Prevention Services
Overview
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Our prevention services focus on health promotion and education. This is an instrumental part of the Wellness Center’s commitment to promoting wellness within the USF St. Petersburg campus community and student body. Our prevention services team consists of our health education specialist and peer educators (USF H.E.A.T.). We believe strongly in encouraging, teaching, and supporting healthy decision making. We promote healthy well-being from the perspective of moderation, making individualized and informed choices, and self-care.
Follow our Instagram for real-time education and facts, wellness tips, and strategies to stay mentally, emotionally, and physically well. To request accommodations for any Wellness Center services and/or programs, please contact us at 727-873-4422.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
The Wellness Center provides outreach programs, educational presentations, workshops, and trainings designed to enhance wellness in our campus community and to meet the needs of our students for academic, personal, social, and psychological growth. We provide information on a variety of topics like: sexual health and safer sex, alcohol and other drug prevention, smoking cessation, stress management, domestic and dating violence, healthy life choices, nutrition and disordered eating, and more! Please note that our outreach and trainings are for the USF St. Petersburg community. We do not provide services to community members or outside organizations, but we may make exceptions on a case by case basis. If you have any questions about whether your audience fits our scope of practice, please contact us.
SAFER SEX SUPPLY BULK PACKS
For RAs and student leaders looking for bulk packs of safer sex supplies to distribute to residents and organization members, please email the Assistant Director of Prevention Services. Please include the following information: first and last name, U#, and organization or residence hall. You will get an email in 5-10 business days with instructions for pickup. Limited to one per month, as supply allows.
E-LEARNING
- AlcoholEdu and Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates (SAPU) are online alcohol and sexual assault prevention and education courses. Students receive an email from Vector with links to complete these courses.
- Our extensive Self-Help Resources section is meant to help you find information on a variety of college health issues.
FREE HIV AND STI TESTING
The Wellness Center works with community organizations Y.E.S. and A.S.A.P. to provide free HIV, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia testing and counseling to students once a month with limited hours during the fall and spring semesters. Call 727-873-4422 to make an appointment or walk-in!
WHAT IS HEALTH PROMOTION?
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health. At USF St. Petersburg, health promotion serves the core mission of higher education by supporting students and creating healthy learning environments through the use of theory, research, and evidence-based programs.
We understand the various stressors, roles, and responsibilities in your life as a USF St. Petersburg student that can help support or discourage you from making healthier decisions. As college students, you are adults, and will be making adult decisions regarding your health and wellness for the rest of your lives. We are here to help you!