“Adopting the charter aligns who we have always been as an institution with an internationally known framework and network,” Watts said at the time. He also predicted that the move would “raise UAB’s ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz has joined a cohort of nearly 30 higher education institutions in the United States that have adopted the Okanagan Charter, also known as Health Promoting ...

Health promotion is broadly conceived as the process of enabling individuals and communities to increase control over, and improve, their health. This discipline moves beyond the traditional focus on ...

Demarcus’s journey shows how UAB creates supportive environments that help students persevere and flourish. After life‑changing challenges, he found spaces and services that helped him persevere and ...

Vicki Squires received SSHRC funding for the study that is mentioned in this article. Vicki is a member of the CHPCN or Canadian Health Promoting Campuses Network. The network is mentioned in the ...