NCUE actively cooperates with local, national, and global health institutions to protect the health and well-being of students and community residents of all ages and promote medical welfare, eliminate infectious diseases (including sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS), strengthen prevention and control efforts, and reduce drug abuse.

1. NCUE cooperates at the global level:
NCUE offers a transnational internationally accredited course for students seeking certification as international behavior analysts.

NCUE’s Community Psychological Counselling and Guidance Centre recently applied to join the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Mental Health Support Programme for Medical Personnel during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The program provides free psychological counseling and care to medical personnel suffering from emotional problems such as nervousness, depression, anxiety, pain, or insomnia from the impact of the pandemic. The program seeks to alleviate health providers’ mental health issues, allowing them to be at ease while working through the pandemic.

Annexes:

• Annex 3.3.1A International Behaviour Analyst Certification courses offered by NCUE’s Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counselling
• For the course accreditation, approval letter, and Admission Guidelines, visit this website: https://www.abainternational.org/vcs/directory.aspx
• Behavioral Therapy Consultation Research Center https://sites.google.com/site/ncuegircaba/

2. NCUE cooperates at the national level:

2.1 NCUE actively cooperates with national-level departments to provide mental health and counseling services.

NCUE joined the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Mental Health Support Program for Medical Personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic from September 2021 to July 2022.   The program provides free psychological counseling and care to medical personnel suffering from emotional problems such as nervousness, depression, anxiety, pain, or insomnia from the impact of the pandemic. The program seeks to alleviate health providers’ mental health issues, allowing them to be at ease while working through the pandemic.

2.2 NCUE’s efforts in promoting a healthy workplace have led to its national certification. 

2.2.1 NCUE has been certified as a healthy workplace by the Executive Yuan, obtaining the highest level of health promotion certification.

2.2.2 Cooperating with government agencies, NCUE has established health promotion policies and measures for all faculty, staff, and students. The Ministry of Education also provides subsidies on health promotion for colleges and universities to implement health promotion activities. NCUE received a subsidy of 170,000 NTD from the Ministry of Education to implement the Health Promoting School Project for Universities and Colleges in 2021, and held eight health seminars and 16 health promotion activities, involving a total of 5,359 participants.

2.3 NCUE’s efforts in sports, health, and well-being have been recognized and awarded by the Ministry of Education

In 2020, NCUE was again awarded the Outstanding School Award of Sports Achievements: Colleges and University Group; NCUE was also accredited by the Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education.

2.4 NCUE offers liberal education courses to improve students’ all-round health and well-being knowledge.

NCUE  offers liberal education courses to increase students’ all-around health and well-being knowledge, enhance their understanding of social health and wellness, and promote their ability to develop health-promoting programs, policies, and practices.

Annex:

• Annex 3.3.1B presents details on the courses offered by NCUE’s Centre for General Education

2.5 NCUE helped improve the availability of surgical masks in Taiwan during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Surgical face masks protect both wearers and those around them from the spread of airborne infections. In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic,  Taiwan’s citizens formed long queues outside convenience stores and pharmacies as the supply of surgical masks ran low. Howard Wu, a graduate of NCUE’s Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, immediately responded by developing two programs: the Convenience Store Mask Map program and the Pharmacy Mask Map program. Using Wu’s programs, people could check nearby shops’ mask inventories, which helped them locate and purchase this personal protective gear. The programs effectively expedited citizens’ access to masks, helping them prevent and control the spread of the virus in Taiwan. Tainan City Mayor Wei-Che Huang praised Wu’s efforts and presented him with a certificate of appreciation.
2.6  NCUE cooperates with the Ministry of Education to actively prevent and provide treatment for students’ drug abuse.

2.6.1 NCUE has been deeply engaged in preventing and controlling student drug abuse. NCUE received a National Outstanding University and College Award in the Prevention of Drug Abuse in Students in 2017, 2018, and 2019, making it the only national university to have received the award for three consecutive years.
2.6.2 In 2021–2022, NCUE gained the Ministry of Education’s approval to implement the Learning Model Programme for the Prevention of Drug Abuse in Students by Universities and Colleges, conducting anti-drug activities in nearby primary schools. NCUE was approved to receive a project fund of 300,400 NTD. According to the plan, 105 students served as volunteers in staging a play that promoted anti-drug ideas in front of 127 teachers and 1,648 primary school students at 17 primary schools.

