About Health Promotion on Campus

Trinity As A Health Promoting College

'A health promoting university is not one that has achieved a certain level of health, it is one that is conscious of health and striving to improve it'

Health Promoting Universities; concept, experience and framework for action, WHO, 1998

Trinity College is the place of study of 16,000 students, the work place of 1700 staff and home for 1700 residential students. As such, the college acknowledges its responsibility for helping to promote the health and well-being of this relatively large and diverse community.

Trinity College is committed to creating healthy working, learning and living environments for students and staff. This is being achieved by bringing together existing initiatives for the well-being and health of students and staff and by motivating and stimulating greater participation in, and coordination of, health promotion activities.

Trinity's objectives as a health promoting college include:

• Promoting healthy and sustainable policies and planning throughout the university
• Providing healthy work and study environments
• Offering healthy and supportive social environments
• Improving primary care
• Facilitating personal and social development
• Ensuring a healthy and sustainable physical environment
• Encouraging wider academic interest and developments in health promotion
• Develop links with the community