Prevention Education

Build Healthy Habits

Student Health and Well-Being offers resources for a wide range of topics to help students develop skills, understand how to make safe and healthy decisions and gain knowledge to experience thriving well-being.

Request a program or email us to develop a program specific for your needs.

Alcohol

Whether you choose to drink or not, it’s important to have access to information that supports you in making choices that align with your well-being. We offer the following resources to help you make informed decisions and reduce potential harms.

College Behavior Profile (CBP)

A quick and confidential way to get personalized feedback on your alcohol and cannabis use. The CBP is provided by Missouri Partners in Prevention and was created with input from and designed by college students.

Well-Being Coaching

Meet with a Certified Wellness Coach to discuss reducing or eliminating your substance use in a supportive environment. Explore your use habits and develop personalized strategies. Our coaches will help you set and work towards realistic goals. Schedule an appointment in MU Connect (login required).

Behavioral Health Screening

Screens for symptoms of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, substance use disorders and a general well-being screening. Information about resources is offered based on your responses.

Student Health and Well-Being Canvas Course

On-demand information is available in the Alcohol module (login required).

Party Safe

A short online training to learn ways to keep your party as safe as possible, especially if you will be consuming alcohol or other drugs.

Cannabis

Cannabis can come with mixed messages. Our office offers research-based resources to help you make informed choices and reduce risks, whether or not you choose to use.

Understand Mizzou Policies

Mizzou prohibits the possession or use of marijuana on university property, including academic facilities, residential halls, common areas, athletic complexes and facilities, and exterior open areas like parking lots, driveways, streets and sidewalks. This includes both medical and recreational use.

College Behavior Profile (CBP)

A quick and confidential way to get personalized feedback on your alcohol and cannabis use. The CBP is provided by Missouri Partners in Prevention and was created with input from and designed by college students.

Well-Being Coaching

Meet with a Certified Wellness Coach to discuss reducing or eliminating your substance use in a supportive environment. Explore your use habits and develop personalized strategies. Our coaches will help you set and work towards realistic goals. Schedule an appointment in MU Connect (login required).

Student Health and Well-Being Canvas Course

On-demand information is available in the Cannabis module (login required).

Hazing Prevention

Hazing has no place at Mizzou. Every Tiger plays an important role in protecting our community from harm.

Prevent Hazing Website

This website aims to provide a holistic resource for students, faculty and staff to receive trainings, get support, report hazing incidents, and learn about hazing prevention efforts.

Empowered

Empowered is a bystander intervention initiative created to promote community connectedness and civic engagement and empower students to get involved in situations where they can prevent, reduce or respond to harm. Empowered works to address multiple interconnected issues, including alcohol and other drug use, interpersonal violence and mental well-being.

Prevent Zone

Explore hazing prevention training modules to learn more about how these evidence-based practices will teach you how to recognize, report and prevent hazing.

Healthy Relationships

Building and maintaining safe, strong relationships is a key to good social well-being and can enhance our overall well-being. 

Student Health and Well-Being Canvas Course

On-demand information is available in the solving relationship conflict module (login required).

Empowered

Empowered is a bystander intervention initiative created to promote community connectedness and civic engagement and empower students to get involved in situations where they can prevent, reduce or respond to harm. Empowered works to address multiple interconnected issues, including alcohol and other drug use, interpersonal violence and mental well-being.

RSVP Facilitations

We offer programs to expand participants’ knowledge surrounding interpersonal conflict and violence, including all forms of prohibited harassment and discrimination. All RSVP education is data-informed, interactive, customizable for each audience and provides participants with evidence-based approaches to prevent harm in our community. Topics include healthy communication (such as conflict management, consent and how to support a friend), the full spectrum of relationship dynamics (from romantic to professional and everything in between), how to foster sense of belonging and community connection and more.

Tobacco and Nicotine

Take the next step towards a healthier you. If you or someone you know uses tobacco or nicotine products, Mizzou has resources to build healthy habits and reduce or quit tobacco/nicotine. Even infrequent use can increase your risk of chronic illnesses. Take care of your health, explore resources and understand Mizzou’s policies.

Student Health and Well-Being Canvas Course

On-demand information is available in the solving relationship conflict module (login required).

Nicotine Cessation

Meet with our Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist to help you quit or decrease your use of tobacco and nicotine products. The Wellness Resource Center offers free individual coaching and nicotine replacement therapy. Appointments can be booked on MU Connect (login required).

Tobacco-Free Mizzou

Visit Tobacco-Free Mizzou for cessation resources that cater to the college student experience and understand Mizzou policies related to tobacco.  

Time for Change

Time for Change offers strategies and resources to reduce or quit cannabis and/or nicotine as well as current research on the impact of cannabis and/or nicotine and benefits of quitting. You can also connect with resources that can help meet your goals to reduce or quit your use.

Medical Support

The Student Health Center offers one-on-one visits with medical providers who can prescribe appropriate medication to support your action plan to quit. As with other medical visits, health insurance will be billed for the visit. Call 573-882-7481 to schedule an appointment. 

EX Program

Get free, on-demand, and 24/7 support for your quitting journey through the Ex Program, developed by experts, shaped by lived experience and available online, right at your fingertips.

Sexual Health

Sometimes it can be tough to make choices about issues as personal as sex and relationships, but no matter what decisions you make, it is always important to gather information, evaluate your options and make informed decisions that works for you and your life.

Student Health and Well-Being Canvas Course

On-demand information related to understanding options of contraception, how to prevent sexually transmitted infections and how to make healthy sexual decisions is available (login required).

Sexual Health Product Requests

Sexual health products are available to students at no cost. You can also order sexual health products online and pick up your order in the Student Health Center.

Student organizations, fraternities and sororities, Housing student staff, campus offices and other university-affiliated groups can place free bulk orders for sexual health products to distribute.

Schedule an Appointment

The Student Health Center is available to discuss safe options regarding your sexual health.

Know Your Support

We’re here to help and what support is available at Mizzou.

At Your Fingertips

The Student Health & Well-Being Canvas Course offers on-demand content on a wide variety of topics to support student well-being and assist students in making decisions about their lives that are healthy for them.

Educational Consultations

Student Health & Well-Being professionals are content experts, and are available to assist students, faculty and staff in meeting academic, programmatic or organizational needs. Looking for a custom presentation or program or wanting to explore opportunities to collaborate? Request a consultation today.