Helping NEA Members Manage Arthritis

2010 NEA-Retired Annual Meeting

Jerry Newberry and Nora Howley NEA Health Information Network

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Our Mission

To improve the health and safety of the school community by developing and disseminating information and programs that educate and empower school professionals and positively impact the lives of students

How we achieve our mission• Training at conferences• Organizing for change• Creating publications that answer

questions• Providing online courses• Responding to members

Who are the NEA members?• 3.2 million education members• 75% female• 2,000,000 classroom teachers• 500,000 Education Support Professionals

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Program• 250 kits• 50 free• 200 at a discount• 2 web surveys

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Questions • Will members request the kit?• Who orders the kit?• Will this create additional demand?• What happens when the discounts are

expired?• Will members use the kit?

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Questions• How is the kit used?• What else would be useful?• What other arthritis management activities

are they doing?• What is their overall rating?

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Timeline • Program announced: week of September 27• First orders received• Marketing push in October• Follow-up is at five and ten weeks from

receiving kit (this may be tweaked)• Report by February 15, 2011• Additional report after that

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Questions?Nora Howleynhowley@nea.org202-822-7570

NEA Health Information Network1201 16th St., NW Suite 216 Washington, DC 20036www.neahin.org

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