Task Force on Problematic Substance Use

Spring 2021 – CAPS completed a university program review, which included a summary report written by internal and external stakeholders and national subject matter experts.

Fall 2021 – Health and Wellness Promotion began work on their university program review self-study and will undergo a formal program review in spring 2022.

Spring 2023 - Campus Health and CAPS are both scheduled to move their physical locations to the same building in fall 2023. 

Summer 2020 – Launch of the Student Wellness Directory (wellness.iupui.edu), a sustainable, sortable and searchable database of programs that includes drop-down categories for mental health and substance use.

Fall 2022 - Launch of mentalhealth.iu.edu, a central sortable and searchable website listing mental health resources for students on each campus. 

Fall 2021 – Health and Wellness Promotion is scheduled to undergo a formal program review in spring 2022. This will be the office's first program review.

Spring 2023 - Health and Wellness Promotion is scheduled to move from CE 350 to CE 370, which will allow a more identifiable storefront and reception desk for wellness programs.

Spring 2020 – Increased sample size of the NCHA survey and included academic school as a demographic question for the first time to allow school-level analysis of the data.

Summer 2020 – NCHA and ICSUS student health survey results are now hosted publicly on the IRDS website in the Student Surveys section.

Spring 2021 – Implementation of the ICSUS achieved a 30.3% response rate, its highest ever since IUPUI began using the survey in 2010. 

Spring 2023 - The NCHA was administerd as a census of all students for the first time ever, and was completed by 1887 participants (9.7% response rate). The survey again included academic school as a demographic question to allow school-level analysis.

Fall 2019 – Evidence-based programs rated by the CollegeAIM were mapped to existing campus programs in the most recent Biennial Review Report. IUPUI currently utilizes nine different CollegeAIM rated programs.

August 2019 – Health and Wellness Promotion launched its own home-grown Personal Feedback Intervention (PFI) tool embedded within the Alcohol and Other Drugs website (aod.iupui.edu). This self-guided and voluntary 10-minute feedback intervention has been taken 1027 times.

Spring 2022 - Evidence-based prevention strategies were again mapped to CollegeAIM rated programs in the most recent Biennial Review Report. 

April 2020 – SupportLinc was introduced as the new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider. The service includes unlimited telephonic counseling with a professionally licensed counselor, and up to six face-to-face counseling sessions per episode.

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Healthy IU’s Substance & Alcohol Use Treatment Assistance webpage links to national substance use and mental health resources, including the Alcohol Treatment Navigator (NIAAA) and the Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator (SAMHSA).

June 2019 – Healthy IU hosted a three-part substance use webinar series and now hosts the recorded presentations and accompanying handouts on their website.

Spring 2019 – An alcohol use frequency question was added to the IU Workplace Health & Wellbeing Survey.

November 2019 – A revived IUPUI Wellness Coalition seeks to increase information sharing and collaboration on heath and wellness topics across units. The coalition has been meeting quarterly.

Summer 2020 – Launch of the Student Wellness Directory (wellness.iupui.edu), a sustainable, sortable, and searchable database of programs that includes drop-down categories for mental health and substance use.

Summer 2020 – Physical version of a 12-page Student Wellness Directory booklet were printed with grant funds. Copies were distributed by academic units and mailed directly to incoming students.

December 2020 – Employee open rates for the required alcohol/drug annual notification email increased from 40% in 2018 to 46% in 2020. Student open rates increased from 44% in 2018 to 54% in 2020.

Spring 2021 – The IUPUI Wellness Coalition commissioned IU Studios to conduct a series of focus groups with both students and employees about perception and awareness of health and wellness offerings, current and preferred communication, and to produce a report of recommendations to enhance communication.

Spring 2019 – A grant from the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction enabled Campus Health to become trained in SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment). Implementation was paused due to COVID demands.

April 2020 – SupportLinc was introduced as the new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider. The service includes unlimited telephonic counseling with a professionally licensed counselor, and up to six face-to-face counseling sessions per episode.