University of Central Florida
PA-13: Wellness Program

Student Resources Wellness & Health Promotion Services (WHPS) offers a wide variety of services and programs aimed at helping all UCF students be healthy knights! We promote healthy lifestyle habits associated with higher academic performance by providing outreach and educational workshops on safe sex, nutrition, stress management, sleep, healthy relationships, and body image. To support student safety, we provide HIV Testing and Risk Reduction Counseling. We offer Biofeedback-assisted relaxation training to help students manage stress. We coordinate the Healthy Knights 2020 initiative, an SDES collaborative effort focused on promoting the overall health of all UCF students. Faculty and Staff Resources The Wellness Research Center (WRC) is a worksite wellness program for faculty and staff. Housed in the Education Building, this fitness center offers strength, flexibility and aerobic conditioning equipment as well as fitness services. The Employee Assistance Program, provided by Aetna Resources for Living, is there to help, in strictest confidence, when the stresses of life, family, and finances become too great. The University recognizes that at times personal problems away from the work scene interfere with an employee’s work performance and has established an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to offer regular employees (EAP services are not provided to OPS employees) and immediate family members who live in their household (as defined by the State Health Insurance Program) an opportunity to resolve any personal problem which may jeopardize either personal well-being or work performance. The University has contracted with an independent professional firm, Aetna Resources for Living, which specializes in confidential consultations to provide services at no charge to eligible employees and family members. Through the EAP, employees are provided with experienced, professional counselors who help with virtually all types of personal problems, such as financial, alcohol/drug abuse, psychological, job burnout, stress, child concerns, marital issues, and adult dependent care. UCF makes this service available to eligible employees and family members so that they can take action to resolve problems before they get out of hand. Total confidentiality and anonymity is provided to those who call the EAP directly for consultation. In fact, no two UCF employees will ever be scheduled such that they would see each other in the EAP waiting rooms.

https://hr.ucf.edu/contentblock/employeediscountsassistance/ https://hr.ucf.edu/files/EAP-Resources-Reminder.pdf http://whps.sdes.ucf.edu https://hr.ucf.edu/current-employees/benefits/health-wellness-resources/