Sending a Child to College is an Act of Courage!

Let Student Health 101 help take away some of the worry.

Dear Parent,

A lot can happen at college…and it isn’t always what you had in mind for your student.

Your son or daughter will encounter student health issues, everything from the common cold to sexually transmitted diseases.

Sometimes student health problems are relatively simple…the “freshman 15” weight gain that many students experience when they are out on their own for the first time, or feelings of homesickness or mild depression. However, youngsters can also become involved in more serious matters, such as dangerous binge drinking, drug use, and other behavior destructive to student health.

The most frustrating part of all this for most parents is that you cannot be there every minute to give your student health related advice and help them make the right decisions.

Wouldn’t it be great to find someone you can trust to help come up with solutions to student health problems…or even anticipate important issues and deal with them before they become serious problems? That’s where Student Health 101 can be extremely helpful.

When you choose to participate in the Student Health 101 program, you will receive:

• Nine monthly issues of Student Health 101 delivered during the school year via email to both parent and student
• General Student Health Guidebook
• Special Summer Issue also delivered via email to both student and parent
• Weekly student health tip through email
• Online access to our reference website

Join today for a free 30-day trial including access to the Student Health 101 Newsletter archives.

Student health involves a lot of seemingly unrelated issues. There’s a lot on their plates: classes, studying, meeting new people, handling part-time of full-time work, getting by on too little sleep, peer pressure to drink too much or to try drugs, managing their own money. Student Health 101 is a good way to help them handle it all.

It’s easy to think that student health will take care of itself while your children are so busy doing other things. The fact is, though, that during these college years your son or daughter will be exposed to a staggering number of student health issues that range from minor to potentially life-threatening.

New People…New Germs

Your student’s campus is the perfect place to meet new people…and new germs. Protecting student health against infection and disease is a matter of getting the right information.

Germs are everywhere. A University of Missouri-St. Louis health educator conducted a student health study to determine where the most germs hung out on campus. A black light (ultraviolet light) search revealed that bathrooms and campus computers were the biggest breeding grounds.

The information and advice you and your student will receive as part of Student Health 101 is the product of painstaking research and extensive training. The advice offered to students is grounded in common sense as well as in leading edge science and medicine. Of course, student health concerns don’t always come in large, dramatic doses. Perhaps your student will need help dealing with allergies and allergic reactions. Maybe the problem is tension headaches or even migraines. No matter what the size or seriousness of the condition, student health problems can lower energy levels and impede your son’s or daughter’s progress and happiness.

A Language Students Understand

Of course, the best way to maintain optimum student health is to get that student to “buy into” good health practices. The student who eats wholesome foods, gets adequate exercise and sleep, drinks plenty of water, and avoids excessive partying will no doubt be healthier and have a better college experience.

That sounds logical, doesn’t it? But how do we get your young scholar to understand and internalize the importance of maintaining good student health? How do we make the point in a way that doesn’t seem patronizing?

Student Health 101 is researched and written by health professionals who know how to communicate with college students. Each email-delivered issue of Student Health 101 talks to students in a candid, frank, real-world fashion that they understand.

Some health issues require more attention than others. Good hygiene, adequate sleep, and proper nutrition are all very important, but the real-world fact is that most parents are concerned — or should be — about drug and alcohol abuse in campus life.

Unfortunately, drugs and alcohol are a common component of social activity in college. Besides the question of illegality associated with most substances in this category, use of drugs and alcohol can have a significantly negative short- and long-term effect on student health and well-being.

Help Them Make the Right Decisions

Simply put, students make certain choices during their college years about using drugs and alcohol, and these choices can have a lasting impact on their lives. Student Health 101 helps students understand that with the freedom to make their own choices comes the responsibility of accepting the results of those choices. The information provided by Student Health 101 is presented to help your student make informed decisions and balance the short-term excitement of drugs and alcohol against the serious consequences that can accompany such activities.

At just about any college in America, your student will be potentially exposed to drugs of abuse such as:

• Alcohol
• Nicotine
• Marijuana
• Amphetamines and methamphetamines
• Cocaine
• Opioids (morphine and heroin)
• Hallucinogens (LSD and PCP)
• Inhalants (glue)
• Designer drugs (ecstacy, china white, etc.)

Of course, it’s not only the mind-altering drugs that present problems. Tobacco is one of the most abused and deadly drugs used on campus. Not only that, but the decision to begin smoking during college years can lead to an almost unbreakable addiction in later years, one that will almost certainly lead to serious health problems or death. In fact, avoiding tobacco or quitting smoking is the single-most important thing your student can do to improve his or her health…Student Health 101 is dedicated to helping make that happen.

Some of the Decisions are Yours

There is no doubt that your student will have to make some important decisions and choices in the coming years.

And so will you. You will have to decide just what you are willing to do to make sure your student progresses through those wonderful, exciting, and potentially dangerous school years and emerges an educated, accomplished, healthy adult ready to take a meaningful, rewarding place in the world.

One of the decisions we hope you make is to participate in Student Health 101. Working together, there is little doubt that we can make an important difference in your student’s life.

It’s easy to participate.

Accept our Free Trial today and you'll have 30 days to review the Student Health 101 Newsletter, including access to our archives. You'll then receive an invoice for a one year Student Health 101 membership for just $47.00. Should you choose to join, simply pay the invoice and you will receive continued access to Student Health 101. Should you decline, please keep the Student Health 101 Newsletters that you have received as a free gift.

A one-year Student Health 101 membership includes:

• Nine monthly issues of Student Health 101 delivered during the school year via email to both parent and student
• General Student Health Guidebook
• Special Summer Issue also delivered via email to both student and parent
• Weekly student health tip through email
• Online access to our reference website

Membership is even more affordable when you join for more than one year: $97.00 for three years.

Please consider what’s at stake with your student’s health and the astonishingly low cost to participate in Student Health 101. If your student reads, understands, and takes to heart just one piece of medical advice and guidance during the next year, won’t your participation in our program be worth much more than the participation fee?

Won’t you activate your Free Trial today?

Daniel Wolman
Publisher, Student Health 101
College Health Services