Student Health And Wellness
The strategic focus for the Health and Wellness Unit is to prioritise a student-centred approach by fostering a supportive and nurturing campus environment that promotes overall wellness. This involves raising awareness about healthy behaviours through targeted education and outreach while ensuring the provision of comprehensive services, training, and critical support tailored to student needs. By integrating these elements, the unit aims to enhance student well-being and create a culture of health and resilience across the university community. The Health and Wellness Unit consists of the following thee focus areas: Counselling Services, Primary Health Care Services, and Peer Mentoring.
Student Counselling Services aims to help students minimize the negative impact of their psychological problems may have on their academic studies. We offer both virtual and face-to-face counselling sessions. The counselling services are also operated from a holistic wellness model that supports students in terms of their physical, academic, social, emotional, and spiritual functioning. The Counselling Services offers the following for registered students:
- Individual Counselling,
- Group Counselling,
- Resource Room,
- Welfare Service,
- Academic Support and Advocacy,
- Wellness Development,
- Psychosocial Wellness Programme.
The Health Services Unit understands that the transition to university life is both exciting and unsettling. Therefore, we endeavour to provide SPU students with comprehensive and quality health care to ensure holistic student well-being. The services offered include the following:
- Minor Ailments e.g., flu, earache etc.
- Minor injuries,
- Management and treatment of infectious diseases,
- Emergency assessment and possible referral/treatment,
- HIV/AIDS management and treatment,
- Voluntary HIV counselling and testing,
- Screening services e.g., Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) screening, Tuberculosis (TB) screening,
- Family Planning services, including pregnancy tests
Senior students are trained as mentors to help fellow students.
Peer Mentors can make a difference in a students’ living and learning life at the university and are a bridge between staff and students. Peer Mentors also run a number of outreach activities.
Click here to download the list of peer mentors, peer educators and wellness warriors.
Students can schedule an appointment via email or in person.
Email: health.wellness@spu.ac.za or mpho.setlhabi@spu.ac.za
In Person: Visit the health and wellness centre located at the Economic and Management Sciences Building, Ground Floor.
Email: health.wellness@spu.ac.za
Tell: 053 491 0496
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