STAR Pilot Program
Welcome to the STAR Pilot Program! The State Health Plan is happy you have chosen to Get Healthy & Stay Healthy through wellness and prevention.
Setting health goals and making lifestyle changes is one of the most rewarding and challenging things you can do for yourself. We at the State Health Plan recognize and applaud you for your personal commitment to your health.
Your commitment to your wellness is important to us – congratulations and best of luck reaching your goals!
The “Staff Together Achieving Results” – or STAR initiative – is a unique collaboration of six education and health partners from the public and private sectors, working to support North Carolina public schools. STAR focuses on strengthening the health of public school personnel and supporting a healthy school environment for teachers, staff and students.
STAR focuses on increasing the percentage of school staff practicing healthy lifestyle behaviors in four key areas: tobacco cessation, physical activity, nutrition and stress management. Baseline health screenings will establish statistics for the voluntary participants in order to evaluate the pilot program after one year. To encourage healthy behaviors such as improved nutrition, increased physical activity and reduced tobacco use, STAR will test a variety of incentives to determine their impact on participation.
The STAR initiative builds on existing North Carolina public school health programs, including a joint program with the Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Division of Public Health. The North Carolina Healthy Schools Initiative focuses on improving the health of students and school staff in eight component areas, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) model. Health promotion for teachers and school staff is one of the eight components.
STAR Materials
