Health & Wellness

Comprehensive planning for the health and wellness program including the scope and limits of services provided, authority of the health care administrator, and the techniques necessary to analyze the effectiveness of the camp's procedures and systems.

American Camp Association Resources

• Child Health and Safety Issues
• Communicable Diseases and Infestations
• First Aid & Safety
• Health Care Staff Resources

• Health Forms & Records

• Medication Management

 Health Care Reform in the United States

While businesses, including camps, continue to learn how health care reform will impact them as employers and  providers of health care to children, youth and adults, it is important that the camp community stay abreast of health care reform details and the reform movement.  Below are links to important resources.

• HealthReform.gov: The official health care reform web site maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, passed December 24, 2009).
• The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Public Law 111-152, passed January 5, 2010).
• Senate approves amendment to repeal IRS Form 1099 reporting requirements 
• Health Care Reform Impact on Businesses - July 2010
• National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council: Created by the two public laws above, the Council is charged with identifying and prioritizing actions across many sectors to reduce the incidence and burden of the leading causes of death and disability.  July 2010 Preliminary Report.  Initiatives include:
  • Healthy People 2020 - which establishes national health objectives and serves as the basis for the development of state and community plans.
  • Let's Move - First Lady Michelle Obama's initiative which raises awareness about the problem of childhood obesity and how the nation can work together to solve it.
  • Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation - which aims to return the nation's childhood obesity rate to just 5 percent by 2030.
  • The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation 2010 - which expands and strengthens earlier efforts and outlines opportunities for prevention.
  • Communities Putting Prevention to Work - which includes grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that expands the use of evidence-based prevention strategies and programs, mobilizes resources at the community level, and strengthens public health action by the states.
  • Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety - which seeks to improve motor vehicle safety and includes the Presidential Executive Order prohibiting federal employees who are on official duty or using government equipment from text messaging while driving.
  • The Safe Routes to School Program - which works to make walking and bicycling to school a safe and appealing form of transportation.
  • President's Food Safety Working Group - which establishes a new, public health-focused approach to food safety.