Health Education and Promotion

Location

Cowell Student Health Center Annex

(behind Cowell Student Health Center)

Hours

M-F, 8am-5pm

Phone

(530)752-9652

Website

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

Health Education and Promotion (HEP) is an organization sponsored by the Cowell Student Health Center. It is a primary resource to help students enhance their wellness through student-centered education. Professional staff and student interns focus on issues related to nutrition, physical activity, sexual health, wellness, stress management, alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Interested UC Davis students are recruited each spring to work as an intern 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, interns participate in a week-long training process to prepare themselves for facilitating peer education workshops and promoting healthy and informed choices of 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 behind the Cowell Student Health Center (Health Education and Promotion Annex) 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 and other drugs, nutrition and wellness. HEP is also knowledgeable about other campus resources.

HEP offers programs to the dorms, 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 student assistants.

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

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

• "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!

• 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 "drank." Take the E-Chug survey, then come to the Cowell Student Health Center Annex and get your coupon for a free burger! 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 awareness, abstinence, anatomy, and sex products such as lubricant (use only water-based when using a latex barrier method!). During the game there are three breaks in which sexual health interns 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 Sexual Health Interns. 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 and female condoms. The Love Lab is available in the Cowell Student Health Center Annex, behind the Health Center, Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm when it is not traveling around campus. For more information and the current Love Lab schedule, go to the facebook group: UCD Love Lab or check out the Wiki page Love Lab

• Free and anonymous HIV testing- no needles and no blood! Instead it's an oral rapid 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 754-7000 for a recorded message. Summer session/breaks excluded.


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

• "Stressbusters!" : Got stress? Identify the causes and effects of stress. Learn techniques to decrease or manage your stress, such as massage, breathing exercises, physical activity and good nutrition.

• "The Wellness Game" : This interactive program explores the realms of wellness (social, occupational, physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual) in a fun and exciting game show format. Put your knowledge to the test and get your wellness on!

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. ADAPT services are located in the HEP office. ADAPT 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, now there are shirts for sale such as "Nobody Loves A Sloppy Drunk". They are $10 and if you take and complete the E-Chug survey you receive 25% off. Go to: http://safeparty.ucdavis.edu. You use your student ID and you don't need to pay cash as it will go on your student account.

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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