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National Partnerships: The National Education Association

The National Education Association's Health Information Network aims to improve the health and safety of the school community by providing information and programs to school professionals. This initiative focuses on distributing Arthritis Self-Management Kits to NEA members and evaluating their usage and impact.

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National Partnerships: The National Education Association

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  1. National Partnerships: The National Education Association CDC Arthritis Grantees Meeting Nora L. Howley NEA Health Information Network

  2. Who are NEA members? • They are 3.2 million school employees • They are teachers, bus drivers, clerical staff, food service workers, paraeducators, skilled trades, IT, custodians, school health staff, higher education faculty, retirees, and students • They work in 50 states and overseas • They are in the majority of the nation’s school districts

  3. The Health Information Network Our mission is to improve the health and safety of the school community by developing and disseminating information and programs that educate and empower school professionals and positively impact the lives of students

  4. How we achieve our mission • Training at conferences • Organizing for change • Creating publications that answer questions • Providing online courses • Responding to members

  5. Some more about NEA members • The majority are female • They are aging • Many are dealing with weight related health problems • They are under a lot of stress • When we talk to them they all seem to be affected by arthritis or know someone who is • In informal discussions they seem fatalistic about their health

  6. The premise • NEA members are agood target audience for the Arthritis Self-Management Kit • They don’t know about it • They don’t know how to get it • If we make it available they will take it (this is a variation on “build it and they will come.”

  7. The Program • 250 kits • 50 free • 200 at a discount • 2 web surveys

  8. Questions • Will members request the kit? • Who orders the kit? • Will this create additional demand? • What happens when the discounts are expired? • Will members use the kit?

  9. Questions • How is the kit used? • What else would be useful? • What other arthritis management activities are they doing? • What is their overall rating?

  10. The challenges • Delayed start due to challenges in getting kits • We ran an ad, then had no kits • Social media may not be where these people are • Interest has been slow • Does this mean that there is no interest? NO!

  11. What has worked • As of July 5, NEA HIN has distributed 49 free kits • Targeted and personal outreach leads to kit requests • Recipients are responding to survey-sort of • First survey went to 35 people and 20 responded (83%) • Second survey went to 18 people and 6 responded (30%)

  12. Components used (N=20) • All 10% • Exercise CD 40% • Time for Healing CD 35% • Arthritis Helpbook 70% • Let’s Exercise 40% • None 5% • Other 20%

  13. Shared? (N=20) • No one 35% • Family 50% • Friends 20% • Colleagues 0% • I shared… • The exercise CD • The book • The information

  14. Anything else you would find useful? (N=20) • No 30% • Yes 70% • I would like…. • Video of the exercises • Updated medical information • More advanced exercises • Tai Chi video • Financial help resources (dealing with insurance etc.)

  15. What else have you done? (N=20) • “Regular exercise, cherry juice and OTC analgesics” • “NSAID and yoga” • “Exercise and Tylenol…Celebrex makes my hands swell” • “Tai Chi and I have integrated the sleep recommendations

  16. What else have you done? • “…took the self test and have written long term goals to address pain management…consulted with my health care provider and replaced my NSAID with Acetaminophen on an experimental basis…have begun using the exercise CD ..and have been walking 4 times per week for half an hour…more aware of my posture…reduced my caffeine consumption…”

  17. And there is more • “Exercise” • “Anti-inflammatory and PT” • “Yoga and chiropractic” • “Orthopedics” • “Dr. Weil’s anti-inflammatory diet recommended by my doctor” • “Glucosamine”

  18. What’s next? • We still have lots of kits to distribute and follow-up on • More targeted recruitment • “Tell a friend” for an extra chance in the drawing? • Back to school message • Your thoughts

  19. Questions? Nora Howley nhowley@nea.org 202-822-7570 NEA Health Information Network 1201 16th St., NW Suite 216 Washington, DC 20036 www.neahin.org

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