The document summarizes a presentation about the Wellness Network at The University of Texas at Austin. The Wellness Network is a campus-wide coalition committed to assessing and addressing the health and wellness needs of students, faculty, and staff. It brings together advocates from across campus to share resources and strategies. Its goal is to create a healthy campus environment where healthy choices are easy. The Network has an executive committee and various members from across campus involved in subcommittees. It conducts assessments of campus health and wellness needs, communicates resources to the community, and develops programs and policies to address priority health issues through collaboration.

1. WELLNESS
NETWORK
APSA Professional Development Day
February 9, 2012

2. Session Thought Progression:
 What is Wellness Network?
 What is a campus-coalition model for wellness?
 Who is involved in Wellness Network?
 What does Wellness Network do and how does it
do it?
 How can I get involved?

3. What is Wellness Network?

4. Wellness Network
 The Wellness Network is a campus-wide coalition
committed to assessing and addressing the health
and wellness needs of students, faculty, and staff at
The University of Texas at Austin.

5. Wellness Network, Cont.
 The Wellness Network brings together advocates
for health and wellness from across UT-Austin in
order to share information, strategies, and
resources.
 Through this collaboration, we aim to shape the
environment in which we learn, live, work, and play
to support overall health and healthy choices. The
Wellness Network works toward a campus
community where the healthy choice is the easy
choice.

6. What this has to do with the theme of
this conference:
 Link between health and academic performance
 We are only as healthy as the environment in which
we live (work, study, play, etc.)
 Data to support the financial implications/cost-
savings of a “well” campus

7. Social-Ecological Model of Health
Societal Community Relationship Individual
Larger societal factors (norms, Community contexts in which Proximal social relationships Characteristics of the individual
policies, laws, etc.) social relationships are (peers/colleagues, partners, (biological, personal history,
embedded family members) attitudinal factors )
(residence hall, department,
workplace, campus, etc.)
Based on graphic from Kathleen C. Basile, Ph.D., of the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention

8. What is a campus-coalition?
Theoretical Support

9. Community Coalition Defined
“… a group of individuals representing
diverse organizations, factions, or
constituencies within the community who
agree to work together to achieve a
common goal”
(Feighery & Rogers, 1990)

10. Campus Coalitions
Coalitions are a promising practice on campuses
supported by:
 SPHPHE 2—Collaborative Practice
 Advocating a shared vision of health promotion is the
responsibility of all campus community members, and
developing and participating in campus and community
partnerships that advance health promotion initiatives
 Part 10–CAS Professional Standards for Higher
Education calls for “sustaining partnerships”
 Healthy Campus 2010/2020 calls for collaboration
among campus leaders, faculty, and staff.

11. Coalition Tasks
 Coalitions work to prevent or reduce a
community problem by:
 Analyzing the problem
 Gathering data and assessing needs
 Developing an action plan with identified solutions
 Implementing those solutions
 Reaching community-level outcomes
 Creating social change
(Butterfoss & Kegler, 2009)

12. Coalition Benefits
 Exchange of knowledge, ideas, and strategies
 Become involved in new, broader issues without assuming sole
responsibility
 Demonstrate and develop community support
 Maximize the power of individuals and groups through collective
action
 Build a constituency for a given issue
 Change community norms and standards
 Minimize duplication and use resources efficiently
 Share costs and associated risks
(Butterfoss & Kegler, 2009)

14. Who is involved with Wellness
Network?

15. Who?
 University Health Services  Department of Kinesiology & Health
 Counseling and Mental Health Center Education
 Division of Recreational Sports  The Fitness Institute of Texas
 Student Government  Department of Aerospace
Engineering and Engineering
 Division of Housing and Food Service Mechanics
 Office of the Dean of Students  Staff Council
 Services for Students with Disabilities  Department of Curriculum &
 Work Life Balance and Wellness Instruction
Program through Human Resource  Office of Student Financial Services
Services
 Texas Public Health Student
 Office of the Vice President for Organization
Student Affairs
 Campus Environmental Center
 School of Social Work
 University Unions
 Gender and Sexuality Center
 Students

16. Executive Committee
 Susan Hochman – Chair
Manager, Health Promotion Resource Center
 Natalie Butler
President, Student Government
 Laura Ebady
Staff Psychologist & Outreach Coordinator, Counseling and Mental
Health Center
 Arlin Fernandez
Student Conduct Specialist, Office of the Dean of Students
 Jennifer Speer
Associate Director, Division of Recreational Sports
 Claire Moore
Wellness and Work-Life Balance Coordinator, Human Resource Services

