CWU Wellness Center Annual Report 2010-2011
The mission of the Wellness Center is to promote positive health behaviors, prevent negative consequences associated with high-risk behavior, and encourage the social connections that support student success. A core value of the Wellness Center is that educational programs and services are developed through the application of scientific evidence and relevant research. The four pillars of the Wellness Strategic Plan are: 1) To provide a comprehensive program of individual and environmental approaches to reduce negative consequences associated with the misuse of alcohol, marijuana and other substances. 2) To provide exemplary power-based personal violence prevention, education and response services. 3) To promote positive mental health and suicide prevention. 4) To provide education and resources that promotes positive health behaviors.
Executive Summary This past year (2010-2011) was a phenomenal year of growth, success and opportunity. After a decade of valiant efforts we finally had success in the grant department being awarded not one but two grants for a total of just over $60,000. The NCAA Choices Grant and the National Social Norms Marketing Institute Grant will allow us to further our alcohol and drug prevention efforts by applying innovative and evidence-based practices to our campaigns. After several years we were also able to gain some traction in the special programs we offer students who have demonstrated that they want to change their relationship with alcohol and other drugs. Prime Solutions, a voluntary, peerbased program that is built on the same solid research as Prime for Life, was up and running for both winter and spring quarters. We hope to build on this success in the coming year with its new name – PACT: Promoting Alternative Choices Together. One of the many program highlights from the year was the success of the first ever Sexapalooza event that was co-sponsored with the Residence Hall Association (RHA) during winter quarter. Approximately 125 students were in attendance for activities such as STD Deal or No Deal, and a “Talk Sex” panel where professional CWU staff answered questions submitted by the audience. Various clubs, and organizations were represented at tables during intermissions so attendees could learn more about the topics they discuss and the programs they sponsor. We are looking forward to the second annual Sexapalooza this upcoming winter. Lynne Harrison highlighted the work of the CCC- Hospitality Resource Alliance at the national conference, Alcohol Policy 15, in Washington, DC, in December. Her presentation, “Responsible Hospitality - collaborative efforts in a university downtown,” was part of a national conference on “Policies for Reducing Problems Associated with Alcohol Availability.” Our annual report this year is in an abbreviated, dashboard format. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like more detailed information.
Gail Farmer Director, Wellness Services farmer@cwu.edu
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Prevention Puzzle Research based, comprehensive, well-coordinated programs with a focus on student engagement form the guiding principals at the Wellness Center. Our Prevention Planning Model addresses the general student population (Universal Prevention); students who are known to be in a high-risk group (Targeted Prevention); and students who have demonstrated high-risk behaviors (Indicated Prevention). All first year students who came to campus in fall 2010 were required to complete a web-based alcohol prevention curriculum from 3rd Millennium Classrooms called Alcohol Wise. Alcohol Wise was created to change campus culture, educate college students about the harmful effects of alcohol, and act as prevention for future alcohol-related violations. Prime For Life is an 8-hour class that is offered multiple times per quarter to students who have been sanctioned by the courts, or university conduct officers as a consequence of violating state alcohol laws or the student code of conduct. In addition to the class, students complete an online alcohol and drug screening and a oneon-one interview with the facilitator of the class. Except for DUI related offences, Prime for Life is a courtapproved alternative to the alcohol & drug information school (ADIS) offered in the community. If a student has been court ordered to receive an alcohol and drug evaluation, they need
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to have this completed by a state certified agency in the community. Under the Influence and Marijuana 101 are both web-based classes that take approximately 1.5 – 2 hours to complete. Typically a student will be asked to take Under the Influence for a minor alcohol offense that violates the student code of conduct or the housing policy. Marijuana 101 is typically assigned to students who violate state law or university policy with respect to marijuana. The courts often accept it as an alternative to the ADIS, but students need to confirm this with their probation contacts. National data and evidence collected at CWU support the efficacy of all of these interventions. These classes are effective because they follow best practices as noted by the NIAAA, NASPA* and others. Students like the classes because they are offered in a non-biased, nonjudgmental format with protocols emphasizing personal choice, support for change, and challenging outcome expectancies. *National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
Prevention Programs Targeted Program – Alcohol Wise Last fall 1600 students completed the online alcohol education course and 1100 approximately 70% completed the 30day follow-up. In 2009/2010 we conducted an experiment between the Alcohol Wise Course and another on-line survey “Alcohol Electronic Check Up to Go” to see if there were significant
differences between the two programs. Results were not dramatic so for this upcoming year (2011-2012) we have chosen the Alcohol and Marijuana Electronic Check Up To Go Personalized Feedback Tools as the mandatory education curriculum for first year students. You can check both of these programs out by visiting our web page (www.cwu.edu/~wellness).
