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Community-based wellness

Abstract

Formalized wellness efforts by community-based coalitions can provide support for policy, systems and environmental changes which support healthy lifestyles across a variety of community settings. The impact goes beyond the settings to the community as a whole, emphasizing the impact of such changes on health outcomes.

Author Details

Vicki L. Simpson, PhD, RN, CHES, School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Sigma Membership

Delta Omicron

Lead Author Affiliation

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Academic-Community Partnerships, Community Based Wellness, Health Promotion

Conference Name

29th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Melbourne, Australia

Conference Year

2018

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Community-coalition based wellness efforts: Evaluation of policy, systems, and environmental changes through an academic-community partnership

Melbourne, Australia

Formalized wellness efforts by community-based coalitions can provide support for policy, systems and environmental changes which support healthy lifestyles across a variety of community settings. The impact goes beyond the settings to the community as a whole, emphasizing the impact of such changes on health outcomes.