President ACHA A Comprehensive Approach to College Health in the US Montana State University Bozeman Montana First College Health Program Dr Edward Hitchcock First college health program established at Amherst College in Massachusetts 1861 ID: 203721
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Jenny Haubenreiser, MA, FACHAPresident, ACHA
A Comprehensive Approach to College Health in the U.S.Slide2
Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana Slide3
First College Health ProgramDr. Edward Hitchcock
First college health program established at Amherst College in Massachusetts, 1861
American College Health Association founded in 1920
ACHA is now the recognized voice of college health, representing multiple disciplines and multiple regions throughout the U.S.Slide4
ACHA Membership
Over 2800 individual members and 800 institutional members
9 disciplinary “sections”
Clinical Medicine
Health Promotion
Administration
Mental Health Nurse & Nurse-DirectedAdvanced PracticePharmacy
Student/ConsumersSlide5
ACHA Membership: 6 regions & 11 affiliatesSlide6
ACHA Website – key resource for membershipSlide7
ACHA has now cumulatively surveyed over 930,000 students at 576 institutions
By Spring 2012, ACHA expects to reach the 1 million student milestone
ACHA-National College Health AssessmentSlide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26Slide27Slide28Slide29Slide30Slide31Slide32
ACHA Guidelines & Position Papers
Standards of
Practice
for Health Promotion in Higher Education
Position Statement on
Tobacco on College Campuses
Cultural Competency Guidelines
Preventing Sexual Violence on Campus
General Statement of Ethical Principles and Guidelines
Guidelines for Hiring Health Promotion ProfessionalsSlide33
ACHA Guidelines & Position Papers
Tuberculosis Screening and Testing
Emergency Planning Guidelines
Campus Response to the Novel Influenza H1N1
Standards for Student Health Insurance and Benefits
Recommendations for Institutional
Prematriculation
ImmunizationsSlide34
Continuum of Care
Health Promotion
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Socio-ecological modelSlide36
National Health ObjectivesExamples:Campus leadership involvement
Student engagementAvailability of medical and preventive servicesSubstance abuseTobacco useFitness & nutritionImmunization & contraception
STI testing
Victim advocacy
Emergency response
Behavioral intervention teams
Law enforcement
Major Categories:Demographic measuresRisk & protective factorsMorbidity &
MortalityAccess to health careHealth outcomes
Physical environmentPreventionSocial supportSlide37
Journal of American College Health & the Action NewsletterJournal of American College Health
Owned/operated by Taylor & Francis Publications (in cooperation with ACHA) The only peer-reviewed scholarly publication devoted entirely to college healthProfessional development resource and member benefit
Exclusive ACHA membership benefit: Free Access to online archives!
ACTION
Newsletter
A quarterly publication
Share knowledge and updates about issues in
student health, best practices, and innovative solutionsSlide38
2013 Annual Meeting, Boston Massachusetts
Focus on Integrated practices, the integration of knowledge, strategies, skills, care and service across the continuum of the college experience. Focus on the spirit of service to self, family, institution, community, country and the environment.Focus on research-driven, creative, innovative and interdisciplinary opportunities that challenge, empower and inspire attendees.
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Looking Ahead…College and university student health is now a global issue.We can better prepare our students to live in a global community by learning and sharing knowledge with our international colleagues.Slide40
全国大学保健管理協会の皆様のご厚情に
厚くお礼申し上げます。
Thank you to the Japan University Health
Association for
your hospitality.