Indicated programs – for students who have been identified as violating Alcohol and Drug Policies
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Indicated Prevention PRIME FOR LIFE 55.6% of students found the class useful & informative 93% said the instructors presented information in a non-biased, non-judgmental manner 94.4% found the instructors knowledgeable about the subject matter
21.4% of students said they planned on reducing their
quantity/frequency of alcohol consumption as a result of the class – and 43% of the students were not high-risk. See graph below When asked, on average how many alcoholic drinks did you consume on each occasion, 43% reported they do not drink or are low-risk drinkers; 57% reported drinking in the high-risk range.
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Campus Community Coalition Campus-Community Coalition committed to reducing underage and high-risk drinking During the 2010-2011 academic year, the CCC continued to strengthen onand off-campus partnerships that impact CWU students, from an increase in educational efforts for students living in the residence halls to keeping a public presence in the Daily Record, from training and support for study abroad faculty leaders to supporting local enforcement and policy issues. Active committees included the Neighborhood Relations Committee, Hospitality Resource Alliance, and Public Relations Committee, along with the Consequences Committee through the Kittitas County Community Network Coalition. The CCC website got a new look, and all its pages were updated! Check it out at http://www.cwu.edu/~ccc/. As part of the updating process, the CCC Resource Directory was updated; see it at http://www.cwu.edu/~ccc/ resource_directory/index.html. The Neighborhood Relations Committee continued to be abuzz with activity, both on and off-campus! Pump Down the Volume (PDTV), a workshop to help students learn strategies for cooperative problemsolving conflict resolution through communicating needs and requests, was offered 4 times during 1st 6 weeks programming and again in the spring. About 55 students from 11 residence halls attended and 97% stated that the 6
program gave them good tools for communicating and resolving issues. All off-campus students who are cited by police for a noise violation receive both legal and university sanctions. They are required to have a meeting with the CC coordinator to have a good neighbor' discussion that promotes respect for community. Numbers of students having Good Neighbor conversations increased 46% over last year. To meet the increasing demand for student appointments in a timely fashion, a new online monitoring system was established, greatly improving the efficiency of the system. View the Neighborhood Relations web page at http://www.cwu.edu/~nr/).
Good Neighbor meetings for offcampus students with noise citations 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
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HOSPITALITY RESOURCE ALLIANCE – working to reduce alcohol product availability to minors, alcohol consumption by minors, and over service to intoxicate individuals, and to promote consistency among alcohol licensees.
HRA facilitated the quarterly liquor board training on ID check/over service; 57 employees of businesses with liquor licenses attended this year, along with volunteers from Brew Fest, the Wine Festival, and Jazz in the Valley. HRA sponsored education on state liquor law changes and the webinar, Building Alliances to Manage Nightlife, and is looking at ways to implement recommendations.
Key Minors=sales/furnishing alcohol to persons under 21 or allowing minors to frequent/consume Intoxicated persons=sales to apparently intoxicated person or allowing intoxicated person to consume Total=total alcohol citations
Data from the Liquor Control Board continues to show fewer alcohol citations at the businesses with alcohol licenses in Ellensburg. There were 2 more citations for sales/service to minors, but a 61% decrease in total citations. EPD Liquor Compliance Officer John Bean reports “everything has been going well in the downtown for the past year.”
