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DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

2012-14 Biennium Period Report

Unit Name: ____________________________________________________________________

Unit Manager: _____________________________________ Date Compiled: _______________

PART A: Please provide 1-2 significant or major examples of how your unit’s activities,

programs, services, etc., substantively/meaningfully contributed to achieving each of the

following: (a) the Division of Student Affairs strategic plan implementation matrix

(http://hilo.hawaii.edu/uhh/vcsa/documents/UHHiloDSA2011-

15StrategicPlanImplementationMatrix.pdf); (b) UH Hilo’s strategic priorities

(http://hilo.hawaii.edu/strategicplan/); and/or (c) the UH System’s strategic priorities

(http://www.hawaii.edu/ovppp/uhplan/)? Please be sure to identify/reference specific

priorities and provide specific examples and sufficient detail.

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Student Health & Wellness Programs (SHWP)

Sulma Gandhi

6/04/14

Division of Student Affairs Strategic Plan Priority Action 4.3 and 5.1; UH Hilo Strategic

Goals: Goal 1, Goal 5, Goal 6.

SHWP officially became established during the summer of 2012 with the hiring of the

inaugural position of Director for Student Health & Wellness Programs. This unit is

designed to provide a holistic approach to medical and mental health care for students,

linked with public health and health promotion initiatives to maximize student learning

and student engagement. This model of delivery represents an innovative and

leading-edge approach to college health across the US with the strategy to initiate

comprehensive, culturally relevant health promotion activities that include

paraprofessional applied learning opportunities. A vision, mission and values were

developed through two staff retreats and strategic planning sessions. This information,

along with the unit's programming can be found on the website:

http://hilo.hawaii.edu/wellness/ and the Facebook site:

https://www.facebook.com/UhHiloStudentHealthWellnessPrograms.

During the 2012-2013 AY, SHWP conducted 70 programmatic events with approximately

1500 participants. In the 2013-2014 AY, SHWP implemented 115 events with over 2200

attendees. Topics ranged from gender based violence, sexual assault, domestic

violence, substance abuse, stress management, anger management, lung/heart health,

epilepsy awareness, health insurance, suicide prevention, LGBT, and HIV/AIDS. Men of

Strength continues to work towards reducing violence against women by de-constructing

and re-framing gender role norms and stereotypes. In fact, this program was recognized

by NASPA in 2013 for innovative programming. In 2010 and 2012, the ACHA- National

College Health Assessment survey was conducted (we will implement the survey again

in 2014) to assist the campus in collecting precise data about UH Hilo's students' health

habits, behaviors and perceptions. In AY 2013-2014 a Student Health Advisory Council

(SHAC) was established to provide the essential link between the student body and

SHWP. Eight students will be holding positions on this council in AY 2014-2015.

SHWP continues to hold the Department of Health Family Planning grant and we

received funds for suicide prevention in 2012-2015 through the Substance Abuse Mental

Health Services Administration. Our suicide prevention program "Na kia`a o ke Ola

(Guardians for Life) has been extraordinarily successful based on outcomes reported to

our federal funders. Additionally, SHWP has received various extramural and internal

funds to supplement programmatic activities. Please see attached data representing

these efforts.

Lastly, the unit has established two MOUs during this biennial reporting period. One

MOU is with Hawaii Community College to transfer funds to support the salary of .5FTE

mental health counselor. The other MOU was established between Student Medical

Services and the College of Pharmacy to establish pharmaceutical services on campus,

provided by faculty and students of the College of Pharmacy. Please see attached

MOU.

PART B: Please list and describe your unit’s 2-3 priority areas for focus to improve outcomes

or enhance positive impact for students or the constituents your serve. How will you know if

you have achieved your desired outcome or impact? Note that both quantitative and

qualitative measures are acceptable.

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Priority Area #1: Quality gender based violence programming and updated policies, and

procedures provided to students that comply with VAWA Reauthorization Act of 2013

and Title IX requirements.

* Implement a mandatory prevention training module for all new students in AY

2014-2015.

* Update the Student Sexual Assault Policy and Procedures during AY 2014-2015.

* Provide quality and ongoing prevention education to all students.

We will know we have achieved this priority with implementation of sexual violence

training, continuous review of feedback, and an updated sexual violence policy.

Priority Area #2: Continue to increase and re-allocate resources for private and

confidential space, staffing, and professional development – align requests based on the

student health fee proposal.

