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Program Overview Colleges & Universities. Whole-Person Assessment & Life-Balance Program. A Wellness Solution for Students, Faculty or Staff. Cultivating Self-Responsibility. Opening a Doorway to Our Personal Wellness Journey.
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Helping Students Achieve A Higher Level of Vitality, Health & Wellbeing
What is Wellness? An Exploration…
A Wellness Tour Through History “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease, than to know what sort of disease a person has.” Hippocrates – (460-380 BC)
A Wellness Tour Through History “You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it.” - Rumi (13th Century)
A Wellness Tour Through History “Health is not only to be well, but to use well every power we have.” Florence Nightingale Pioneer - Nursing & Public Health
A Wellness Tour Through History “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” World Health Organization From Preamble to the WHO Constitution, 1948
High-Level Wellness “High-level wellness is an integrated method of functioning ….. oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable, within the environment where he is functioning.” Halbert Dunn, MD, PhD, FAPHA Chief, National Office of Vital Statistics U.S. Public Health Service (1935-1960)
John W. Travis, MD, MPH A Founder of the Modern Wellness Movement • Inspired by work of Dr. Halbert Dunn & Dr. Abraham Maslow • Protégé of Lewis Robbins, MD, MPH, creator of HRA, while completing residency at Johns Hopkins and working as an officer in the US Public Health Service in early 1970s. • Dedicated his life to teaching people to be well • Created first wellness center in US in 1975 in Mill Valley, CA • Created Wellness Inventory – The original wellness assessment • Author of Wellness Workbook (1981, 1998, 2004) • Pioneer in working with helping professional’s burnout using his wellness model • “Full-Spectrum Wellness”
Wellness Workbook Dr. Travis is author of the classic Wellness Workbook, which provides an in-depth overview of wellness and a full chapter on each of the 12 dimensions of wellness. First published in 1981. Latest edition, June 2004. Although written for consumers, the Wellness Workbook has been used in graduate programs in nursing and public health, undergraduate health and wellness classes for over 20 years.
3 Key Wellness Concepts John W. Travis, MD, MPH
The Illness-Wellness Continuum Key Concept #1: Wellness is a process, never a static state. This model shows the relationship of the Wellness and Treatment Paradigms. Moving from the center to the left shows a progressively worsening state of health. Moving to the right of center indicates increasing levels of health and well-being. The Treatment Paradigm can only take you to the neutral point, where the symptoms of disease have been alleviated. The Wellness Paradigm, utilized at any point on the continuum, moves one towards ever higher levels of wellbeing.
The Illness-Wellness Continuum Think of the continuum as a pathway. People can be headed in either direction. A person who is generally physically healthy, but who is always worrying about their health and complaining, may be to the right of the neutral point, but may be facing towards the left, in the direction of premature death. A person who is physically or mentally challenged may have a positive outlook and be cultivating love instead of fear, and consequently may be facing to the right, in the direction of high-level wellness.
The Iceberg Model of Health Key Concept #2: Illness and Health are only the tip of an iceberg. To understand their causes you must look below the surface.
The Wellness Energy System Key Concept #3: We are energy transformers. All our life processes, including health and illness depend on how we manage energy. Putting together a person’s energy inputs and outputs we have the complete wellness energy system. These 12 life processes are the basis of the Wellness Inventory.
What is Wellness? John W. Travis, MD, MPH Wellness is a choice…. a decision you make to move toward optimal health. Wellness is a way of life…. a lifestyle you design to achieve your highest potential for well-being. Wellness is a process….a developing awareness that there is no end point but that health and happiness are possible in each moment, here and now. Wellness is the integration of the body, mind, and spirit….the appreciation that everything you do, and think, and feel, and believe has an impact on your state of health. Wellness is the loving acceptance of yourself.
Preventing Disease or Creating Wellness? “Prevention, or preventing disease, is an outdated concept. The new concept is creating wellness.” Senator Barbara Mikulski Hearing on Integrative Medicine Senate HELP Committee(2.26.09)
Cultivating Self-Responsibility “The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself.” John Knowles, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation
A Central OrganizingPrinciple for Supporting Student & Staff Wellness
“The Wellness Inventory is a foundational wellness tool.” Stanford Research Institute Spas and the Global Wellness Market
What is the Wellness Inventory? • Online, whole person assessment and life-balance program • Designed to help us gain personal insight into our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. • Offers guidance and tools to transform this new awareness into sustainable changes in our lives, and a renewed sense of health and wellbeing.
How Can the Wellness Inventory Program Benefit Your Students & Staff? • Assess individuals in 12 key areas of wellness and lifestyle. • Determine their motivation to change in each area. • Support individuals in increasing their personal responsibility for their health and wellbeing. • Create personalized wellness plans using a small steps approach. • Provide resources & tools to help support them on their wellness journey. • Track their wellness progress in meeting their goals. • Bring more balance into their lives and support optimal living. • Support a higher level of health and wellbeing.
Where is the Program Being Used? • University of Arizona – Program for Integrative Medicine –Residents, Fellows, Faculty • University of North Carolina Asheville: Curriculum • RMIT University (Australia): Curriculum - Masters of Wellness • Grand Valley State University: Research – Pilot study inStudent wellness • Central Queensland University: (Aust) Research - Implementing pilot study with 600 nurses & staff of independent living centers. • Trent University (Canada) • California Institute for Integral Studies: Curriculum
Wellness Inventory profiled in special issue of Military Medicine “Total Force Fitness for the 21st Century: A New Paradigm.” (Aug. 2010) Chosen as an “exemplar” in the Survey of Multidimensional Health and Fitness Indexes.
Personal Assessment Student assesses themselves in 12 dimensions of wellness.
There are 10 statements for each dimension - 120 statements total. Each statement describes a wellness action, skill, belief, attitude or awareness.The assessment generally takes 30-45 minutes to complete. If an student is unable to complete the assessment at one sitting, they can save their results and login at a later time to complete it. The Assessment
The Wellness Inventory is both an educational tool and an assessment.
Focusing on the areas your employee is most motivated to change.
Small steps for continuous improvement – leads to sustainable lifestyle change.
Creating a Personal Wellness Plan • After completing the assessment and viewing their scores, students can choose to continue to create a Personal Wellness Action Plan or log off and return to create their plan in a later session. • The Personal Wellness Plan enables a student to create 1-5 simple action steps by following some basic guidelines. • A wellness coach can be very beneficial in creating a realistic wellness action steps based upon the specific areas of wellness the student is most motivated to Change (as revealed by their assessment results). • If the student chooses to log off and create their plan later, they will log in to “My Wellness Homepage” where they can create their Personal Wellness Plan (highlighted on next slide), and access other wellness tools including My Wellness Journal, the Self-Study Center and the 12 Wellness Resource Centers.
