新澳门六合彩投注 Launches 鈥楬ealthy Campus 2020鈥 Initiative
Healthy Campus 2020 is a national effort by the American College Health Association to improve the overall health of students, faculty and staff on college campuses nationwide.
Feeling stressed about classes? Not getting enough sleep? Struggling to find time for the gym? 新澳门六合彩投注鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs wants to help you take action on your journey to better health.
Launched at 新澳门六合彩投注 this semester, Healthy Campus 2020 is a national effort by the American College Health Association to improve the overall health of students, faculty and staff on college campuses nationwide. 新澳门六合彩投注鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs saw this effort as a great fit for 新澳门六合彩投注, and chose four focus areas for the university community.
鈥淗ealthy lifestyle, sexual health and well-being, mental health and substance use reduction were the areas we thought we could have the most impact,鈥 said Kirk Dougher, director of 新澳门六合彩投注鈥檚 Counseling and Psychological Services. 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking at practices, policies, interventions and adjustments that can change behavior and culture on campus.鈥
To jumpstart students on improving their health, Owls Care Health Promotion (OCHP) has created the Healthy Owls Challenge, a three-part social media challenge encouraging students to nourish, move and rest their bodies. After registering online, participants have three days to complete three health challenges. They must post a picture or video on social media using the hashtag #HealthyOwlsChallenge to show them eating nutritiously, as physically active or resting their body in a healthy way.
鈥淲e鈥檝e found that only about 5 percent of 新澳门六合彩投注 students are consuming recommended intakes of fruits and vegetables,鈥 said Sareen Gropper, Ph.D., a committee member on 新澳门六合彩投注鈥檚 Healthy Campus Initiative and a professor in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.
As part of an effort to improve sexual health and well-being on campus, 新澳门六合彩投注 has implemented a safer sex kit program available in each of its residence halls. The kits, packaged in paper bags, contain a consent message along with six condoms, one package of lubricant, and 聽an instruction pamphlet,and are sealed with a sticker advertising STI testing at Student Health Services. As a result of this program, 新澳门六合彩投注 distributed an additional 16,000 condoms on campus last year.
To meet students鈥 mental health needs, 新澳门六合彩投注 also has launched an interactive, online course that prepares users to recognize the signs of psychological distress such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse. All student workers in 新澳门六合彩投注鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs must participate in the training. Since August 2015, 587 新澳门六合彩投注 students have completed the training, and 新澳门六合彩投注 hopes to continue expanding the program to as many students as possible.
聽鈥淗ealthy Campus 2020 has the ultimate goal of improving the health and well-being of the 新澳门六合彩投注 community,鈥 said Dougher. 鈥淲e are collecting data and feedback, and charting a course for how we can best assist students toward a healthier lifestyle.鈥
For more information about Healthy Campus 2020, visit fau.edu/healthycampus.聽
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