Christy R. Jones, B.S., CWC
Christy earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida in Health Science Education with a focus on Health Promotion and Wellness. She is a certified Health & Wellness Coach through WellCoaches and has a passion for empowering and educating individuals to embrace a healthy lifestyle.
Christy has over 10 years experience in the Health and Wellness industry. She taught 1st grade, physical education, and high school girl’s health for 4 years in Jacksonville, FL. During this time she developed the premiere physical education program used by the school.
She continues to educate herself through continuing education courses and through her love for reading self-improvement and health/fitness books. In addition, she is currently pursuing her Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) certification through the American College of Sports Medicine.
About Bachelor of Science in Health Science Education
Because of scientific advances occurring during this century, morbidity and mortality caused by contagious and infectious diseases have declined markedly. Unfortunately, these diseases have been replaced by chronic and degenerative disorders resulting from improper diet, lack of exercise, substance abuse, stress, unintentional injuries, pollution and an expanding array of lifestyle and health behavior problems. With appropriate health education interventions, many of these problems can be prevented or controlled. A health educator (going forward as HE) as a foundation in the social and biological sciences and focuses on health information. HE’s learn techniques to promote healthy lifestyle choices in individual and group settings.
Health educator’s can:
- Assess individual and community health education needs;
- Develop, plan and implement effective health education programs;
- Evaluating health education program effectiveness;
- Coordinate the provision of health education services;
- Act as a resource person in health education; and
- Communicate health/health education needs, concerns and resources.
HE’s with an interest in community and public health education complete coursework focused on illness and disease prevention among special target groups within a particular community, with the ultimate goal of providing practical health information to diverse population groups through the use of theory-driven educational methods.
HE’s with an interest in health promotion complete coursework that prepares for careers in employee-assistance programs and corporate or hospital-based wellness centers. Many companies utilizing large employee populations have noticed a significant decrease in absenteeism and an increase in work productivity for those employees actively participating in an employee wellness program. In addition, insurance rates tend to be lower for those employees thus providing an incentive for employers to offer such programs. Employee wellness programs can include sessions for smoking cessation, nutritional guidelines, stress relief, injury prevention, and might include running an on-site gym.
Education
Christy attended the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and received a Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness Promotion. She is a certified Wellness Coach endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM.org). Christy continues to educate herself through community education courses and self-improvement courses and has a passion for empowering and educating individuals.