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It's Time to Move!The 'Spring into Summer' initiative provides Iowans with FREE access to the 6 week (online) Walk with Ease (WWE) program. Registration is only open from March 7th to March 21st. Learn more HERE (and below).
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What is Wellness Works?
Wellness Works is an outreach program coordinated by the Physical Activity and Health Promotion Lab in the Department of Kinesiology at Iowa State University. Programming is led by students working through internships, independent studies, and class-based service learning programming through an upper division Kinesiology course (HS 380 - Worksite Health Promotion). Click here to learn more about our team and our approach.
What is Walk with Ease?
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The Walk with Ease program was developed by the Arthritis Foundation to help reduce symptoms of arthritis but it is broadly recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a lifestyle management program. The ISU PAHP Lab has been leading local and state programming for Walk with Ease in collaboration with the campus U-TuRN network and the Iowa Community HUB to support older adults (Click here to learn more)
The Wellness Works team has adapted the WWE program for ALL adults. The customized version for 'Spring into Summer' focuses on 'habit formation' to help you adopt and sustain a more active lifestyle. Additional information is available by selecting 'About Walk with Ease' from the menu. |
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Why Only in the Spring?The Spring into Summer version of WWE is designed as an annual event and is available statewide - but only for a 2 week window. The annual cycle. is designed to provide a more social, focused and collaborative way for Iowans' to be active together!
The programming is linked to the Iowa 'Move Your Way' campaign in partnership with Healthy Iowans, the Healthiest State Initiative, the Iowa Community HUB, and the Iowa Arthritis Foundation. The overall campaign is led by a community outreach group called Community Connections for Public Health in collaboration with our state partners. Learn more about the overall initiative HERE
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How do I Promote it in My County or Worksite?
The Wellness Works Team has developed a flexible implementation model to enable the Walk with Ease intervention to be customized to promote group registrations. County-specific flyers are created to make it easier for individuals and worksites to sign up. We are tracking data BY COUNTY so be sure to register as part of your county of residence so that you can be linked to your county or worksite groups. Additional details are on the Worksite Info and Community Info tabs
