Suites on Maple East

901 Maple Street

Indiana, Pa 15705

724-357-WELL (9355)

www.iup.edu/chwb

Health Service

Health AWAREness

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

The Counseling Center

The Haven Project

Mindfulness Living Learning Community

Fall and Spring Hours

Monday through Friday

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Summer Hours

8:00am-4:00pm

Health InsuranceIUP recommends all students have health insurance for health care off

campus:

Coverage with a family plan

Coverage with a commercial/student plan of your choice

Consolidated Health Plans, Inc.

www.chpstudent.com

ConfidentialityAll information regarding visits and/or charges

is confidential unless the student has givenpermission to release.

Transportation No cost van transportation for non-emergent

needs such as medical appointments, pharmacy visits when health service is open

Local ambulance service through Citizen’s Ambulance Service for emergency needs while in Indiana;

Students will be billed

When Services are Closed University Police

Local walk-in services (IRMC Urgent Care, Med Express), hospital and mobile crisis

Armstrong-Indiana Crisis 24-hour hotline

1-877-333-2470

Alice Paul House 24-hour hotline (sexual assault/domestic violence)

724-349-4444

Injury and illness visits

Self-Care Cold and Wound Center

Annual flu shots

Minor laboratory tests

TB testing

STD Testing

Physicals

Meningitis and other vaccinations

Women’s yearly gynecological exams

Pregnancy testing

Contraceptive services

Allergy clinic injections

How do you pay for patient care?

No money is asked for or accepted at the HealthService for visits or services.

All costs incurred in the Health Service are posted online through the Bursar’s Office in URSA during IUP billing cycles. No paper bills will be sent.

Illness and injury care is by appointment or walk-in

If walk-in, seen by RN who may recommend:

Immediate care

Appointment on the same or another day

Community resources are always mentioned

Prescriptions Health Service can provide some medications that

are commonly ordered by our medical staff

Can write a prescription for use at a local pharmacy

Cannot fill prescriptions not written by Health Service staff

Physician Medical Supervision

Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners

Registered Nurses

What should students do before they arrive on

campus? *Health History Form (no

physical is required)

*Immunization Record (MMR,POLIO, TETANUS, MENINGITIS)

Complete this information through “MyIUP Portal” after attending orientation

AWARE stands for Advocates for

Well-Being and Respect for Everyone

The Health AWAREness Office offers

information regarding healthy living and health issues concerning college students.

Health AWAREness provides educational programs to university groups, sponsors campus-wide health education activities, and serves as a resource for health information.

Outreach and programming for students, faculty, and staff

Resource library

Tobacco Cessation

Psychoeducation classes for students who violate the university policy.

Individual, group & couples counseling

Crisis Intervention

Psychiatric Referral

Haven Project

Drug & Alcohol assessment

Consultation with students or others concerned about a student

Outreach programming on mental health issues

Mindfulness

Licensed Psychologists

Master’s level therapists

Services and resources for students who have experienced sexual violence

Provides confidential victim services (through the Counseling Center)

Crisis Intervention

Counseling

Provides education about judicial conduct process, criminal justice system, and crime victims’ compensation

Helps with other university needs including changes in housing, schedules, class assignments and withdrawals

Offers prevention education about stalking, dating/relationship violence, and sexual assault

Awareness campaigns such as

Take Back the Night, Clothesline

Project, RAINN Day

Integrating mindfulness or the contemplative mind into the college experience helps us to engage the basic human need for making meaning, developing connection, and a sense of purpose in our lives.

This integration supports the development of inner strengths and skills, including: the ability to focus attention awareness and regulation of emotions cultivation of insight, capacity for reflection the ability to attune to and have compassion for others the development of morality and the ability to take actions that benefit

others over oneself 1

1Siegel, D. (2007) The Mindful Brain. New York: Norton and Co.

EASY CONTACT INFO

724-357-WELL (9355)

Health Service: 724-357-2550 www.iup.edu/healthcenter

Counseling Center: 724-357-2621 www.iup.edu/counselingcenter

Health AWAREness: 724-357-4799 www.iup.edu/healthawareness

The Haven Project: 724-357-4799 www.iup.edu/havenproject

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs:724357-1265 www.iup.edu/atod