Major Program Areas

Individual Health Care

• Clinic Appointments / Lab
• Smoking Cessation
• Allergy Shots
• Self-care Supplies

Health Education/Promotion

• Classroom/Seminar Instruction
• Residence Hall Consultations
• News Articles
• Orientation and Training
• Peer Health Education

Internships / Practica / Preceptorships

Community Wellness

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Advisory Group (ATOD)
• Wellness/Fitness Fairs
• Flu shots and Cold Self-Care clinics
• Healthy Stress Management alternatives
• Family Weekend programs
• Sexual Misconduct and Prevention Education
• Virginia Department of Health Tobacco Grant Funding (pdf)
• Great American Smokeout
• Wellness Team

Continuous Quality Improvement

• Health and Wellness Center Objectives and Primary Tasks
• Student Satisfaction Surveys
• Student Health Partner Advisory Board
• American College Health Association Standards
• Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education
• Marketing/health surveys
• Immunization tracking and notification

Professional Development

• Team Building
• Clinical Care Updates
• Health Provider Certification
• Staff Development
• Certified Peer Education Training

Assessment and Evaluation Information

• The Student Health and Wellness Center (SHWC) partners with two powerful student groups to aid us in evaluating our major program areas: Student Health Partners (an advisory group) and Peer Health Educators (peer educator groups)
• The groups serve as focus groups to provide immediate consumer feedback. Past recommendations were to open up the reception area and to increase the advanced practice staffing. Students help address the myths often associated with health centers. They confront misconceptions with peers via student newspaper letters to the editor.
• Student users of the clinical services are routinely surveyed via customer satisfaction and confidence in providers of care.
• Health encounters and health education programs are tabulated and reviewed
• Health issues are monitored for frequency and recurrence
• Results are communicated in summer orientation sessions
• CAS Self Evaluations are conducted for College Health Programs and Alcohol, Health Education Programs, Tobacco and other Drug Programs periodically.
• The Student Health and Wellness Center Learning Plan Report

Resource Review

Major resources which guide our college health program:

• American College Health Association (Guidelines and Published Standards)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Guidelines)
• College Health 2000: A Perspective Statement in Higher Education
• Ecological Assessment
  • Learning Reconsidered - A Campus-Wide Focus On The Student Experience (pdf)
  • Leadership for a Healthy Campus - An Ecological Approach for Student Success (pdf)
• Healthy Campus 2010 (ACHA)
• University Strategic Plan
• Longwood University Wellness Team
• Professional Standards for Higher Education 2001 published by the Council on the Advancement of Standards (CAS) is utilized for program assessments of College Health Programs, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug programs (ATOD), and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) programs.
• Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education (pdf)
• SHWC Policy and Procedure Manual (pdf)
• Virginia Health Laws