The Prevention and Campus Health Initiatives unit provides population-based prevention and health promotion strategy to the UW–Madison community. UHS prevention professionals work to address important campus health issues such as sexual and relationship violence, substance abuse, suicide, and wellness through a health equity and social justice lens.
Alcohol Data
Healthy Academics Toolkit
This data-driven tool aims to shift policies, practices, and pedagogies in academic contexts across campus in order to support the health and well-being of students.
Healthy Minds Survey
The Healthy Minds Survey provides a detailed picture of mental health and related issues in college student populations.
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention
Substance abuse can affect individual student retention, engagement, and academic success as well as the overall UW–Madison campus climate. UHS strives to cultivate an environment where high-risk drinking and drug abuse does not prevent a student from reaching their highest potential of intellectual, physical, and human development.
Violence Prevention
UHS Violence Prevention works to build the capacity of the campus community to prevent violence, support survivors and shift the culture.
Survivor Services: Advocacy
UHS Survivor Services provides no cost victim advocacy and confidential support services to undergraduate, graduate, and professional student victim/survivors of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and/or stalking. Our staff can assist with accommodations, resources and referrals, information about rights and reporting options, accompaniments, brief intervention, and consultations for family/friends.
Suicide Prevention
UHS promotes positive mental health among students and prevents suicide through collaborative, campus-wide efforts to: strengthen practices and policies relating to suicide prevention and mental health services; reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues by providing education to the UW–Madison community; and promote help-seeking behaviors among our students.
Food Assistance
Day-to-day expenses like food, clothing, and rent can make it challenging for students to make ends meet. There are many campus resources and student organizations available at no cost to all students.