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Making the Links A Whole University Approach. www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk. Develops an ethos and environment that supports health and wellbeing Values the views, skills and experience of whole university community Increases participation and builds collaborative partnerships
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Making the LinksA Whole University Approach www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
Develops an ethos and environment that supports health and wellbeing • Values the views, skills and experience of whole university community • Increases participation and builds collaborative partnerships • Leads to sustainable changes to improve health of students and staff • Draws on best practice related to organisation development, learning and change • Provides a framework that goes beyond interventions that focus on single topics, single population groups or single elements of the university system • Recognises interconnectedness, interrelationships, interdependencies and integration between these topics, population groups and elements • Understands universities as part of A greater whole, embedded in local and global communities and interacting with the wider environment. A whole university approach... www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
formal curriculum interpersonal relationships indoor environment tuition fees campus design transport infrastructure Links exist between different components of the university www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
lecturers students families caterers advisers/ counsellors wider community/ other settings Links exist between different groups of people www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
mental health sexual health substance use physical health food/diet advertising/ sponsorship Links exist between health topics www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
Substance use, e.g. drinking alcohol to excess, reduces inhibitions, poor decision making Potentially results in increased sexual behaviour, unprotected sex, STI’s, unwanted pregnancy Links between alcohol and sexual health www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
Applying a whole system approach to alcohol www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
Applying a whole system approach to food www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
From issues to action areas... www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
The Ottawa Charter’s action areas as a framework for Healthy Universities www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk
Moving towards a whole university approach www.healthyuniversities.ac.uk