Summary
Health and personal finance initiatives are planned, developed, and evaluated on separate tracks with little attempt to integrate overlapping topics (e.g., the financial cost of obesity to both individuals and society). FCS professionals can use the following SSHW resources to help their target groups think holistically about health-wealth relationships: SSH W Workbook This 132-page workbook (O'Neill & Ensle, 2006) describes each of the 25 behavior change strategies to improve health and personal finances.
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Integrating Health and Financial Education
"Health literacy and financial literacy initiatives are proceeding on parallel tracks; they each have a separate literature, advocacy, and agenda. With few exceptions, health care educators do not talk about finances and financial educators...
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