Health Promotions

The Office of Health Promotion works both as an advocate and collaborator to educate the TCU community about positive health practices that can be utilized for both individual success and to impact the overall TCU environment.

Our goal is to educate individuals and groups about how healthy behaviors can lead to both academic and personal accomplishments that can be used throughout life.

 

 

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Health Corner

Reliable Health Information

Health is more than just the absence of disease– it encompasses your mind, body and spirit… the whole you and the decisions you make that effect your body.  Check out some of these online resources that  provide you with information on how you can choose healthier decisions for yourself . 

Alcohol: If I Drink Alcohol, How Much is too Much?

Facts About Alcohol Poisoning (NIAAA)

Emotional Health:

How  Can I Manage Stress? (American Heart Association)

Manage Stress (www.healthfinder.gov)
Sleep and Health (The Better Sleep Council)
Sleep Hygiene Test (Discovery Health)
Depression (National Institute of Mental Health)
Social Anxiety Disorder (NYU Child Study Center) 
 
Exercise: Are you looking for a new way to track how much you eat and how many calories your burning?  Check out this FREE online source which shows you how to balance the two.  
My Pyramid Tracker
 
Disordered Eating:
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ 
 
Nutrition:
www.mypyramid.gov
www.balancemindbodysould.com
www.sparkpeople.com
www.shapeup.org 
 
Sexual Health:
STDs: Symptoms. Tests and Fact Sheets (Healthfinder.gov)
HPV (Food and Drug Administration)
HPV and Men: CDC Fact Sheet (CDC)
Personal Health Questions (CDC)
 

 

For more information about Health Promotion at TCU, please contact Karen Bell Morgan,
Assistant Dean of Campus Life for Health Promotion at
  k.l.bell@tcu.edu