Georgia
Power
Internship
ELIZABETH NEMEC
Introduction
Who am I?
I am a soon-to-be Public Health graduate from
Georgia College
I did my internship at Georgia Power with Health
and Wellbeing Services
What did I do?
Helped coordinate health fairs and other events
Created handouts to provide at health fairs
Maintained an up-to-date list of wellbeing
champions
Created an organizational chart of the wellbeing
champions
Participated in many calls and meetings
Provide a nutritious breakfast to employees
What I did
My Team
My Project
Health Fair
Plant Wansley on March 18th
Why a Health Fair?
Provide screenings
Importance of health, nutrition, physical activity
Education
The Why
Fewer than 1 in 10 children and adults eat the recommended
daily amount of vegetables.
Only 4 in 10 children and fewer than 1 in 7 adults eat enough
fruit.
Poor nutrition contributes to many costly diseases, including
obesity, heart disease, and some cancers.
Regular health exams and tests can help find problems before
they start. They also can help find problems early, when your
chances for treatment and cure are better.
Your age, health and family history, lifestyle choices (i.e. what
you eat, how active you are, whether you smoke), and other
important factors impact what and how often you need
healthcare.
Health & Wellbeing Services Goal
Our goal:
Impact the health and
wellbeing of our employees
and their families. In doing
that, our employees can
thrive in their communities.
We believe that through
impacting employee health
and wellbeing, we can
impact the total population
health of our state.
Objectives
To educate employees on To leave the employees with To assess the effectiveness of
the importance of risk factors a better understanding of what they learned at the
around health and nutrition inflammation in the body health fair
and ways to prevent
inflammation
Finding vendors
Communicating
Planning with site Weekly
phone calls
coordinator
Research about
inflammation
Reaching out to vendors
Creating handouts and
Implementation
survey
Incentives
List of
Vendors
Materials
Made
Materials
Made
Materials
Made
Survey
Evaluation
Well prepared
Survey
Survey Continued
Lessons Learned
There is a lot of planning required
A team effort
Make meaningful connections
I am more comfortable reaching out to
people
Improved communication skills
I love company wellness and Georgia
Power!
QUIZ TIME!
What is the Health and Wellbeing
services tag line?
A. Hope, Truth, Love
B. Focus, Fuel, Move, Recover
C. Work Together for a Healthier World
D. Eat Right for Life
Answer is…
B. Focus, Fuel, Move, Recover!
What subject was focused on for the
health fair?
A. Sleep health
B. Immune system
C. Inflammation
D. Physical activity
Answer is…
C. Inflammation!
How many children and adults eat the
recommended daily amount of
vegetables?
A. Fewer than 1 in 10 children and adults
B. Fewer than 4 in 10 children and adults
C. Fewer than 3 in 10 children and adults
D. Fewer than 2 in 10 children and adults
Answer is…
A.Fewer than 1 in 10 children
and adults!
What events did I help plan?
A. Health Fair
B. Run for the Reason kick-off
C. Earth Day
D. All the above
Answer is…
D. All the above!
Did I love my internship at Georgia
Power?
A. No
B. It was alright
C. Sure
D. 100% loved it!!!!
Answer is…
D. 100% LOVED it!!!!
Thank you!
Resources
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/georgia/georgia.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/about-nutrition/why-it-matters.html
https://nccd.cdc.gov/dnpao_dtm/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=DNPAO_DTM.E
xploreByLocation&rdRequestForwarding=Form
https://www.cdc.gov/family/checkup/index.htm
https://www.assethealth.com/scorewards