Health Promotion Peer-Led Programs 2010-2011 was a huge success for our peer-led programs, both in the residence halls and in other settings. Both Dope on Dope and Party Central were featured during Wildcat Welcome Weekend, as well as offered in the residence halls. Others such as Sexual Responsibility Jeopardy and Green Dot were either by special request of hall staff or scheduled in advance. In the highlights that follow you’ll see that the majority of participants seem to understand the learning objectives we’ve set for each program. We hope to continue to offer many of the same programs during 2011-2012 and increase the number of participants as well.
Thanks to the efforts of our new Student Health 101 Promotion Coordinator, Whitney Pickering, an abundance of articles and videos have been posted each quarter to SH101. According to the SH101 administrator, not only have the numbers of CWU students reading SH101 increased significantly, but they actually doubled in winter quarter!
Check out the latest issue of SH101 on our Wellness home page, at http://www.cwu.edu/ ~wellness/ Student Staff Once again our Peer Health Educators (PHE) were a positive representation of the Public Health program at CWU. Since we began recruiting students majoring in Public Health for these positions we have seen remarkable growth in the quality of programs delivered. This year our entire veteran staff of PHEs graduated and began the next phase of their lives. For some this meant additional schooling to pursue advanced degrees, and for others it meant applying for, interviewing, and accepting their first professional jobs. Regardless of their paths, our office is better for having worked with each of them and we wish them all the best. In addition to our PHEs, this was the first year for the Student Health 101 Coordinator and Wellness Promotions Coordinator positions. Both students produced great results in their respective roles, and we’re looking forward to continuing their efforts this year.
ROCK AGAINST RAPE
The 3rd Annual Rock Against Rape event was a huge success with over 375 people in attendance. An added bonus to this year was the partnership with Campus Activities. The staff played an integral part in recruiting, managing, and funding the live bands, which included mostly local student talent. Evaluations show that 95% of participants were satisfied with the event, and 83% said they have increased confidence in their ability to intervene in a situation that could potentially lead to sexual violence. Overall, it was an exciting evening that provided students and others with an opportunity to educate themselves about a very prevalent issue on college campuses. We’re already thinking about how to make the 2012 event even better!
Learning Outcomes and Evaluation Dope on Dope (328 participants) *90% agree marijuana can impair short-term memory 5%
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*72% agree health problems can arise from marijuana use 11%
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Neutral
Disagree
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Sexual Responsibility Jeopardy (76 participants) *80% know the most common symptom of an STI is none at all 89%
3% 12%
*82% know they are the only ones that can protect themselves from STIs/HIV and unintended pregnancies 5%
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77% 76% Burning when you urinate. You can tell when looking at someone. No symptoms at all. An awkward rash.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Party Central (1173 participants) *88% know they can be held accountable for their behavior both on and off campus
*More than half of first-year students believe CWU is NOT a party school
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Learning Peer-led Outcomes and Evaluation programs(continued) continued
Green Dot Trainings (49 participants) *96% are likely to do proactive green dots in the next week to communicate the importance of the issue 2% 2%
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96% I will definitely do at least one proactive g... I will do at least one green dot, but don’t t... I am not sure if I will do anything proactive... I highly doubt if I will do anything
Sexual Assault Victim Advisor Training (SAVA) (29 participants) *83% of participants agree they can effectively advise a victim after receiving SAVA training Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Evaluations (only 2 completed the evaluation) *All felt the services provided by the SARC were helpful *All agreed the SARC provided information about options *All agreed the SARC assisted in helping decide their next step *All chose, in part, to remain enrolled as a student because of the support of the SARC
SARC Referrals by Year 49 50 40 30
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