Cougar Care. Independence ... Cougar Care. Immunizations

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Cougar Care

• Access to Care
• Privacy Rights

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Cougar Care

• The importance of
• Physical Health
• Mental Health
• Sleep
• Nutrition
• Exercise

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Cougar Care Tough Choices

• Talk with your parents throughout your college
  years Start NOW
• Discuss situations about tough choices
• Under age drinking
• Relationships
• Drugs
• Discuss responsibility for tough choices
• Ask for help without criticism

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Cougar Care Independence Confidentiality

• If you are under 18 years old, HS requires
  parental consent form on file CSL cannot
  guarantee confidentiality
• If you are over 18 years old, you can give
  medical consent for treatment we encourage you
  to discuss your medical decisions with your
  parents
• The Health Insurance Portability and
  Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) addresses the
  security and privacy of health data

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Cougar CareImmunizations

• Illinois Register Department of Public Health
• Title 77 Immunization Code 695 requires
• Tetanus Diphtheria
• TD within the past 10 years is required
• TDaP now available as a booster vaccine
• Measles Mumps Rubella
• A series of 2 is required if born after 1956
• SIUE recommends all students consider
• Meningitis (1 shot)
• Hepatitis A (series of 2 shots)
• Hepatitis B (series of 3 shots)

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Cougar Care Services Offered

• Included in Student Health Fees
• Medical Care
• Physician visits (scheduled)
• Acute care treatment
• Initial diagnosis
• Nurse visits
• Triage
• Education
• Mental Health Care
• Counseling visits (scheduled)
• Acute care treatment
• Intake and individual sessions
• Psychiatric consultation
• Health Education
• Group programs
• Community Outreach

• Offered at Discounted Fees
• Womens Health Visits
• Routine or problem
• Immunizations and Injections
• Required /or recommended
• Allergy shots with Internists oversight
• Laboratory Testing
• HS or outside MD
• Pharmacy Supplies
• HS or outside MD

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Cougar Care Health Insurance

• Parents Insurance
• Know the type of coverage
• Carry current insurance card
• Academic Risk Management Plan
• Brochure available in Health Services office
• Recommend obtaining insurance if not covered by
  parents plan

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Cougar Care Emergency Care

• During Office Hours (8am 430 pm)
• Health Service walk in
• Counseling Services call
• Emergency Department
• Anderson Hospital
• Gateway Regional Hospital
• Hospital of the students choosing
• Call 911
• Police Dispatch and First Responders
• Call Staff

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Cougar Care Health Service

• Call us for
• Information
• or
• Appointments
• Telephone
• 618-650-2842
• Fax
• 618-650-5839
• www.siue.edu/HEALTH/

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Cougar Care Counseling Service

• Call us for
• Information
• or
• Come in to be matched to your therapist
• Telephone
• 618-650-2197
• Fax
• 618-650-2217
• www.siue.edu/COUNSELING/

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