Health Education and Promotion

Location

Student Health and Wellness Center

Third Floor

Hours

M, T, Th, F 8am-4:30pm and W 9am-4:30pm

Phone

(530)752-9652

Website

http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/hep/

Health Education and Promotion (HEP) is a department sponsored by UC Davis Student Health and Counseling Services. It is a primary resource to help students enhance their wellness through student-centered education. Professional staff and students focus on issues related to nutrition, physical activity, sexual health, wellness, stress management, as well as alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Interested UC Davis students are recruited each winter and spring quarters to work as student staff or volunteers for the following academic year. Students apply to work in one of the following three areas: Sexual Health, Wellness, and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD). At the beginning of the school year, student staff and volunteers participate in a training process to prepare themselves for promoting healthy and informed choices in the UC Davis student body population. Each group is supervised by HEP professional staff.

All of the services HEP provides are confidential. Please visit the office located on the third floor of the Student Health and Wellness Center, located on La Rue across from the ARC Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm for more information. Students can pick up 10 free condoms, lubricant, and information on various health issues including sexual health, alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, nutrition, and wellness. HEP is also knowledgeable about other campus resources.

HEP offers programs to the residence halls, fraternities and sororities and student groups on drugs, alcohol, sexual health, wellness, and more. Most are about 45 minutes to an hour long and given by two or three peer health educators.

To request a program, or find out more information, please call 530-752-9652 at least 2 weeks in advance during the school year.

• Safe Party Initiative

• Alcohol Jeopardy: Play a fun game to learn about alcohol and its effects on the body. See what your future holds at "the party!"

• Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS): TIPS is a two to three hour training that teaches students the skills they need to intervene in situations where their peers are misusing alcohol. Certified TIPS trainers conduct the training. Participants who pass a test at the training are TIPS certified for three years. The cost is $15.00 per person for materials.

• e-CHUG: The e-CHUG survey assesses your alcohol and tobacco behavior, then compares it to that of other UC Davis students. In addition, it compares your alcohol consumption to other consumption practices, varying from how much $ you spend on alcohol, to translating the calories from alcohol into how many cheeseburgers you have "drunk." UC Davis students that take the e-CHUG survey can bring their certificate of completion to the Health Education and Promotion department on the third floor of the Student Health and Wellness Center and receive a free prize. Take the e-CHUG Survey
  

• Sex Jeopardy: Think you know all there is to know about sex? Put your knowledge to the test with Sex Jeopardy! This entertaining game show explores sexual health concerns of today's college students. Topics covered include Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) awareness, barrier methods, Emergency Contraception, pregnancy testing awareness, abstinence, anatomy, and safer sex products such as lubricant (use only latex-safe lubricant when using a latex barrier method!). During the game there are three breaks in which sexual health peer health educators demonstrate and explain how to use three barrier methods including the female and male condom (which protect against pregnancy and the transmission of STIs and HIV) and the dental dam (a barrier method used for oral sex that prevents transmission of STIs and HIV). They also demonstrate how to make your own dental dam using a male condom or powder-free latex glove! Participants are encouraged to ask questions throughout and after the program as well as take informational brochures, condoms, buttons and other prizes.

• Free condoms Up to 10 free latex condoms and other safer sex products are available from the Love Lab whether it is located at HEP or on campus. The Love Lab is a mobile cart stocked with free safer sex products for students of UC Davis. The Love Lab travels around campus with the HEP Volunteers. Every time you visit the Love Lab you can get two packets of water based lubricant, ten free condoms, and a variety of safer sex pamphlets for free. The Love Lab also has flavored dental dams, female condoms, and latex-free condoms on request. The Love Lab is available in the Student Health and Wellness Center, on the third floor, Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm when it is not traveling around campus. For more information and the current Love Lab schedule, go to the facebook fanpage: UCD Love Lab or check out the Wiki page Love Lab

• Free and anonymous HIV testing- no needles and no blood! Instead it's a rapid oral test and results are available in 30 minutes. Must be an enrolled UC Davis student.
  

Tuesdays 1-4. Walk-ins. For more information, please call (530) 754-7000 for a recorded message. Summer session/finals/breaks excluded.


Other locations for free and anonymous HIV testing: anonymous HIV testing

• Wellness Jeopardy: Want to learn how to maximize your wellness? This interactive program explores the realms of wellness (social, occupational, physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual and environmental) in a fun and exciting game show format. Put your knowledge to the test and get your wellness on!

*Free nap kits (eye shade, ear plugs and napping tip card) are available at the HEP front desk.

This service provides assessments, education, training, referrals, and one-on-one, short term treatment for students with identified needs related to alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs (ATOD) issues. ATOD intervention services are located on the Second Floor of the Student Health and Wellness Center. ATOD Intervention Services phone: (530)752-6334.

• 0 - 3 at UCD — 0-3 was a survey at UCD to study and inform Davis drinking habits. It literally means most Davis students drink 0 to 3 drinks when they go out and party. HEP provided the shirts for the 0-3 campaign, such as the "Dick" and "Jane" and "Hello, my name is..." Those shirts were free to students.

• "When the Price is Wrong" : Thinking about throwing a party in your new place? There is nothing wrong with that. Just know that more responsibility comes with throwing a party than you might think. Learn about the potential costs and liabilities, along with how to hold the best safe party ever. Bonus: wonderful prizes are available if you figure out when the price is wrong!

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2007-04-13 04:45:16 it was awesome seeing HEP out on the patio today giving away free condoms and promoting the free anonymous HIV testing. whoevers came up with the flower idea was creative. the music also added to the ambience. yay for sex education!! —JessicaRockwell

2007-04-18 20:57:45   They no longer perform Sexterpiece (as a result of a certain director that was brought on in 2005/2006) and I am deeply saddened. —DavidFong

2007-04-20 10:46:45   April is Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) awareness month! Cowell Student Health Center is offering reduced test cost for registered students. This month the cost is $20 and includes the visit fee and test. It is a urine test that includes chlamydia and gonorrhea. The appontment desk for the health center is 530-752-2349. —mllavezz