Health promotion in higher education
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In the higher education setting, the process of health promotion is applied within a post-secondary academic environments to increase health and wellbeing. The process needs professionals to engage in all five WHO Ottawa Charter Health Promotion Actions and particularly reorient all the sectors of a college campus towards evidence-based prevention, utilizing a public health/population health /community health model. Health promotion requires a coordinated effort in all five Actions:
Building healthy public policy
Creating supportive environments
Strengthening community action
Developing personal skills
Re-orienting all service sectors toward prevention of illness and promotion of health
Internationally
The International Health Promoting Universities & Colleges Network is guided by the Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health Promoting University and Colleges, which calls on post-secondary schools to embed health into all aspects of campus culture and to lead health promotion action and collaboration locally and globally. Created in June 2015, the Charter provides institutions with a common language, principles, and framework to become health and wellbeing promoting campuses.
In Australia
In Canada
The "National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students" was developed in 2018 and is a voluntary guideline to help post-secondary institutions support the mental health and well-being of students, including the promotion of mental health and well-being. The Standard aims to support the following key outcomes:
Raise awareness about mental health and decrease mental illness-related stigma,
Provide healthier and safer institutional environments,
Improve opportunities for student success and flourishing, and
Promote life and resiliency skills that students can use at school, at work, and in daily life
The Canadian Association of College & University Student Services (CACUSS) co-developed the Post-Secondary Student Mental Health: Guide to a Systemic Approach with the Canadian Mental Health Association. This guide aims to act as a resource and a framework to support the creation of communities on campus that are conducive to transformative learning and mental well-being through a systemic approach. CACUSS also includes several communities and networks dedicated to health promotion in higher education including campus mental health, student health & wellness, and student peer support programs.
In Ontario, many post-secondary institutions belong to the Ontario University & College Health Association (OUCHA) which allow them to share best practices for health services and promotion across institutions. OUCHA works to develop and pursue all which will preserve and improve the health of University and College students and their community.
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