WKU News

The following Health Services staff members attended the annual American College Health Association (ACHA) conference: Kathryn Steward, Kim Phillips, Jataun Isenhower, Matt Atkinson and Megan Paschall. During the conference attendees had a chance to network with other college health professionals, attend sessions about mental health, clinical illnesses, health promotion and much more!

Some of the sessions attended included:

• Opening General Session: Depression and Bipolar Disorders in College Students
• Healthy Minds Study: Connection between Mental Health & Academic Success, and other Main Findings
• Risk & Protective Factors Influencing Binge Drinking & Health Risk Consequence in a National Sample of College Students
• Identification and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
• Treatment for Depression as a Gateway for Assessment and Treatment of Other Comorbidities
• Nursing Grand Rounds
• ACHA Benchmarking Committee Update
• Creating a Comprehensive Assessment Plan For your Health Promotion Programs
• Understanding Academic Faculty Concerns Related to Student Health
• Effectively Communicating with the College Commiunity
• Work-Life Balance: Learning to Practice What You Preach
• Billing Operations and Information Technology
• Using Social Media and Other Interactive Technologies to Support Take Care NYU, a University-wide Preventative Health & Wellness Initative
• Making Room for Health Promotion in Student Learning Outcomes and Accountability Measures
• Best Practices in Faculty and Staff Health and Wellness
• Health Care Reform Update
• Human Sexual Trafficing and Its Aftermath
• Partnership between Health Services and Residence Life: A Confluence of Efforts of Efforts
• Current Trends in Sexual Violence Prevention
• Utilizing Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Address Sexual Risk Behavior
• Promoting e-Health Engagement: What Students Recommend
• Did Your Campus GYT? Promoting STD Testing and Conversations about Sexual Health through the National GYT: Get Yourself Tested Campaign
  

After staff updates were given on the sessions attended, attendees re-assured the staff that WKUHS is more advance in a variety of areas compared to other college health care facilities.

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