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
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
• 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
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
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
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
Healthy Libraries, Healthy Communities
Tina Winstead, HLHC Project CoordinatorDirector, Huntington Public Library
Nora Hardy, HLHC Project ManagerAssistant DirectorSouth Central Regional Library Council
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.