University Health Services
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Throughout 2023 University Health Services (UHS) continued to meet the health needs of the University community by building service capability and introducing new clinical and allied health services. Community connection initiatives included training opportunities with the LGBTIQA+ community and the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program. UHS actively engaged with student clubs and associations to promote services, and developed a new patient experience survey.
UHS engaged with researchers, research projects and partners in 2023, including the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and welcomed fourth-year medical students, nursing students and Master’s of Nutrition and Dietetics students for health-related placement experience.
UHS successfully obtained three Strengthening Medicare grants for each campus in Australia, allocating the funds to improving equipment and service delivery.
Counselling and Psychological Services
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Nearly 18,000 appointments for counselling services were made to support approximately 6000 Monash students and staff in 2023. Counselling and mental health programs were provided at all Australian campuses, Monash Law Chambers and through Monash University Malaysia’s internal counselling service. A counsellor was placed in Monash Prato to support the Monash Abroad program. Telehealth appointments were provided to students offshore.
The mental health literacy programs offered by the Counselling and Psychological Services team strengthened the University community’s capacity to identify individuals with emerging mental health issues and helped promote early professional interventions. A total of 1047 students and staff were trained in courses including Mental Health First Aid and its refresher course, safeTALK and Understanding Mental Health.
Campus Wellbeing Programs
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Monash hosted more than 40 events for its 2023 wellbeing program, drawing a total attendance of more than 6500 participants. Major programs included:
The first health and wellbeing expo, Wellbeing: Innovate + Educate + Inspire, held in September 2023, attracted more than 550 participants. The expo featured a series of keynote speakers and presentations to inspire staff and students to care for themselves, each other and the environment through the lens of the five pillars of the Health and Wellbeing Strategic Action Plan.
Monash Sport
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Monash Sport programs, services, events and facilities attracted more than 1.2 million visits in 2023, a 24 per cent increase on the previous year. Student membership uptake continued to grow with more than 7800 active members across the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses, and more than 5000 students participated in social sport competitions. In addition, fitness and wellness activations energised the campus with events such as Zumba After Dark, Monash Walk and Fun Run, MS Mega Swim, Wings For Life World Run, Pop-Up Playgrounds and the Indigenous Nationals.
Monash Thrive
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Monash Thrive, a mobile app offering tools for daily mental health check-ins, mood tracking and wellbeing, was rolled out to Monash students and staff. Co-designed by students during the pandemic lockdowns and developed by the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, the app enables users to record trends in their mood and access wellbeing resources relating to dealing with stress, mindfulness and breathing exercises, sleep, and promotion of when and how students and staff can seek help. The app is free to users with an active Monash email address.
Further relevant SDGs:
Wellbeing Hub
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University Health Services and Counselling and Psychological Services launched the new Wellbeing Hub at Clayton campus centre in November 2023. Designed to lower the barrier to entry for people seeking mental health support and information, the space is available for students and staff to sit in and connect with a mental health professional if needed. The Wellbeing Hub is open weekdays 9:30am - 4:30pm.
