Wellbeing at Monash Top End 10,000 Steps Walktober Challenge 2007

• Launch
• 10,000 steps challenge
• Collection of pedometers
• Step 3: Wellbeing at Monash Online (Login after the 21st September 2007)
• Step 4: Know Your Numbers (KYN)

Launch - Friday, 21 September

On Friday, 21 September, the Vice Chancellor and a mystery guest officially launched the Wellbeing at Monash Top End 10,000 Steps Walktober Challenge 2007 at the Peninsula Campus.  The program was also launched via a host of activities at other Monash campuses. 

The launch also served as an introduction for all Victorian staff, to the University’s new Wellbeing at Monash Online website – a comprehensive health resource centre of specialist information areas, interactive tools, and information regarding wellbeing activities and events at Monash. 

10,000 Steps Challenge 2007

The Monash Top End 10,000 Steps Walktober Challenge 2007 will start on Monday, 22nd October 2007, as a virtual walk from Cape York Peninsula to Katherine Gorge National Park finishing on approximately Sunday, 2nd December 2007.  Participants will be encouraged to join teams of 8 (led by a team captain) which can consist of Monash staff, their family or friends, or students.

As a guide, to achieve 10,000 steps in a day, participants will need to couple their usual daily activities together with a 30 minute daily walk. The number of steps walked per day can be counted using pedometers which will be included as part of each participant's challenge kit/envelope.

Team progress will be monitored by the challenge co-ordinator and team captains, who will also be responsible for encouraging their team members to reach their daily goals.  To assist, weekly progress postcards will be sent to all team captains via email.  In addition, to boost enthusiasm, there will be prizes for campuses, teams and individuals.

Inquiries can be made to OHSE on 9905 1016

Collection of pedometers

Replacement pedometers can be collected from:

• At Bendigo: from Lisa Lavey, Research Office, Phone 5440 9082
• At Berwick:  from Katherine Lock. Academic Director’s Office, Phone 9904 7003
• At Caulfield:  Monash Sport Fitness Centre Caulfield, Phone  9903 2358
• At Clayton:  Monash Sport Fitness Centre Clayton, Phone 9905 4103
• At Gippsland: from Vonnie Marion, Campus Nurse, Phone 5122 6425
• At MMS, Alfred Hospital: from Paul Dover, Central & Eastern Clinical School, Phone 9903 0660
• At Parkville:  From Kate Davies, Faculty of Pharmacy, Phone 9903 9593
• At Peninsula : Monash Sport Fitness Centre Peninsula, Phone  9904 4496 

Wellbeing at Monash Online

Wellbeing at Monash online is a confidential health and wellbeing website designed specifically for Australia based Monash staff.  The website includes a comprehensive health resource centre and a number of specialist information areas, interactive tools, and information regarding wellbeing activities and events at Monash.  Log on to the site by going to monash.healthlogix.com.au using your authcate username and password and click on the ‘Profile Yourself’ button and complete your online profile.  Also click on the ‘Wellness Tracker’ to add your Know your numbers results (see below) and track your own health indicators.

Know Your Numbers (KYN)

Participants are also being encouraged to get to ‘Know your numbers (KYN)’. The KYN program promotes awareness of some of your body's vital statistics. Once team members have received their challenge kits, participants are encouraged to have their blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) i.e. weight/height checked and to enter them into their health profile at the health logix website.