Health promotion in higher education

In higher education, health promotion programs work to support student success by creating healthy learning environments. Health promotion professionals practice evidence-based prevention to expand protective factors and reduce personal and community health risk factors, utilizing a public health/population health model. Health promotion services often coordinate primary prevention and secondary prevention on campus, operating as a functional area of College Health or Student Affairs. Sub-specialties include education on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, sexual health, nutrition, stress management, consent, healthy relationships, healthy lifestyles, chronic disease prevention and peer health education. Common mental health topics include stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, suicide, g

Health promotion in higher education

In higher education, health promotion programs work to support student success by creating healthy learning environments. Health promotion professionals practice evidence-based prevention to expand protective factors and reduce personal and community health risk factors, utilizing a public health/population health model. Health promotion services often coordinate primary prevention and secondary prevention on campus, operating as a functional area of College Health or Student Affairs. Sub-specialties include education on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, sexual health, nutrition, stress management, consent, healthy relationships, healthy lifestyles, chronic disease prevention and peer health education. Common mental health topics include stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, suicide, g