Health Education Association of Utah http://heau.org Health Education Association of Utah | P.O. Box 2337 | Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Election Results http://heau.org/archives/178 http://heau.org/archives/178#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:05:58 +0000 admin http://heau.org/?p=178 The annaul HEAU election results are in. The board is please to announce the following new board members for the 2010-2011 year.

President Elect: Patty Cross
Board Member: Eleanor Diver-Shields
Secretary: Rebecca Holgreen
Student Board Member: Hailey Nielson

Contratulations to each of them. The board is thrilled that they will be joining us to help in the management of HEAU.

]]> http://heau.org/archives/178/feed 0 Spring Conference 2010 http://heau.org/archives/150 http://heau.org/archives/150#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:21:46 +0000 heauorg http://heau.org/?p=150 First, thank you to all who attended the Fall Conference! We had a great turn out and a very successful conference. The keynote discussed the current health care reform and brought it to an understandable level. The breakouts were beneficial to both students and professionals. We appreciate your feedback from the evaluations.

Now it is time to mark your calendars for our Spring Conference.

Date: Thursday, March 4th
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W 3100 S, West Valley City, UT

We have two great keynote speakers planned who will present on Media Messaging and Stress Management for Health Educators. Some of the breakout sessions include the following:

  • Graduate school representatives from Utah Universities
  • De-stress at your desk: Taking yoga from the mat to the cubicle
  • Generational differences in the workplace
  • Employment roundtable
  • STDs in Utah
  • School Health
  • Finding Reliable Health Data by the Eccles Health Sciences Library
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President - Jessica Strong

President - Jessica Strong

As we welcome in a new decade, it is a great time to be in the health education profession as it is growing stronger all the time. There are great things happening nationally, from health care reform to new Healthy People 2020 goals. Within HEAU, the organization is growing and changing as well. Be sure to read about our new member enhancements in this newsletter.

While our country is still struggling to come out of the recession, many of our budgets are feeling the pinch. Several organizations have cut services and programming. Though we can’t always control the budgets that fund our programs, there are things we can do to maximize their effectiveness. This, in turn, will increase the likelihood that our evidence-based program will continue to receive needed funding. One thing we can do to improve the efficacy of our programs is to base them on theory.

Remember that class you took back in college where you learned about the Health Belief Model and Stages of Change? Those, and other theories, provide a scientifically measured base for behavior change. They help to explain human behavior and how to change it. Theory reminds us that human behavior is influenced by many factors.

Effective programming provides a multi-faceted approach to address those factors. Using the constructs of theory as a program base will increase the likelihood of program success. Program success will increase the odds of future funding and our ultimate goal, improving the health of our clients.

Jessica Strong
HEAU President

]]> http://heau.org/archives/115/feed 0 HEAU Mission http://heau.org/archives/112 http://heau.org/archives/112#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:35:49 +0000 heauorg http://heau.org/?p=112 HEAU Mission

The mission of the Association is to improve the health of Utahns by promoting the advancement of the health education profession and the employment of health educators in the public and private sector.

Current Goals

  • Increase HEAU membership among professionals and students
  • Maintain electronic media to disseminate health-related activities, information, and opportunities to all members
  • Strengthen membership involvement in HEAU workshops, conferences, and activities
  • Promote HEAU members’ awareness and involvement of current health-related legislative issues
  • Implement a fundraising committee to enlarge financial situation and benefit from non-profit status
  • Support and grow the mentor/mentee program
  • Boost HEAU’s presence in the community through more community outreach activities
  • Build and maintain a historical account of HEAU
  • Create more opportunities for members to receive CHES credits
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