Health & Wellness Center
Health Education Services
Stacey Genther, MS
Health Educator
Phone Number: (315) 792-7808
E-mail:Stacey.Genther@sunyit.edu
Oriskany Hall, Suite B
Services
All Health Education Services are free and confidential!
- Free Quit Smoking Program with nicotine replacement therapy including the nicotine patch and/or gum and counseling/support
- Free condoms (male and female), dental dams and lubricants
- Free pamphlets, brochures and other educational materials on various health topics
- Free HIV testing with pre and post test counseling (see detailed information below)
- Alcohol and drug use and abuse screening and counseling
- Appropriate guidance and referrals available
- Peer health education training/Internship opportunities
- HLT 200 (2 credit course)
- Education available for all health concerns
Mission and Goals
A student’s ability to achieve optimal health includes recognizing the importance of a particular health outcome and understanding the factors that contributed. Optimal health includes choosing to change or modify risk behaviors and develop new and improved behaviors.
Health is not merely the absence of a disease or illness. Health is realizing benefits and consequences to your everyday decisions. Health is individual attempts to achieve wellness through behavior modification. Health is the motivation to improve the quality of your life and the lives of those around you.
The mission of Health Education Services is to provide students with the most valuable, current information that will prepare them to lead healthy lives long after leaving the learning environment as well as:
- TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
- To provide the most accurate, up-to-date educational materials
- To provide proper guidance and referrals when necessary and appropriate
- To listen to students concerns and/or suggestions and strive to improve the services provided
- To provide students with the information and tools necessary to experience optimal health
- To make students aware of potential dangers to their health and the proper ways to avoid these consequences
HIV Testing with Pre and Post-test Counseling
SUNY Institute of Technology offers free and confidential HIV testing using the Oraquick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 test providing results in just 20 minutes. The fluid tested would contain antibodies to HIV if a person is infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
SUNYIT only offers Confidential HIV testing. Anonymous testing can only be done in a facility specifically authorized for that purpose.
Anonymous Testing Site
Syracuse area (1-800-562-9423)
Confidential HIV Testing vs. Anonymous HIV Testing
Confidential
Clients are identified by name
Test results are entered into the medical record and become part of the permanent medical history
HIV antibody positive test results are reported to the State Health Department
Anonymous
Clients are identified by code number
No information that can be traced to individual is recorded or reported
All clients have the option to convert a positive test result to confidential
All students pay a health fee that entitles them to the full complement of Health Education services offered by the Health and Wellness Center.
