Health Services supports Student Health 101 site

Health Services has recently partnered with an online program called Student Health 101 to reach out to its students about how to maintain good health.

The program was specifically designed in 2002 to help colleges and universities educate their students on how to stay healthy.

“It is an online magazine that comes out once a month,” said Rachel Sullivan, the university health educator. “It provides another resource for students to deal with health issues that may come up such as nutrition, exercise, stress and different types of diseases.”

Student Health 101 was put together by a team of physicians whose primary goal is to promote good health on college and university campuses. They believe that most students are not proactive when it comes to their own health and are skeptical about seeking advice from professionals and finding out how to deal with whatever problems they may be having concerning their health, according to their website.

Student Health 101 was created to inform students on different health issues and will have a resource they can come to that could help them lead a healthier lifestyle for the rest of their lives.

“I think a lot of kids have questions that they would never go to (Health Services) to ask. Maybe the magazine will help but that also depends on if we actually take the time to go online and read it,” said sophomore art major Rachel Kirkman.

Now that Health Services has partnered with this program, students have 24-hour private access to a health website and have this same private access to every edition of Student Health 101. They feel this is beneficial for students since Health Services only operates between 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and some students view taking a trip to the Health Services as an inconvenience.

“It’s annoying when I really need to go to (Health Services) on the days I have a lot of classes because they close so early. Maybe this new magazine will answer some questions I have,” sophomore psychology major Taylor Nocerini said.

The online editions at GCSU will also feature announcements for any type of health events going on around campus.

“The magazine is free for students and the link has been posted under the students’ myCATS accounts and is also posted on several different websites associated with GCSU,” Sullivan said. “The first edition came out in October and the second one should be released in mid-November. Students will be receiving two e-mails a month about it.”

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