Update on the ACHA National Faculty & Staff Health Assessment (NFSHA)
July 22, 2025
The ACHA Board of Directors has put the NFSHA on pause for the 2025-2026 Academic Year as it evaluates the instrument’s place in ACHA’s research offerings and overall strategic plan.
- ACHA institutional members that would like to implement the NFSHA within their own Qualtrics account during the 2025-2026 academic year may purchase the NFSHA Qualtrics (.qsf) file from ACHA at a cost of $100 ($200 for non-member institutions – Check if your school is a member here)
- The QSF file will contain the full NFSHA survey except for questions 67B1-2, the Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale (CD-RISC2). (ACHA pays a licensing fee to use the CD-RISC2. Schools interested in using the CD-RISC2 will need to seek their own licensing agreement to administer the scale.)
- The QSF file will not contain any built-in scale scoring nor reporting functionality. ACHA will not provide support for scoring nor reporting of the NFSHA. Survey administrators may refer to the available scoring documentation to score and interpret their data.
To purchase the NFSHA Qualtrics file for use on your campus during the 2025-2026 Academic Year, please complete and submit this licensing agreement.
Questions may be directed to Taylor Klenner.
Build a healthier campus community by assessing the health and wellness of your faculty and staff.
Having current, relevant data about faculty and staff health can help colleges and universities enhance health promotion and prevention services across campus. By assessing faculty, staff, and graduate student employees’ health behaviors, institutions can provide better services and support for their employees.
This survey tool, designed specifically for faculty, staff, and graduate student employees working on college and university campuses, can assist schools in determining which employee wellness programs and services are needed.
How You Can Use the Data
With the ACHA-NFSHA, you can determine the most significant employee health priorities and trends.
With your survey data, you can:
- Identify the most common health and behavior risks affecting employees’ performance and productivity.
- Design evidence-based health promotion programs with targeted educational and environmental initiatives.
- Allocate monetary and staffing resources based upon defined needs.
- Have readily available data for policy discussions and presentations with faculty, staff, administration, and board members.
- Impact the campus culture by opening a dialogue about health with employees.
- Develop proposals to secure grant funding to expand or develop programs.
- Evaluate your programming efforts by conducting repeat administrations of the survey.
Results
Results from Spring 2023 ACHA-NFSHA
Results from Fall 2021 ACHA-NFSHA
Results from Spring 2021 ACHA-NFSHA
Results from Spring 2019 ACHA-NFSHA
Results from Fall 2019 ACHA-NFSHA
