Xavier University
PA-11: Health, Safety and Wellbeing
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11.1 Student wellbeing and assistance programs
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s physical health services for students:
The office of Xavier University Health Services is staffed and operated TriHealth to offer a full range of Primary and Priority Care services dedicated to the support and wellbeing of our Xavier Community. Our physicians and nurse practitioners are board-certified in Primary Care and Internal Medicine, including specific training and experience in collegiate health.
Health Services are available to support and promote students' overall wellbeing, providing quality outpatient care, including general and preventative medicine, general sick visits, injury evaluation, immunizations, laboratory services, mental and behavioral health services, and much more. We offer a full spectrum of primary care services, including on-site lab and imaging. We provide preventative care - including physicals, health education, physical/mental/and sexual health screenings, and travel consultations. We also address urgent needs such as infections, injuries, skin conditions, and more complex concerns with same-day appointments. We can manage chronic illnesses and medication management – including refilling current prescriptions or initiating new medication therapy. In collaboration with Xavier University, we ensure compliance with university immunization requirements and respond to public health crises that impact our campus community.
https://www.xavier.edu/health-wellness/health/services-offered
Does the institution make behavioral health services available to students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s behavioral health services for students:
Xavier Health Services also provides professional, confidential, and holistic mental healthcare for Xavier students. We work collaboratively with our clinical and campus partners to ensure the achievement of the highest quality of care specific to each individual's needs.
After appropriate evaluation and referral, Xavier Health Services offers an on-site psychiatrist for students through TriHealth.
Through an integrated care model, Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) work collaboratively with an XU Health Services Medical Provider in the same office location and often with same-day appointments. Services that a BHC can help manage or work with students on include stress, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, sleep issues, coping with new medical diagnosis, medication adherence, behavioral changes, relationship stressors, personal identity, and much more…
Xavier Counseling Services and Psychological Services are also available to students free of charge and work as collaborative partners in your care.
https://www.xavier.edu/health-wellness/health/services-offered
Does the institution make sexual and reproductive health services available to students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s sexual/reproductive health services for students:
Health Services are available to support and promote students' overall wellbeing, providing quality outpatient care, including general and preventative medicine, general sick visits, injury evaluation, immunizations, laboratory services, mental and behavioral health services, and much more. We offer a full spectrum of primary care services, including on-site lab and imaging. We provide preventative care - including physicals, health education, physical/mental/and sexual health screenings, and travel consultations. We also address urgent needs such as infections, injuries, skin conditions, and more complex concerns with same-day appointments. We can manage chronic illnesses and medication management – including refilling current prescriptions or initiating new medication therapy. In collaboration with Xavier University, we ensure compliance with university immunization requirements and respond to public health crises that impact our campus community.
https://www.xavier.edu/health-wellness/health/services-offered
Does the institution make contemplative and/or spiritual activities available to students?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s contemplative and spiritual activities for students:
The Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice (CFJ) invites all students to explore and deepen their faith through campus ministry opportunities, including worship services, spiritual counseling, retreats and community building.
Rooted in our Jesuit, Catholic tradition, the CFJ helps students make meaning, discover purpose and work for a better world through communities bound by common belief, a sense of belonging and the desire to seek solidarity. We support and challenge one another as we wrestle with big questions, grow in relationship and community and journey through Xavier and beyond.
Does the institution have a campus safety committee that brings together students from vulnerable groups and management in the development and review of policies and procedures related to student safety and violence prevention?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s student safety and violence prevention committee:
The mission of It’s On X is to drive Xavier’s power and gender-based violence prevention education efforts. In support of Xavier’s mission to create and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and equitable campus climate, we provide opportunities for learning and developing student leaders into change agents at Xavier and beyond.
Does the institution have an emergency assistance fund that provides grants or interest-free loans to students who are experiencing financial difficulties?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s emergency assistance fund for students:
The Student Emergency Fund provides limited emergency financial assistance to currently enrolled Xavier University students who are unable to meet immediate, essential expenses because of temporary hardship related to an unexpected situation. The fund is designated to off-set a short-term financial need and is not intended to replace or supplement financial aid. Funds are awarded as a grant, and unlike a loan, do not need to be repaid.
https://www.xavier.edu/studentaffairs/financial-resources/index
Does the institution have a food bank/pantry, meal donation program, or similar initiative that provides food at no cost to students experiencing food insecurity?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s student food security initiatives:
The Store is Xavier Univeristy's campus food pantry, located in the Village yard and managed by Care Management Services. Like a grocery store, The Store allows students to "shop" for their needs, but all items are available to students free of charge. The Store is open daily from 8:00 am - 11:00 pm to all students by swiping with their Xavier One Pass at the entrance door. Accessing The Store is completely confidential.
https://www.xavier.edu/thestore/index
Auxiliary Services has introduced a new online system where students can donate meals in the form of swipe card entry into the Hoff Dining Commons and then anonymously requested by students who face food insecurity.
https://www.xavier.edu/green/campus-initiatives/initiatives/chartwells
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11.2 Employee wellbeing and assistance programs
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s physical health services for employees:
Employees have access to medical insurance as a benefit. Employees are also able to recieve treatment at the on campus clinic in the Health United Builing.