Annex:

• NCUE was awarded the Ministry of Education’s National Outstanding University and College Award in the Prevention of Drug Abuse in Students for three consecutive years. For more information, visit this website: https://www.ncue.edu.tw/p/406-1000-3131,r93.php?Lang=zh-tw

3. NCUE cooperates at the local level:
NCUE cooperates and forms alliances with the local community. Through cross-departmental cooperation and interaction with the community, NCUE creates a supportive environment that benefits residents’ health, strengthens and expands community resources, and promotes health and wellness, contributing to society and helping community residents unlock their potential by improving their physical and mental health.

3.1 Research in sports and health sciences is conducted on the players to provide a basis and reference for the design of advanced training plans:
Associate Professor Hsin-Min Wang of NCUE’s Department of Sports has been conducting research in sports and health for many years. His achievements have earned him special research project subsidies from the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. His main research interests are in anterior cruciate ligament injuries and joint and cartilage health, and his extensive papers on the preventive health care of knee joints and on protecting the functions and health of knee joints through exercise have been published in international academic journals. In 2021, NCUE also implemented the Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education’s “Competitive Sports Project to Support Sports Sciences, 2021.” For the key sports the university plans to develop, the players are placed under the monitoring of sports sciences, so that their coaches can obtain the relevant data, providing a basis and reference for the design of advanced training plans.
Annex:
Please refer to Annex 3.3.1C Details Professor Hsin-Min Wang's research plans in sports and health
3.2   NCUE works with community members in university projects and increases the incentives to improve residents’ health.

3.2.1 In the project of University Social Responsibility Hub (USR Hub): Training Muscle Power for a Happy Life in Northern Changhua, NCUE coordinates with the Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education to offer free technological fitness tests that help community members assess their physiology and physical fitness. The tests also help participants choose suitable sports and exercises to improve and maintain their health. The project targets NCUE faculty, staff, and students aged 23–64 and community residents aged 23–64. To date, there have been ten test sessions serving 400 people total, and the project has been well received.
3.2.2 In the first half of 2021, 7 full-time psychologists and 16 part-time psychologists at NCUE provided students with free individual and group counseling services. NCUE also invited psychiatrists from a partner hospital and local clinics to advise on physical and mental health and provide referrals and suitable medical resources. A total of 19 people availed themselves of the counseling resources. Overall, in 2021, NCUE held 5 group counseling activities for a total of 30 participants (230 person-times); provided 380 people with individual counseling (including individual counseling and psychological testing and interpretation) for a total person-times served of 2,417.

3.3   NCUE implemented measures to improve the health and well-being of the community and NCUE faculty, staff, and students

3.3.1 Various administrative units of NCUE joined a comprehensive physical and mental health care system to provide teachers and students with all-around health care. The units included the Health Service Section of the Office of Student Affairs, the Student Psychological Counselling and Guidance Centre, the Community Psychological Counselling and Guidance Centre, the Department of Athletics, and the Centre of Environmental Protection, Safety, and Health.
3.3.2 NCUE employed medical personnel (three full-time nurses, three visiting physicians, 7 full-time psychologists, and 16 part-time psychologists) to provide teachers, staff, and students with health services. The services included free health consultations, medical care, individual and group counseling, and health management. In addition, Changhua Christian Hospital, a partner hospital with NCUE, sent general practitioners, occupational physicians, psychiatrists, and Chinese medicine practitioners to the NCUE campuses to serve at the clinics, providing physical and mental health consultations, on-site health guidance, and physiotherapy. NCUE also has 27 clinics as partners that provide referral services and advise teachers and students about available discounts and treatment options.
3.3.3 Between the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic until 14 September 2021-Between August 9, 2022, the Student Psychological Counselling and Guidance Centre provided counseling using safe-contact communication tools, serving 110 people (266person-times) over the phone.
3.3.4 Every semester, physicians and nursing staff from Changhua Christian Hospital are invited to offer students “Emergency Relief Education,” a general education course.

Annex: Syllabus (links)

• https://webap0.ncue.edu.tw/DEANV2/UploadDEAN/SUBJECT/1102/00212_0CCGE0174920.pdf

3.3.5The following table details the physical and mental health care services provided by NCUE to teachers and students in 2020-2022:：

4. Measures in place against the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022

To effectively improve the health, safety, and well-being of its teachers, staff, and students under the ever-changing challenges of the COVID‑19 pandemic, NCUE instituted humane, safe, and effective disease-prevention measures to prevent the virus’s spread.

