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TINA WINSTEAD NORA HARDY SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL NN/LM MID ATLANTIC REGION NYLA-SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Healthy Libraries Healthy Communities
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TINA WINSTEAD

NORA HARDY

S O U T H C E N T R A L R E G I O N A L L I B R A R Y C O U N C I L

N N / L M M I D AT L A N T I C R E G I O N

N Y L A - S E P T E M B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3

Healthy LibrariesHealthy Communities

South Central Regional Library CouncilSCRLC

10,000 square miles

14 counties

500 libraries

WHY DO A WELLNESS PROGRAM?

Library Workers’ Issues

Sitting for long hours

Repetitive keyboarding

Bending while shelving heavy books

Stress from loss of funding and fewer staff

Stress from taking on more responsibilities

Environmental concerns

GOALS

To increase healthy behaviors.

To increase wellness knowledge.

• K I C K O F F E V E N T

• W E L L N ES S W E B I N A RS

• AC T I V E F O R L I F E

• O N L I N E B O O K D I S C U S S I O N

• F I N A L E V E N T

METHODS-PROGRAMS

• W E L L N ES S L I B G U I D E

• S C R L C W E B S I T E

• L I ST S E RV E M A I L S

• D E D I C AT E D WO R D P R ES S S I T E

• D O N AT E D P R I Z ES

• M O D E L I N G T H E P RO G R A M F O R

F U T U R E U S E .

METHODS-TOOLS

PARTICIPANTS

INFORMATION NEEDS

Number of responses

KICK OFF EVENT

Dr. Brian Wansink author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think We Do.

Books were provided to participants

Resources from NLM were displayed

51 Participants

3 regional locations

ACTIVE FOR LIFE WEBINAR

NNLM HEALTH RESOURCES WEBINAR

NLM Consumer Health Resources

NN/LM MAR Your Regional Medical Library

NLM Materials for Public Libraries

Discussion/Questions

Lydia Collins, NN/LM MAR

STRESS MANAGEMENT WEBINAR

• Soft Belly Breathing

• Overview of Mind Body

Medicine

• Stress & how it effects us.

• What can you do?

• Guided Imagery

• Self Care Promise

Marisa Iacobucci, MLS, MBM

HEALTHY MOVEMENT AT WORK WEBINAR

Tai chi

Yoga

Pilates

Relaxation for the head and

neck

Reducing strain in the hands

and wrist

Foot and ankle release

Joanne Gard Marshall, PhD, MLS

UNC-Chapel Hill

RECIPE FOR A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP WEBINAR

Goodnight Mind: turn off your noisy thoughts and get to sleep

Description of sleep system

Why good sleep means good health

Colleen Carney, PhDDirector of Sleep and Depression LabRyerson University

Lara Jennifer KaltmanNutrition Team CoordinatorCornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

Brittany Yasemin JarrettPhD/RD Program

Division Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

A HEALTHY WEIGHT FOR LIFE WEBINAR

ACTIVE FOR LIFE

Human-Animal Bond and Your Health

Dr. Sandra Barker

Friday, October 18, 1:00

Service Dogs

Prizes:

Pedicures

Books

Gift cards

THE WINNER’S CIRCLE

WELLNESS LIBGUIDEhttp://scrlc.libguides.com/Wellness

OUTREACH TOOLS

Blog

Listserv

Website

Healthy Libraries, Healthy Communities

Tina Winstead, HLHC Project CoordinatorDirector, Huntington Public Library

[email protected]

Nora Hardy, HLHC Project ManagerAssistant DirectorSouth Central Regional Library Council

[email protected]

This project has been funded in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.


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