DSA Assessment Plan
Department Name:
Assessment Plan for Academic
Year:
Director:
Assessment Contact(s)
(if not the director):
UH Wellness
FY 14
Dr. Gail Gillan
Dr. Gail Gillan or Mr. Reuben Parrish
Department Mission Statement: UH Wellness, a campus wide education and prevention program, supports student success by promoting healthy choices and
creating a healthier, safer learning environment across all dimensions of wellness.
Department Vision Statement: to be recognized as a benchmark institution for campus prevention and education programs
1. to facilitate student development and the student learning process
2. to increase collaboration and networking within the university and surrounding community
Department Goals:
3. to utilized research based, theory driven prevention models
4. to promote comprehensive campus wellness
5. to promote staff progression toward advanced professional competencies
Program or Services Being Assessed: Campus Wide Wellness Survey--Needs Assessment
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Program Objective(s)
Campus Wide Wellness Survey
will be distributed to all UH
students as a needs assessment
and to determine trend data on
wellness related activities and
behavior, with the goal of a
response of at least 2,000
students.
Method
Timeline
(Month)
Frequency
A Campus Wide
Once per year
Wellness survey will be
distributed to all
students via Campus
Labs. Analysis will be
run to determine
patterns and
significant trends,
including Chi Sq. and
freq. NOTE: The ACHS
may be substituted.
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Purpose
Goal(s) Supported
Data will be used to
Goal 4-promote comprehensive
follow trends in
campus wellness
behavior, to assess
behaviors of specific
sub populations
(including residential,
non-res; academically
at risk, commuters,
and students in
recovery). Data will be
shared with research
faculty, DSA partners,
and others within the
DSA Assessment Plan
Results:
The program was not completed because of the time it took to redesign the instrument. The data obtained would have given additional information on student
health and wellness behaviors.
Action:
The department will continue to assess the entire campus but using another instrument. The new instrument will be disseminated the same time in early spring
and provide a baseline comparison to other universities using the same instrument. Wellness will ask for a one time funding request through SFAC.
Program or Services Being Assessed: UHW Workshops Post Workshop Evaluation
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Program Objective(s)
As a result of attending a wellness
workshop, 70% of SWiBAT identify
a new skill they intend to
implement within the next month.
Method
On the evaluation form
distributed at the end
of each workshop,
participants will write
a specific skill they
learned and intend to
implement within the
next month.
Timeline
(Month)
Frequency
Each fall and spring
September through
semester, an
May
evaluation will be
distributed at the end
of each workshop
offered on site at UHW
(appx. 10 ws per
semester, or 1 per
week)
Purpose
To determine if
workshops are having
an impact on students'
abilities to learn and
implement usable skills
and knowledge from
UHW workshops.
Goal(s) Supported
Goal 1- support student learning and
student development
Goal 3utilize research and theory driven
models
Results:
Students are evaluated using a paper based evaluation form after each workshop. At the end of each semester, analysis are done of all of the workshops to
determine if the target percentage rate has been achieved. During the Fall 2013, 72% percent of students were able identify a specific skill they intend to
implement in their daily lives to improve their health and wellness.
Action:
The information gathered will help in creating better workshops that will lead to students learning and identifying a skill the will improve their overall health and
wellness. As a department we met the objective but not in terms of the quality of the workshop.
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Program or Services Being Assessed: IMAGE and Self Protective Behavior
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Program Objective(s)
As a result of attending an IMAGE
session, 70% of SWiBAT identify a
self protective behavior they
intend to implement.
Method
At the end of each
IMAGE session,
participants, using the
ARS (clickers) system,
will identify a self
protective behavior
they intend to
implement.
Timeline
(Month)
Frequency
Each semester,
September through
student groups may
August
host a session.
Frequency will vary
depending upon
recruitment of groups
to participate.
Assessment will occur
at each session
immediately following
the session.
Purpose
To determine if IMAGE
is encouraging
students to implement
self protective
behaviors.
Goal(s) Supported
Goal 1- support student learning
Goal 3- utilize research and theory
driven models Goal 4-promote
comprehensive campus wellness
Results:
Students who attended an IMAGE program was assessed with a pre and post test using automated response clickers. On the post-test, 90% of students identified
a self protected behavior. We define self protected behavior as a behavior that a student chooses that is helpful in preventing negative consequence when
consuming alcohol or not consuming alcohol.