17. What does Wellness Network do
and how does it do it?
Strategic Plan

18. Strategic Plan – 2011-2014
 Vision
A culture of health and wellness
 Mission
A sustainable, campus-wide coalition that supports a healthy
campus culture and a campus environment in which the
healthy choice is the easy choice
 Values
 Holistic health and wellness
 Collaboration and partnership
 Diversity and inclusiveness
 Assessment
 Alignment
 Balanced lifestyle

19. Strategic Plan - Initiatives
 Infrastructure
 Assessment and analysis
 Communication and outreach
 Programs and policies

20. Infrastructure
Wellness Network has leadership body and
membership infrastructure that facilitates the success
and sustainability of the Wellness Network.

21. Infrastructure
 Executive committee
 Leadership team
 Sub-committee members
 Wellness Network members

22. Sub-Committees
 Assessment and Analysis
 Program and Policy
 Communications

23. Assessment
Collect and analyze relevant data to identify
University needs, assets, benchmarks, and trends in the
area of health and wellness. Use data to set priorities
and inform initiatives.

24. Assessment
 Data collection, assessment, and evaluation
 Identify priority health issues
 Determine needs, assets, and trends
 Inventory of data
 Systematic monitoring and evaluation

25. Communication
 Promote the UT Wellness Network as a healthy
campus coalition
 Educate members of The University of Texas at
Austin community on health and wellness initiatives,
services, and resources

26. Communication
 Brand and marketing
 Technology and social media
 Promote existing resources
 Consistent messaging
 Opportunities for involvement

27. Program and Policy
 Identify, develop, and recommend or implement
health and wellness programs and policies.
 Promote enhanced collaboration and a campus-
wide, multi-level approach to addressing priority
health issues

28. Program and Policy
 Programming guidelines
 Collaboration
 Academic performance
 Campus-wide, multi-level approaches

29. Ad-Hoc Committees & Work Groups
 High Risk Drinking Prevention
 Tobacco Programs & Policy
 Healthy Dining Work Group

30. Website
www.wellnessnetwork.utexas.edu
 Calendar of events
 Campus data on the health and wellness of our
community
 Opportunities for involvement
 Meeting RSVP

31. How to get involved
 Sign up on the website
 Attend all-member meeting once per-semester
 Next
meeting: March 1, 2012. 11-1pm. Gregory Gym
Games Room.
 Join the listserv
 Join a sub-committee
 Suggest a work group
 Lead a committee or workgroup

32. Questions?

33. NATIONAL COLLEGE HEALTH
ASSESSMENT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
FALL 2011

34. About NCHA
 National survey organized by ACHA
 Largest known comprehensive data set on the health of
college students
 Assists campuses in collecting data about their students’
habits, behaviors and perceptions on the most prevalent
health concerns
 We are now using version ACHA-NCHA-II
 Student self-reported data

35. UT Administration
 Web-based
 Incentives
 Fall 2011
 1586 respondents (20% response rate)

36. Included in the instrument
 Health, health education, and safety
 Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use
 Sexual behaviors
 Weight, nutrition, and exercise
 Mental and physical health
 Impediments to academic performance
 Demographics

37. UT Students…
are generally healthy! 93% report their
health status as good, very good, or
excellent.

38. Healthyhorns…
 98% Wear seatbelts when riding in cars
 40% Got vaccinated against the flu
 50 % Report having routine gynecological exam
(females)
 52% Regularly wear sunscreen
 25% Got tested for HIV

39. Health Information Seeking
 42% Prefer to receive health information from
online/internet sources
 46% search for health information online at least once per
month
 When searching online, students are most likely to search for
information about cold/flu/sore throat, followed by physical
fitness/exercise, and nutrition.
 18% Prefer to receive health information from UHS
Medical Staff
 13% Prefer to receive health information from parents

40. Top reported clinical diagnoses
1. Allergies
2. Sinus Infection
3. Strep Throat
4. Back Pain
5. Asthma
43% have been seen at UHS in the last year
69% believe their health affects their academic
performance.
55% report having missed one or more classes due to
illness.

