Success Stories
Success Stories
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SCHA Working to Create a Culture of Worksite Health
Poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco are the major risk factors leading to early and preventable disease and contributing significantly to healthcare costs. These risk factors among employees result in higher absenteeism, lost productivity, and increased costs for employers. The simple truth is that unhealthy employees are less productive than their healthier peers. Hospital administrators understand the high cost of preventable illness and disease among the almost 80,000 South Carolinians who work in hospitals.
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School Gardens Grow Student Success
The Okatie garden produces a variety of vegetable throughout the year including: green beans, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, broccoli, greens, and potatoes. The school has special events to highlight what they are growing such as broccoli day, collards and corn bread day, eat a peach day, and a taste of the garden event.
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Complete Streets in Anderson, SC
Both the City and County of Anderson passed Complete Streets Resolutions that call for city and county staff to “plan for, design, construct, and operate all new transportation improvement projects to provide appropriate accommodation for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and persons of all abilities.”
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Healthy Carolina Lactation Support Program Highlighted by CDC’s “Stories from the Field”
The Healthy Carolina Lactation Support Program is highlighted by CDC’s newly released “Stories from the Field”, a compilation of successes and lessons learned from states creating policy and environmental changes to address obesity.
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Zest Quest – Healthy Eating from the Inside Out
Making the connection at an early age to the importance of a healthy lifestyle may prevent future health problems. The challenge for Zest Quest has been in increasing the skill level of children when they are not in school.
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Planting Seeds for Healthy Living
Eat Smart Move More South Carolina funded the implementation of school gardens in two Greenville County Elementary schools. A horticulturist from Clemson University and a statistician from the University of South Carolina were recruited to help monitor the progress of the project.
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The MUSC StairWELL Project: Employees Climbing to Higher Health Habits
Health 1st, MUSC’s Employee Wellness Program, is tasked with helping MUSC employees become more active at home and at work. Using a model from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the StairWELL Project was conceived to encourage employees to develop the habit of using stairs instead of elevators.
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Broccoli At WIC Class!
Region 6 received a grant for $4000 grant from the Eat Smart, Move More Coalition to do a project which focused on good nutrition and childhood obesity. The curriculum teaches families how to plan and eat more food at home, to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into meals, make healthier food choices when eating out and include more daily physical activity.
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Walking groups help Sumter’s African-Americans get active for better health
With a $5,000 grant from ESMMSC, Sumter County Active Lifestyles (SCAL) conducted a pilot project in predominately lower-income, African-American areas of Sumter and tested whether the availability and activity of neighborhood walking groups would get residents to walk more for exercise and better health.
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University of South Carolina Supports Breastfeeding Employees and Students with Lactation Support Program
With funding from Eat Smart Move More South Carolina, Healthy Carolina has been able to conduct surveys and focus groups with university employees and students in order to develop and implement a lactation support program.
