Oakwood University Aims to be the Healthiest Campus in America
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Posted By: Reginald Culpepper on April 17, 2015 Healthy Campus 2020 (HC2020) is Oakwood University's organized and focused plan to study, track, and enrich the health status of the Oakwood study body. "HC2020 represents the culmination of years of conversation and concern over how our educational activity is impacting the health choices of Oakwood students," said Prudence Pollard, Ph.D., MPH, RD, SPHR, principal investigator and study design author. Benjamin's observation caused me to contemplate how we could crystallize years of conversation into a specific, measurable, scientific study about student health practices and how we can impact those practices," President Pollard said. HC2020 is a longitudinal plan of 10 years. The first cohort will finish in four years, the average time it takes a student to complete their studies at Oakwood University. However, the University will continue to track information on the students after they leave the University, to see if the practices they learned were continued. Oakwood administrators plan to officially launch HC2020 this August, during its Colloquium session, to begin the 2-015-2016 school year. "It is important that our faculty and staff fully understand what is involved. "We can't teach it to the students unless we are modeling it, ourselves," Pollard said. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Reginald Culpepper
President, Fulfillment and Web Services, HBCUCONNECT Clark Atlanta University class of 1998 Member Since September 2000 |
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