41. Academic Impacts
 Within the past 12 months, have any of the
following affected your academic performance?
 Not applicable
 Experienced, but academics not affected
 Lower grade on exam or important project
 Lower grade in the course
 Incomplete/dropped a course

42. Academic Impacts, Cont.
1. Stress 6. Depression
2. Sleep 7. Work
3. Anxiety 8. Relationship Difficulties
4. Internet Use/Computer 9. Participation in
Games Extracurricular Activities
5. Cold/Flu/Sore Throat 10. Concern for troubled
friend or family member

43. Violence, Abusive Relationships, and
Personal Safety
% Male % Female % Total
A physical fight 5.6 1.3 3.0
A physical assault 1.9 1.6 1.7
A verbal threat 18.1 11.8 14.2
Sexual touching w/out consent 2.0 6.4 4.7
Sexual penetration attempt without consent 1.2 2.7 2.1
Sexual penetration without consent 0.7 2.0 1.5
Stalking 3.3 6.1 5.0
An emotionally abusive intimate relationship 5.8 8.9 7.6
A physically abusive intimate relationship 2.4 1.4 1.8
A sexually abusive intimate relationship 1.0 1.9 1.5

44. Safety
 UT students reported feeling very safe:
 90% On campus, daytime
 32% On campus, nighttime
 55% In the area around campus, daytime
 14% In the area around campus, nighttime

45. Alcohol
 19% of UT students report never having consumed
alcohol
 68% drank alcohol in the past 30 days, though
students perceive this number to be higher (95%)
 Most students consumed 4 or fewer drinks the last
time they “partied” or socialized

46. Alcohol- Protective Behaviors
98% engaged in one or more protective behaviors
Use a designated driver
Stick with only one kind of alcohol
Stay with the same people
Pace drinks to 1 or > per hr.
Keep track of # consumed
Have a friend let you know when you…
Eat before/during
Set a limit
Chose not to drink
Avoid Drinking Games
Alternate w/ non-alcoholic
0 20 40 60 80 100

47. Alcohol- Negative consequences
48.3% Experienced one or more negative consequences
Drove a car after any
Drove a car after 5+
Seroiusly considered suicide
Physically Injured other
Physically injured self
Had unprotected sex
Had sex with getting consent
Had sex without giving consent
Got in trouble with the police
Forgot where you were or what you did
Did something you later regretted
0 10 20 30 40

48. Tobacco and Marijuana
Actual Perceived
Never smoked cigarettes 66% 7%
Smoked cigarettes in the 14% 77%
last 30 days
Never smoked marijuana 60% 8%
Smoked marijuana in the 17% 80%
last 30 days

49. Other illegal &
prescription drug use
 Very few students reported using any other illegal
drugs in the past 30 days
 14% reported using prescription drugs not
prescribed to them (in the last 12 months)
 8% Stimulants
 7% pain killers

50. Sexual Activity
 34% reported no oral/vaginal/anal sex in past 12
months
 Of those who reported sex in past 12 months:
 63% had 1 or 2 partners
 35% discussed HIV/STI testing with current/most recent
partner before sex
Never /last 30 days Yes
Oral Sex 30% 28% 42%
Vaginal Sex 36% 21% 44%
Anal Sex 78% 18% 5%

51. Sexual Activity, cont.
Of those who had sex in the past 30 days:
 51% mostly or always used condoms during vaginal sex
 4% mostly or always used condoms during oral sex
 26% mostly or always used condoms during anal sex
79% report using a contraceptive method at last sex
Of those who used a contraceptive method the last time:
 62% used male condom
 58% used birth control pill
 27% used withdrawal
Of those who had vaginal sex in the past 12 months:
17% used EC (unknown frequency)

52. Condoms
 41% have received a Healthyhorns Play Safe
condom
 18% have used a Healthyhorns Play Safe condom
 46% keep condoms in their room
 12% keep condoms in purse, wallet, or backpack

53. Nutrition
 Most students eat 1-2 fruits or vegetables per day

54. Weight
 Most students fall into a normal weight range
 8% obese
 7% underweight
 32% consider themselves to be overweight
 47% are trying to lose weight
 36% diet
 52% exercise

55. Physical activity
30 min moderate-intensity 20 min. vigorous-intensity
cardio cardio
3-7
days 0 days
1-4
5-7 26% 41%
days
56% days
22% 1-4
0 days days
22% 33%
49.5% meet recommended guidelines

56. Mental Health
Top mental health diagnoses or treated in the past 12
months:
Anxiety- 11%
Depression- 9%
Panic Attacks- 5%
 16% have ever been diagnosed with depression
 13% have sought counseling at CMHC
 76% would seek counseling in the future if needed

57. Stress
Overall stress levels
1.4
10 6.6
No stress
Less than average
Average
37.4
More than average
44.6 tremendous stress

58. Sleep
Past 7 days, got enough sleep to feel rested
9.5 10
0 days
1-2 days
32.5 3-5 days
6+ days
48