Does the institution make behavioral health services available to employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s behavioral health services for employees:
Xavier provides access to three Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). An EAP provides voluntary, confidential services and resources at no cost to employees and their household members. The EAPs are available 24/7 and include services such as:
- Counseling
- Legal Consultation
- Financial Consultation
- ID Recovery
- Daily living and dependent care resources
- Crisis Consultation
New for 2024 is the TriHealth EAP. Employees, their spouses, and their dependents are eligible for up to 5 free, confidential counseling sessions per issue with a licensed counselor.
https://www.xavier.edu/hr/benefits/employee-assistance-program
Does the institution make free or reduced cost fitness activities available to employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s fitness activities for employees:
Faculty and staff are provided with free memberships to the Recreation Center.
Does the institution make contemplative and/or spiritual activities available to employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s contemplative and spiritual activities for employees:
The Center for Mission and Identity engages faculty, staff and administrators in understanding Ignatian spirituality and Jesuit education as the foundation of the University's mission of forming students intellectually, morally, and spiritually as they cultivate lives of reflection, compassion and informed action.
Does the institution have an institution-wide health and safety committee or network of committees that brings together workers and management in the development and review of workplace health and safety policies and procedures?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s workplace health and safety committees:
The Safety Committee (SC) is a university committee that represents the perspective of the entire university and serves as an advising and recommending body on matters of campus safety that broadly impact the campus and our campus community members.
In fulfilling this charge the SC will identify and recommend prioritized actions to enhance campus safety and to provide for continuous improvement in safety awareness and safety results. SC members also make recommendations and act to develop and continue a culture of safety, a culture that values safety broadly and deeply at Xavier, where a safe campus for all is viewed as an important individual and collective responsibility, and where campus safety is part of what all employees and students think about and act on.
Does the institution have an emergency assistance fund that provides grants or interest-free loans to employees who are experiencing financial difficulties?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s emergency assistance fund for employees:
Following our Jesuit principle of Cura Personalis, Xavier University is committed to supporting
employees when they are faced with unforeseen financial situations which are no fault of the employee.
Examples of this can include, but are not limited to, illness, death, accidents, catastrophes, natural
disasters, or emergency childcare needs. Funds are not intended to help employees out of financial
trouble due to poor financial management.
There are two distinct funds governed by the same policy. Funds to support an employee that requests
emergency funds for childcare are separate from other emergency funds.
https://www.xavier.edu/hr/documents/policies/ee-emergency-fund-cabinet-approved.pdf
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11.3 Smoke free environments
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s smoke-free policies:
Inspired by the Jesuit commitment to Cura Personalis, Xavier University promotes a healthy
and safe learning and working environment for students, employees, and visitors. The
Surgeon General has found that tobacco use in any form, active and passive, is a significant
health hazard and has also issued an advisory on the dangers of electronic cigarettes.
Effective July 1, 2019 the use of any tobacco product and/or nicotine delivery system in any
form, excluding FDA approved cessation medication, is prohibited in all Xavier University
facilities and on all Xavier University owned or leased property, except for property owned and
leased to another, such as University Station. This includes personal vehicles parked on Xavier
owned or leased property, except for property owned and leased to another.
The sale of tobacco products; nicotine delivery systems, excluding FDA approved cessation
medication; and tobacco and nicotine related merchandise (including items that display
company logos) is prohibited in and on all university owned or leased property, except for
property owned and leased to another, and at all university sponsored events, regardless of
the vendor.
The free distribution or sampling of tobacco products; nicotine delivery systems, excluding
FDA approved cessation medication; and associated products is prohibited on all university
owned or leased property, except for owned property that is leased to another, and at
university sponsored events, regardless of venue.
Tobacco and nicotine delivery industry and related company sponsorships of campus events is
prohibited.
https://www.xavier.edu/policy/documents/smoke-tobacco-and-nicotine-free-policy.pdf
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