Healthy Campus UCO

• Description
• Mission Statement
• Task Force
• Contact Information
• 2007 State of the Campus Health Report

Description

Healthy Campus UCO embraces the philosophy that wellness is an expanded idea of health, not merely the absence of physical disease. 

Healthy Campus UCO utilizes the Dimensions of Wellness (physical, mental, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental) conceptual framework which promotes wellness as largely determined by the decisions one makes to be able to live life fully – with vitality and meaning. 

Healthy Campus UCO is a part of the Healthy People 2010 and the Healthy Campus 2010 initiatives. Healthy People 2010 is a set of national health objectives designed to promote health and prevent disease. The federal government creates these health objectives every ten years by working with an alliance of more than 350 national organizations and 250 state health, mental health, substance abuse, and environmental agencies. Healthy Campus 2010 focuses on the Healthy People 2010 objectives that are relevant to college campuses.

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Mission

The mission of Healthy Campus UCO is to promote a campus environment supportive of the development and maintenance of a healthy body, mind and spirit for all members of the University of Central Oklahoma community.  

Healthy Campus UCO accomplishes its mission by:

• Assessing the health status and needs of the campus community
• Developing and supporting health policies and programs on campus
• Making recommendations about campus health priorities
• Raising awareness and accessibility of health services
• Supporting campus departments and student organizations that address important health issues on campus
• Removing health related barriers to learning
• Transformational learning activities
• Providing comprehensive recreation, medical, and mental health services
• Developing and supporting a multi-cultural model of campus health
• Providing national leadership and direction in evidence–based practices

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Task Force

Healthy Campus UCO consists of a coalition of students, faculty, staff, and community partners that are working together to create a healthier campus. This coalition will review and analyze health behavior data from the National College Health Assessment, and subsequently will design, implement and evaluate policies and interventions to make the University of Central Oklahoma a healthier place to live, study and work.

Healthy Campus UCO - a comprehensive wellness initiative - can have a significant impact on the health of the nation.  According to the American College Health Association (ACHA), 26% of the people in the United States - 73 million - have completed at least four years of college and are likely to have received services from college wellness programs.  Over 15.2 million students are pursuing advanced education in the United States.

Healthy Campus UCO provides the structure to facilitate a unique opportunity to influence the health and lifestyle of a substantial proportion of the citizenry now and in the future!

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Contact Information

For more information about Healthy Campus UCO, contact Danielle Dill, Assistant Director of Programs and Services at the UCO Wellness Center at 974-3140 or ddill1@ucok.edu

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Date last updated 03/01/2008