1st Edition

Further Wellness Issues for Higher Education How to Promote Student Health During and After College

Edited By David S. Anderson Copyright 2017
    258 Pages
    by Routledge

    258 Pages
    by Routledge

    This essential resource addresses a range of student wellness issues confronting professionals in college and university settings. Building on Wellness Issues for Higher Education, this latest volume comprehensively covers key topics that not only contribute to students’ success in college, but also help students maintain wellness after graduation. Taking a holistic perspective of wellness, coverage includes numerous issues, including body image, time management, financial wellness, dependence and recovery issues, career planning, and civic engagement. It also addresses ways of organizing campus efforts on wellness. Each topical chapter includes proactive wellness advice and prepares the reader to better understand the facts, issues, controversies, misconceptions, and strategies for addressing the issue. This practical guide prepares higher education and student affairs professionals to understand the wellness and health issues contributing to their students’ overall well-being both during and after college.

    Chapter 1: Introduction: Wellness For the Future

    David S. Anderson

    SECTION I: EMOTIONAL WELLNESS

    Chapter 2: Body Image: Supporting Healthy Ideas and Behaviors for a Diverse Student Population

    Nicole Taylor and Mimi Nichter

    SECTION II: SOCIAL WELLNESS

    Chapter 3: Understanding Disability: The Psychological and Sociocultural Experience

    M. Dolores Cimini

    Chapter 4: Sexual Violence: Changing the Trajectory

    Karen S. Moses

    SECTION III: INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS

    Chapter 5: Time Management: Finding Balance To Do It "All"

    Michael McNeil

    Chapter 6: Financial Wellness: A Campuswide Responsibility

    Bryan Ashton

    SECTION IV: PHYSICAL WELLNESS

    Chapter 7: Disordered Eating: A Critical Need to Address on Campus

    Bridget Guernsey Riordan

    Chapter 8: Tobacco: Creating a Tobacco Free Campus

    Jan L. Gascoigne and Aaron Mauner

    Chapter 9: Substance Dependence and Recovery: Trading Stigma for Success

    Tom Hall and Beth DeRicco

    SECTION V: OCCUPATIONAL WELLNESS

    Chapter 10: Career Wellness: From Great Depression, through Great Recession, to Great Ascension

    Frances Lucas and R. Britton Katz

    Chapter 11: Civic Engagement: Connecting Social Responsibility, Well-being, and Academic Success

    Ashley Finley, Linda Major and Nancy Mitchell

    SECTION VI: CAMPUS APPLICATIONS

    Chapter 12: Organizing Wellness Issues: Walking Together to Build Bridges for Campuses Today and Communities Tomorrow

    Todd S. Rose

    Biography

    David S. Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, USA.

    A focus on a holistic approach to wellness and health issues for students has become one of the critical priorities facing higher education. This new book is an excellent resource for institutional leaders seeking a comprehensive approach to addressing the wide range of health and wellness issues on campus today. 

    Kevin Kruger, President, NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

    Dr. Anderson’s latest volume moves beyond the focus on retention and graduation alone, to the holistic success of our students in reaching their fullest potential throughout their lifespan. These chapters call out multiple campus stakeholders, as well as practitioners, to serve as partners and collaborators in setting the conditions for health, well-being, and our ultimate goal: student success. This volume also sets a high priority in moving ideas to impacts more quickly, a critical factor in today’s tight fiscal environments.  

    Jenny Haubenreiser, Executive Director, Student Health Services, Oregon State University