* Seek extramural federal, state and county funds to support programming.

* Seek student and Board of Regent approval for a student health fee increase.

* Collaborate with Hawaii Community College to provide support for SHWP services for

students.

PART C: How are you reallocating your fiscal, human, facility, technology and other resources

to support your priorities?

PART D: What strategies have you implemented, if any, to either increase efficiency and

productivity in your unit, reduce waste and unnecessary cost, and/or increase your access to

alternative funding sources, including extramural funding? What new strategies do you have

planned in the coming year?

PART E: So that we can better plan and prepare for future UH System biennial budget and

supplemental budget requests, please indicate your most urgent resource needs (e.g.,

human, fiscal, facility, etc.) in the next several years and provide an estimate of the annual

recurring funds required, i.e., base dollars, and justification for the need.

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The VCSA agreed to allocate two additional rooms for Student Medical Services and

College of Pharmacy to provide OSHA and HIPPA compliant care for students.

We had an agreement with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Administrative

Affairs to borrow rooms to house our SAMHSA suicide grant staff members as well as

Counseling Services staff. Counseling Services provides supervision for 2-3 graduate

level interns and space was provided so that these interns could privately provide

sessions for students. Once the VCSA vacated the current Student Services Building,

we were able to bring both groups back to the Student Services Building. Lastly, we

have a room two times a week at the Hawaii Community College for one of our mental

health counselors to provide private sessions.

a) Received the UH system wide diversity fund to support MOS Jackson Katz ($3,000)

b) Received UH Hilo Diversity initiative funds ($2,000) to support MOS Jackson Katz

c) Received the Avon Foundation grant to support Men of Strength in AY 2013-14

($5,000)

d) Received the Chancellors Professional Development fund to support webinars,

professional learning community, Ola film, train the trainer for alcohol prevention

($4,075)

e) SAMHSA suicide prevention grant ($261,000); Approved for carry-over request of

$54,036.79

f) Worked with the HawCC and the Prosecutor’s Coordinated team to develop a proposal

for VAWA funds – grant will not be accepted this year by OVW.

g) Submitted County grant for $25,000 for Men of Strength programming.

We will revisit the student health fee request proposal in AY 2014-2015.

SHWP's most pressing need is to create a position for sexual violence prevention to

meet federal legislative requirements.

We continue to be under-staffed and under-resourced based on the number of students

that we serve and comparison to national benchmark staffing ratios. We plan to engage

in student consultation and seek BOR approval to increase the student health fee,

keeping in mind that campus health & wellness services are the only source of health

and wellness care for many UH Hilo and Hawaii Community College students (DSA

Strategic Plan 4.3.D).

PART F: (if applicable) Please describe at least one learning outcome that you intended to

achieve for students who interface/interact with your unit’s functions, programs, and/or

services for the coming year. How will you measure student learning relative to this

outcome? (For units who are exempt, please note what efforts you made to assess program

outcomes, e.g., conduct self-study using CAS standards. Units may conduct both learning and

program assessment.)

PART G: How can the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs better assist with or

support your unit’s mission, goals, priorities, etc.? Examples might include helping to

change/update a policy, establishing a pathway for better communication with another unit

on campus, receiving information about a particular issue, etc.

PART H: Are their additional comments or information you wish to provide? List attachments

included with your submission.

Please submit report electronically to your cluster leader (if applicable) with copy to the VCSA by

Friday, June 20th at 5:00 PM HST. Additional sheets may be attached. All reports will be posted online.

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1) Learning Outcome for Students: The student peer health educators participate in a

self-evaluation and annual performance reviews. The evaluation was designed in

conjunction with student input and reflects the mission, vision and values of the unit. The

learning outcomes include skill development of communication, problem solving,

planning and leadership.

2) CAS standards: SHWP will undergo a CAS standards self-evaluation for health

promotion. This will be completed in AY 2014-2015.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs can support SHWP by assisting with

the update of the Student Sexual Assault Policy and providing support for

implementation (advocacy for staffing and training). Additional support is requested to

seek BOR approval for the student health fee increase and increased resource

collaboration with Hawaii Community College.

Please see entire Student Health & Wellness Programs review for AY 2013-2014.

MOU between College of Pharmacy and Student Health & Wellness Programs.

Suicide prevention programming accomplishments.

Budget request for Violence prevention educator.

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