Tuesday, November 26, 2024
11/26/2024
Juniata College will implement Self-Harm: Assess Report Eliminate (SHARE) to support mental health and prevent suicide among Juniata students, who are the focus population for this project. SHARE is a comprehensive, collaborative, well-coordinated, and evidence-based approach to enhancing the mental-health infrastructure in and around Juniata. To address specific barriers and elevated risk of campus subgroups, the project will focus efforts to reach LGBTQ+, ethnic/racial minority, first-generation, and international students as well as student athletes. Juniata is located in the central PA town of Huntingdon. In recent years, enrollment efforts have dramatically diversified the student body of approximately 1,213. Juniata students are 52.5% female, 47.5% male, 31% first generation, 17.1% racial/ethnic minority (domestic), 13% international, 27% self-identified LGBTQ+, 36% student athletes, and 13% neurodiverse. About one-quarter of Juniata students receive Pell grants (i.e., are low income). On recent surveys, high percentages of students report that they experience anxiety, depression, stress, disturbing family issues, relationship problems, and problems with interpersonal functioning. The overarching goal of Self-Harm: Assess, Report, Eliminate (SHARE) is to support mental health and prevent suicide in the Juniata College student population. Under this overarching goal, sub-goals of SHARE include: 1) enhancing behavioral health services for all students with a special focus on underserved and vulnerable student populations, 2) preventing and reducing suicide, mental illness, and substance use disorders 3) promoting mental health awareness, 4) promoting a campus culture that encourages help-seeking behaviors and reduces stigma, and 5) improving identification and treatment of at-risk students so they can be successful in their academic program and in their lives. To accomplish these goals, SHARE will achieve the following measurable outcomes/objectives. 1) At least 300 (900 total) members of the campus community (unduplicated numbers) will receive Mental Health First Aid (MHFA); Acknowledge, Support, Keep-in-Touch (ASK); and/or Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) training in suicide prevention and/or mental health promotion each year. 2) 250 (750 total) students will receive evidence-based mental health and/or SUD services each year at the Glaeser Counseling Center. 3) 800 (2,400 total) individuals will be exposed to mental health awareness messages that reduce stigma and encourage help-seeking behaviors through JED implementation and other outreach and education activities. 4) 1,800 students (including 100% of student athletes) will be screened using the CCAPS-34 by the Glaeser Counseling Center counselors for suicidal ideation during the three-year project period. 5) At least 50 (150 total) students will be referred by Glaeser Counseling Center to mental health-related services in the community (including crisis services) for suicide risk, ideation, and/or self-harm behavior. It is anticipated that 800 individuals will be served by SHARE annually and 2,400 total over the three-year project period. SHARE will engage in the following strategies/activities: campus-wide implementation of selected JED outreach/education activities; sustaining the Mental Health Campus-Community Coalition (network infrastructure) to gain input from stakeholders; providing students with screening, assessment, counseling services, information, and referrals; implementing training in MHFA, QPR, and ASK for students, faculty, staff, and administrators; ensuring that students know about crisis hotlines and other resources; conducting outreach and dissemination of information; offering educational programming to build protective factors and resiliency; using messaging campus-wide to promote mental health and remove stigma; conducting educational seminars; and conducting evaluation activities, like annual surveys/assessments to determine or adjust focus.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