Action:
This data is helpful in encouraging organizations on campus to take an active role in providing an theory driven/researched based alcohol prevention program that
helps with risk management education and encouraging positive behavior change for their members.
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Program or Services Being Assessed: IMAGE and Negative Consequences.
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Program Objective(s)
As a result of attending an IMAGE
session, students will report
statistically fewer negative
consequences than those students
who did not attend a session
Method
Data on negative
consequences will be
collected on the
Campus Wide
Wellness Survey
distributed in
February.
Timeline
(Month)
Frequency
Campus Wide Survey is Februrary
distributed once each
year.
Students will also
designate whether
they participated in an
IMAGE session using
their alpha-numeric
code.
Purpose
To determine if IMAGE
is impacting the level
of negative
consequences
associated with high
risk alcohol
consumption.
Goal(s) Supported
Goal 1- support student learning
Goal 3- utilize research and theory
driven models Goal 4-promote
comprehensive campus wellness
This is part of
prevention program
aimed to eliminate
high risk drinking and
increase self protective
behavior.
Results:
Each year Wellness disseminates a campus wide survey to collect data on students overall health and wellness. The survey has questions about negative
consequences that students may encounter related to alcohol. This objective looked at if students who attended the IMAGE program are experiencing fewer
negative consequences. Results showed there was not a significant difference in students reporting certain negative consequences rather they have attended an
IMAGE program. However, negative consequences involving being physical in nature showed a significant difference in those who participated in IMAGE than
those who did not.
Action:
The results from this particular analysis will help drive the programming efforts for FY 15. The campus wide survey used will be replaced by a national survey to
obtain data for a baseline comparison to other universities. It will be distributed in the same manner during the same the time of year.
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Program or Services Being Assessed: Student Employees, Student Interns, and Graduate Students--Student Development
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Program Objective(s)
As a result of participating in
service learning projects with
UHW, 70% of students will
iimproved in at least one self
identified, transferable work
competency by the end of the
academic year.
Method
Students will be given
an assessment at the
end (post) of the work
year, in which they
rate the extent to
which working at UHW
has complemented
their academic course
work and/or
career/life goals.
Timeline
(Month)
Frequency
Assessment will be
September and May
given at the beginning
of the annual work
cycle and at the end,
as part of the
evaluation process
Purpose
Goal(s) Supported
To determine if
Goal 1 - student development and
students are learning student learning
professional
competencies from
their employment and
improving in their
work performance at
UHW.
Results:
Each student rather an intern, student staff or GA was given a pre and post assessment to determine if they are learning transferable professional competencies
by working at UH Wellness. The results show that 80% of the students improved in at least one area and 68% in two or more areas.
Action:
In terms of how much they learned was not captured. The assessment only showed if they felt if they are in need of improvement, average, above average or
excelling in doing a specific competency. So, we are designing a way to measure if they have really learned how to do the professional competency by providing
assigned tasks that address the competencies they say they think they need improvement in.
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Program or Services Being Assessed: Student Engagement for Interns, HLT participants, and graduate students
Learning Outcome(s) and/or
Program Objective(s)
As a result of planning and
participating in UH Wellness
programs, students will indicate a
greater level of engagement than
prior to participation, with a
average engagement score of 3.0
for at least 2 of the survey items
Method
Timeline
(Month)
Frequency
An engagement survey Once per semester
was created and given
at the end to measure
engagement.
Questions were
created based on the
NSSE Engagement
Indicators
November and May
Purpose
To determine if
applying classroom
learning through UHW
internship, GA
experience, and HLT
4197 has a positive
impact on student
engagement.
Goal(s) Supported
Goal 1 - student development and
student learning Goal 2 collaboration
Goal 3 - research
driven
Results:
The objective being assessed was supposed to be done at the end of each semester to measure the engagement of students based on the NSSE engagement
indicators. The survey was provided at the end of the first semester but not the second. The students office staff ranked on average score 2.0 for at least two of
the survey items. In talking with the student office staff individually following the survey, they responded that they wish they could have more responsibilities and
be more involved with outreach events.
Action:
In response to comments provided by student office staff, the professional staff will re-evaluate the job duties to provide more opportunities to become more
engaged within the department. Since, the same student office staff will be here FY 15, the same survey with additional questions will be given to determine if
they feel more engaged to the department and university.
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