About Healthy Gators 2010
Healthy Gators 2010 is a coalition of students, faculty and staff from over 40 University of Florida departments and organizations working together to create a healthier campus. UF First Lady Chris Machen is the chair of Healthy Gators 2010 whose mission is to promote a campus environment supportive of the development and maintenance of a healthy body, mind and spirit for all members of the University of Florida community.
Healthy Gators 2010 accomplishes its mission by:
- Assessing the health status and needs of the campus community
- Developing and supporting health policies on campus
- Making recommendations about campus health priorities
- Raising awareness and accessibility of health services
Healthy Gators 2010 is a part of the Healthy People 2010 and the Healthy Campus 2010 initiatives. Healthy People 2010 is a set of national health objectives designed to promote health and prevent disease. The federal government creates these health objectives every ten years by working with an alliance of more than 350 national organizations and 250 state health, mental health, substance abuse, and environmental agencies. Healthy Campus 2010 focuses on the Healthy People 2010 objectives that are relevant to college campuses.
Over the course of the multi-year project, the coalition will review and analyze health behavior data from the Alachua County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey and the National College Health Assessment, and subsequently will design, implement and evaluate policies and interventions to make the University of Florida a healthier place to live, study and work.
