The document discusses Alyssa Tebault's interest in becoming a health and wellness coordinator. It provides an overview of the job description, typical work settings, brief history of wellness, education and experience requirements, positive job growth prospects, average salary, and ideal characteristics for the role. The conclusion restates Alyssa's suitability based on her interests, degree, and experience designing intervention strategies in class.

1. Research on Career
Alyssa Tebault

2. Introduction
I really want to go into the Health Promotion and
Education field as a Health and Wellness Coordinator.
Ultimately, I want to work on a college campus or for a
corporation helping to design and implement health
promotion programs.

3. Health/Wellness Coordinator Job
Description
 Design programs that help people live healthier
lifestyles
 Provide guidance on diet and exercise by developing
diet and health plans for clients
 Provide counseling information to help improve mental
health
 Promote healthy work and living environments

4. Where do Health/Wellness
Coordinators work
 Gyms
 Large
businesses/corporations
 Hospitals/Clinics
 Universities

5. History of Wellness (Ancient
History)
 Can date back as far as
3000-1500 BC
 During the ancient times
there was a holistic
perspective to wellness
 This was when things like
yoga and meditation were
born
 Ancient Greeks and Ancient
Romans were the first to
focus on preventing disease
rather than just treating it

6. History of Wellness (19th
Century)
 Focus on self-healing and
holistic approaches as well
as preventative care
 Homeopathy, osteopathy,
chiropractic and naturopathy
were founded
 Belief that a healthy body is
a product of a healthy mind
and spirit

7. Modern History of “Wellness”
(20th century)
 In 1910 The Carnegie Foundation’s Flexner
Report critiqued North Americas medical
system for lack of standards and scientific
rigor ultimately setting the stage for our
modern evidence-based medicine
 1950s the word wellness became about
 1970s Dr. John Travis, Don Ardell, Dr. Bill
Hettler and others formed the first wellness
center and established the National Wellness
Institute and National Wellness Conference
 1980-2000s more government sponsored
programs to promote healthier lifestyles
formed
 Publications started to be presented with
more scientific based research and many
health fads were demolished.
 Corporations also began to develop
workplace wellness programs

8. History continued (21st
century)
 Fitness, diet, healthy living and
wellbeing begin to become
more popular
 More than half of global
employers are using health
promotion strategies
 Obesity and chronic disease
are becoming more familiar so
the government is trying to
focus more on prevention and
wellness to help cut cost of
health care
 The global wellness industry is
now a $3.4 trillion market

9. Education Requirements
 Bachelor’s Degree typically in nursing, occupational
health, exercise science, nutrition, public health or
other related fields
 Specific employers may have different requirements
and certifications needed such as CPR and AED
training

10. Job Growth
 Positive growth since 2004 due to the increase in obesity and chronic disease
 Demand for Fitness and Wellness Coordinators is expected to go up, with an
expected 10,800 new jobs filled by 2018
 This represents an annual increase of 4.80 percent over the next few years.

11. Salary
 The average salary for a health/wellness coordinator is
$44,680
 Salaries range between $31,508-$66,695 and vary
dependent on education and experience

12. Characteristics of Health and
Wellness Coordinators
 Good Communication skills
 Persuasive
 Good listener
 Knowledgeable about nutrition and health education
 Patient
 Adaptable

13. Conclusion
In conclusion I think I would be a good health coordinator
because based on my O*net interest results (Social &
Enterprising being my highest). I am interested in helping
people, giving advice, teaching, persuading and leading
people. I can use all of these skills as a health and
wellness coordinator. I also think with my degree and
education I will have plenty of experience under my belt.
In many of my classes we have to come up with
intervention strategies for certain groups of people which
is ultimately what I would be doing as a health and
wellness coordinator.

14. Sources
 http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Health%2FWellness_
Coordinator/Salary
 http://www.globalwellnessinstitute.org/history-of-wellness/
 http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Wellness_Coordinator/
Salary
 https://www.recruiter.com/careers/fitness-and-wellness-
coordinators/outlook/
 https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-kohll/10-essential-
characteristics-of-a-wellness-coordinator_b_8526022.html