4.1 On April 25 and 26, 2022, COVID-19 vaccination stations were set up on the campuses; 339 people were vaccinated during the event, which increased the campus vaccine coverage rate.
4.2 The university’s epidemic prevention measures are continuously updated and announced on NCUE’s special website designated for COVID-19 information, so that all teachers and students can stay informed about and follow the latest rules.
4.3 Accounts of the preparation, use, and management of anti-epidemic supplies are kept to ensure that the supplies are sufficient and ready for the use of teachers and students to fight the virus.
4.4 A “Self-health Management and Epidemic Prevention Reporting System” is established for the health management of all teachers and students. If a person is suspected to have been infected, we will help the person take a PCR test at the hospital, arrange remote consultations, move the person to an observation dormitory, and provide health guidance and health education, so as to effectively control the spread of the epidemic on campus.
4.5 To prevent outbreaks, 38 dormitories are prepared for caring and isolation tasks, so that confirmed COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms can be taken care of on campus if they are not able to go back home.

COVID-19 vaccination stations on campus    

NCUE’s special website for COVID 19 information

Preparation of anti-epidemic supplies

Control of population flow at an anti-epidemic dormitory

Annexes:

• 3.3.1D: details on NCUE’s disease prevention measures in 2022
• Epidemic outbreak and prevention—For more about NCUE’s video, Protecting the Health of Teachers and Students, featuring a COVID-19 epidemic drill on disease
  https://www.ncue.edu.tw/p/406-1000-3747,r93.php?Lang=zh-tw
• NCUE’s special website for COVID-19 information https://olisweb.ncue.edu.tw/

5. NCUE cooperates with medical institutions in academic research to improve the health and well-being of its teachers, staff, and students.
NCUE works with local medical institutions such as the Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, the Changhua Christian Hospital, the Public Health Bureau, and relevant medical centers and community hospitals to safeguard the health and well-being of teachers, staff, students, stakeholders, and community residents. They combine their professional power and medical capabilities to provide physical examinations; prevention education on sexually transmitted diseases (including AIDS); and vaccinations against influenza, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases.

Annex:

• Please refer to Annex 3.3.1E for the details of the academic research cooperation between NCUE and the medical institutions, which aims to protect the health and well-being of teachers, students, and the local communities.

6. NCUE assists the Ministry of Education by being a role model for schools’ physical and mental health promotion.

To effectively improve the health of its teachers, staff, and students, NCUE works with the Ministry of Education to develop various education programs on preventing and dealing with sexual assault; drug abuse prevention and recovery; holistic health; nutrition, healthy living, and weight control; and other health-related topics.

6.1   NCUE has received subsidies from the Ministry of Education to implement the Health-Promoting School Project for Universities and Colleges, the Service and Learning Model Programme for the Prevention of Drug Abuse in Students by Universities and Colleges, and the Project of Moral Education Promotion and Deep Cultivation in Schools to comprehensively promote the physical and mental health of teachers and students.
6.2   Implementation of the Ministry of Education’s subsidized college health promotion school plan: Adhering to the spirit of ‘health-promoting schools’, NCUE has conducted health empowerment courses and activities over the years to create a healthy campus environment and will continue to do so in the future. The project has four main themes: ‘Tobacco Hazard Prevention’, ‘Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS Prevention Education’, ‘Weight Control’, and ‘Healthy Living’. In 2021, 5,359 people participated in the project activities.
6.3 NCUE implements the “Project of Moral Education Promotion and Deep Cultivation in Schools,” with the aim of becoming “a first-class university with excellent teaching qualities, innovative research, and sustainable services.” Twenty-eight sessions were held for 2,912 people in 2021, while 11 sessions were held for 1,500 people in 2021.

Annexes:

• Annex 3.3.1F Role Model of Health Promotion Schools describes NCUE’s relevant measures.
  For more about ‘National Changhua University of Education: A health-promoting school’, visit this website: http://health.ncue.edu.tw/files/11-1018-1264.php?Lang=zh-tw
• Annex 3.3.1G: details of the Achievements in the Health Promotion School Project 2020.
• Annex 3.3.1H contains links to other supporting information.