Building a Healthier Future: The Role of Student Service on World Health Day

走遍世界，祝福你的健康!” is a popular toast because it wishes those you are with good health and happiness. As illness and sickness affect everyone, good health should never be taken for granted. 这就是为什么要设立世界卫生日, 每年的4月7日, continues to be an important celebration and informative event around the world. 

First instituted by the 世卫组织， World Health Day aims to raise awareness about health issues and promote health initiatives for the betterment of global communities. 对于未来的医疗保健专业人员，例如 nursing and healthcare students, World Health Day is an opportunity to put the lessons learned in the classroom into actionable practice. 

世界卫生日的重要性 

From 打破心理健康迷思 对抗传染病和 强调人人享有卫生保健的重要性, World Health Day brings attention to issues that impact the world. As a global event, it broadcasts accurate information and actionable tasks to policymakers, healthcare professionals, educators, 以及世界各地的社区:

• Raising Awareness. By shining a light on critical health issues that impact communities globally, 世界卫生日提供信息, data, and perspectives about health issues that encourage understanding, empathy, 在全球范围内解决问题.
• Inspiring Action. Each year, 世界卫生日激励各行业, businesses, organizations, students, and communities to work together to advance health-focused policies and initiatives. Working together on a worldwide scale sees a real impact that promotes better health and quality of life for all. 
• Educating and Empowering. 当软件下载知道得越多，软件下载就会做得越好. World Health Day invites people to take control of their health through informed decision-making, preventive check-ups, 以及与医疗保健专业人士和专家的接触.

如何参与世界卫生日

作为有抱负的医疗保健和护理专业人士, students have an integral role to play in sharing the message and goals behind World Health Day. Through advocacy, community engagement, research, 专业发展, students can help further the goals of WHD while helping their own communities to better understand health issues impacting friends, neighbors, and patients. 

Here are some ways you and others can promote and participate in World Health Day:

• Be an Advocate for Change: If you are passionate about a particular health topic, let your voice be heard. Join advocacy organizations in their efforts to promote policies and legislation that directly address major health issues. 
• 举办宣传活动: Work with your classmates and teachers to plan and host an educational event, 比如一个有关健康主题的研讨会或网络研讨会. You can invite expert speakers and community leaders to share insights and resources.
• Start a Research Project: Work with your classmates, professors, and mentors to identify and conduct research projects that help advance or clarify public health issues.  
• Use your Platforms: Social media platforms are great tools to help amplify World Health Day messages, 共享教育资源, 为全球卫生行动争取支持. Make sure you are citing credible sources, like the WHO, and utilizing relevant hashtags and videos.
• Volunteer: Offering your time and energy can be invaluable to health clinics and hospitals. Visit a local clinic, community center, or vaccination site, 或者去医院找出他们最需要帮助的地方.

A Herzing大学的核心价值 is to foster care and civic engagement, as well as optimize human potential. As future leaders and practitioners in nursing and healthcare, students can put their education into practice immediately and impactfully by participating—in big and small ways—in the World Health Day campaign and initiatives. 从和你的老师交谈开始, classmates, and colleagues to access campus and University-wide resources while putting a plan in place to do your part to promote healthy lives for all.