UHS Health promotion Health Promotion programs help you make the connections between your health, environment, and lifestyle. Professionals in public health and health education can teach you how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and healthy environment. Health Promotion Outreach staff and peer educators provide training and education, free brochures, and consultations to assess health conditions of student environments such as living centers or social settings. Information is available in the Health Promotion Office. Students can receive valuable experience and sometimes academic credit by working as Student Health Advisory Committee members, peer educators, and volunteers in the Tang Center.
Coverage is good anywhere in the world.
SHIP members can also purchase a separate health insurance policy for a spouse or domestic partner and dependents. SHIP members must receive prior authorization from UHS for off-campus care. Students requiring off-campus emergency care should call the UHS Student Health Insurance Office the next working day to request authorization. Please refer to a SHIP brochure for more information. The waiver process must be completed yearly.