| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.20 |
| Liaison | Elaine Durr |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2024 |
Elon University
PA-14: Wellness Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.75 / 1.00 |
Elaine
Durr Senior Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have a wellness program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all students?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
In August 2022, Elon University launched HealthEU, a comprehensive effort to support the health and well-being of students, faculty and staff. HealthEU provides access to resources, educational tools and support for all members of the university community. HealthEU is framed around six dimensions that address the well-being of the entire person: Community Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Financial Well-Being, Physical Well-Being, Purpose Well-Being, Social Well-Being. HealthEU advances the “Act-Belong-Commit” framework that promotes positive physical and mental health and which the university adopted in 2019. The ABC model urges people to be active, search for a sense of belonging and commit to a cause in order to promote happiness and good mental health. The HealthEU initiative is supported by the members of the Council on Wellness and Well-Being, which includes representatives from across campus.
Elon University’s RN Ellington Center for Health and Wellness houses the Faculty and Staff Health & Wellness Clinic, Student Health Services and Student Counseling Services. These offices provide well-being services as well as counseling and/or referral services both independently and collaboratively.
The Faculty and Staff Health & Wellness Clinic, offered in partnership with Cone Health Systems, offers acute care services to faculty and staff. This includes lab testing, injuries, vaccines, maintenance allergy injections, disease management, specialty referrals, prescription management, health physicals, coordination of care and preventive screenings. Acute care services are free for employees and dependents 18 years of age and older on the university health insurance (Plan A & B). Employees on Plan C will pay a $40 co-pay/visit. Wellness offerings include: Mammogram Ride for Your Life event; Fleet Feet fitting event; registered dietician counseling; mindfulness series; flu shots; ergonomic workstation review.
Elon Work-Life Resources is a free benefit for faculty/staff and their immediate family members. It is a robust program managed through an outside vendor, My Group. It offers help for personal and/or professional concerns by providing free, confidential, short-term counseling and personal consultation. Additionally, the program provides work-life resources for such issues as legal and financial consultations, online learning and resources.
Other programming includes educational lunch and learn sessions, exercise classes {Yin & Restorative Yoga, Pilates Mat, Pilates Reformer, Balanced Body Barre, Weightlifting, Phoenix Health (exercise class for faculty/staff with medical risk factors)} and wellness challenges, such as an annual walking competition.
Student Health Services is offered in partnership with Cone Health Systems. Student Health Services provides acute care for illnesses and injury as well as woman and physical exams, health education and counseling, allergy injection service, prescription dispensing service, vaccines and other injections. Elon partners with TimelyCare to offer virtual health and well-being services and programs for students. TimelyCare gives students access to a provider for their medical and mental health needs, including acute, in the moment needs and on-going mental health support. The service provides access to 24/7 mental and medical virtual health care, and students have enhanced access to Scheduled Counseling, Psychiatry (by referral) and Health Coaching services. All of this is available 24/7 from anywhere in the United States, with no cost to visit.
Student Counseling Services provides crisis intervention, psychological support, individual counseling, mental health wellness outreach and clinical collaboration. Counseling Services offers crisis response at all times through the Crisis Counselor on Call.
Health Promotion is housed in Campus Recreation and Wellness and provides inclusive health programming, advocacy and outreach to support mental, physical and social well-being. The Campus Recreation and Wellness staff coordinates additional wellness related activities for students, such as flu vaccine clinics and maintenance of over 30 AED units on campus.
https://www.elon.edu/u/bft/wellness/
https://www.elon.edu/u/health-wellness/health-services/
https://www.elon.edu/u/healtheu/
https://www.elon.edu/u/health-wellness/health-services/timely-care-24-7-telehealth-for-elon-students/
Does the institution prohibit smoking within all occupied buildings owned or leased by the institution?:
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
The institution’s smoke-free policy:
Elon University is a smoke free campus with respect to all facilities, except outdoor facilities. Smoking is not permitted within 30 feet of university buildings or in Rhodes Stadium.
Website URL where information about the institution’s wellness programs is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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