rural Healthy People 2010.
Date: 2003
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 3
Author(s): Larry D. Gamm, Linnae L. Hutchison, eds.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Addresses several rural health concerns and objectives not covered in Volumes 1 and 2 of Rural Healthy People 2010. Includes overviews, literature reviews, and accompanying models for practice for four rural health topics.
Date: 02 / 2005
Organizations
Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Provides tools and resources to support healthy schools.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
National organization
Works to influence policies and set priorities in public health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Federal government
Lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad. Work includes disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Wellness Councils of America (Welcoa)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Was founded in 1987 as a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting healthier life styles for all Americans, especially through health promotion initiatives at the worksite.
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