Recommendation 5
Recommendation #5: Enhance mental health services, programs and resources currently available, with a focus on prevention by building coping and resiliency skills, and reinforcing the importance of mental health and well-being.
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Develop and implement the Buckeye CARE initiative which provides a student with access to resources/information as they on-board to the university (interdisciplinary team of students, faculty, staff, clinicians, etc. that provide support in all nine-dimension areas of wellness), starting with a pilot program. |
Student evaluation data Track Student meetings Track Student outreach to team Track access and use of programs and services |
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Create and incorporate a wellness plan alongside an academic plan for each student |
Percent of students who engage in wellness plan – advisor tracking Growth each semester Evaluation data Student mental health survey data Graduation and drop out student rates |
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Add content, including the new micro-learning modules funded by CARES that are in production, to the Ohio State Wellness: App focused on loneliness, resiliency, coping and harm reduction |
Access rates Evaluation data Student mental health survey data Resilience ratings |
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Include texting option for the Buckeye Peer Access Line (PAL) |
Use rates Referral rates Evaluation data |
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Review currently offered trainings and educational programs and expand use of certificate programs for mental health support |
Completion numbers Program engagement numbers Evaluation data |
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Increase student engagement in evidence-based mental health promotion, coping and resiliency programming, including the Office of Student Life wellness coaching program, health athlete, MINDSTRONG, and the telehealth health and wellness coaching hub. |
Student evaluation data Track student access and use of programs and services |
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Require wellness programming completion as a component of the First Year Success program |
Student evaluation data |