External Resources
Joining one these many listservs or discussion groups allows you to network with your colleagues in college health or your specific discipline. You can also stay up-to-date by signing up for free e-mail bulletins from the listed organizations.
The following is a list of discussion groups and listservs for college health professionals.
None of the groups listed below are official communication channels of the American College Health Association (ACHA). ACHA is unaffiliated with these groups and does not monitor or administrate them in any way, nor does it endorse or accept responsibility for the content or use of external websites. The views expressed are personal to the participants and do not represent the corporate positions or statements of ACHA. No participant is authorized to speak corporately for, or on behalf of ACHA in these forums.
SHS Listserv
The Student Health Service discussion group (SHS) is the major forum and information source for college health professionals, students involved in health promotion, and any other interested parties. Over 3,250 college health professionals currently subscribe to the SHS discussion group.
Visit http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=shs for instructions on how to subscribe, search the archives, and personalize your settings.
If you would like to post to the listserv without subscribing to the listserv, email your post directly to shs@listserv.utk.edu.
Questions should be directed to the moderator, Sandy Dutton, sdutton@UTK.EDU.
Advanced Practice Clinician Listserv
The Advanced Practice Clinician listserv (APCCOLLEGEHEALTH-L@bentley.edu) is devoted to the specific issues of Advanced Practice Clinicians in the field of college health. This listserv was developed in response to the growing need expressed by members of the Advanced Practice Clinicians Section of ACHA to have a vehicle through which to communicate to each other to discuss issues in college health.
Instructions:
- To join - send an email to listserv@bentley.edu
- Leave the subject line blank
- In the body of the email type: subscribe APCCOLLEGEHEALTH-L Your Name
(Please note – “subscribe” is in lower case letters followed by a space – then APCCOLLEGEHEALTH-L is all in caps and is followed by a space then your first name, space and then your last name) - You will receive confirmation of the subscription with a list of rules, guidelines and information on how to unsubscribe and how to access archives.
The Campus Mindfulness listserv
The Campus Mindfulness listserv (campusmindfulness@lists.pdx.edu) is available to those with an interest in or responsibility for mindfulness programming at their colleges or universities. Share programming ideas, challenges, successes, etc. in an effort to promote mindful awareness among emerging adults on your campuses.
If you would like to subscribe, email Bob Liebman at rliebman@pdx.edu.
College Health Clinical Medicine Google® Group
This group is for individuals interested in College Health Clinical Medicine to discuss issues relevant to providers in the college health community. Click for instructions to join the group [pdf] .
The College Health LGBT Listserv
The College Health LGBT Listserv provides a forum for those interested in the health, well-being, and academic success of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, as well as their allies.
To join, visit http://shs.wustl.edu/listserv/College-Health-LGBT/index.htm
The College Health Promotion List
The College Health Promotion List (Hlthprom) provides a forum for the exchange of information among professionals providing health promotion and prevention services at colleges/universities. Discussions might address such topics as sexuality, STDs, HIV/AIDS, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs use, nutrition, peer education, and administration.
To join HLTHPROM, fill in the form on this page: https://lists.wisc.edu/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=hlthprom
College Mental Health Professionals Google® Group
This group provides a place for college mental health professionals to communicate with others in their field to share, support, initiate, and expand ideas in a general forum. To register for the group please click here.
The College Nutrition Listserv
For college health nutritionists and registered dietitians and anyone working in college health with an interest in nutrition.
Instructions:
- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change settings, visit the ADACOMM web page at https://mailman.csupomona.edu/mailman/listinfo/adacomm
- For questions, contact the mailing list owner at jvgrizzell@csupomona.edu
DRU Listserv (for university and/or college emergency management professionals)
The DRU Listserv is intended for university and/or college emergency management professionals to share information and engage in discussions and dialogues related to the profession and emerging issues around campus emergency management. The DRU Listserv is hosted by the University of Oregon Emergency Management Program.
To subscribe click here: http://lists.uoregon.edu/list-interface.html
Faith-Based Institutions Listserv
Forum to address ethical and programming issues related to providing student health services at faith-based institutions. Open to college health professionals at faith-based institutions as well as those who have an interest in these issues or who work on a campus with a significant presence of religion or faith issues among the students.
To Join: Send your name, email address, phone number, institution name and religious affiliation, and institution enrollment to Paul Myers, listserv moderator, at myers@up.edu.
GLMA Listserv for the LGBT Nursing Community
A forum to discuss social, professional, and networking topics of interest to LGBT nursing professionals as well as providing an avenue for exchanging academic, research, and clinical practice related information of interest to LGBT nursing professionals and for the LGBT patients they serve.
The discussion list is open to all, and affiliation or membership within GLMA is not necessary.
Subscribe and join the group at http://groups.google.com/group/glmanursing.
Health Education Directory (HEDIR)
This listserv, abbreviated HEDIR, is for professionals in health education.
Instructions: To join you must register as a site member at http://hedir.org and request group membership.
Nurse Directors Google® Group
This group provides a place for nurse directors to communicate with other directors in their field to share, support, initiate, and expand ideas in a general forum. To register for the group please click here.
The Sexual Health List
The Sexual Health List is a place for discussion of all issues relating to sexual health education and clinical care. The primary focus is college health. Membership is open to all interested parties. This is the place to find how colleagues are applying the latest ASCCP guidelines, incorporating new technology in urine-based Chlamydia and Gonorrhea screening, exploring the use of PCR testing for HSV diagnosis or figuring out how to modify practices to better meet the need of Transgender students. All these topics and more are fair game and welcome. The list is maintained at Wesleyan University.
To join:
- Send an email to: lyris@lyris.wesleyan.edu
- Leave the subject field blank
- Body of message: Subscribe sexualhealthlistserve
Or, you can subscribe via this website: http://lyris.wesleyan.edu/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=sexualhealthlistserve.
To modify your subscription, go to this page and login using your subscribed email address: http://lyris.wesleyan.edu/read/login/. You can, for example, elect to get all messages as they are posted or in a daily digest form.
The SHSaAMc Listserv
For directors of student health services at academic medical centers. Instructions:
- Send an email to Majordomo@list.pitt.edu
- Type in the body of the email message: Subscribe SHSAAMc@list.pitt.edu
After you are subscribed, you may then send emails to the list address: SHSAAMc@list.pitt.edu. Only list subscribers will be able to post to this list.
The Student Health Pharmacy Listserv
For the discussion of the issues that are faced by pharmacists in a college healthcare environment.
Instructions:
- Send an e-mail to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU
- Leave the subject line blank
- In the message, type in caps: SUBSCRIBE SHSRX-L
- All actual correspondence should be addressed to SHSRX-L@listserv.uconn.edu
- For questions, contact the mailing list owner: deborah.hubbell@uconn.edu
E-Mail Bulletins
HEC NEWS (Higher Education Center News List)
This listserv sends out news items on a regular basis.
To subscribe to the list serve send an e-mail to majordomo@mail.edc.org with the following text in the message area: subscribe HECNews (do not put anything on the subject line).
