#BetterU Blog

How Student Health 101 ensures content is inclusive and sensitive to diverse audiences

"How does Student Health 101 ensure that the content is inclusive and sensitive to our school’s diverse audiences?" Recently a health educator at one of our client universities asked us this question. The short answer is that our editorial approaches are based in best...

Letter from the editor

Dear high school staff and administration, Welcome to Student Health 101, 2015–16! I’m here to tell you about the new content elements you’ll see in SH101 this year. A communication goal for us at SH101 is to inform our client schools about our content development...

Editors respond: How does Student Health 101 work for nontraditional students?

Student feedback: “I was so hoping that the Parent Pop Quiz was aimed at the non traditional students who ARE parents. I think that the Student Health newsletter could be improved and reach a much wider audience if it included bits for the non-traditional and foreign...

Protein snackfest: What are students snacking on between classes?

Our cover story on protein snacks is (as expected) our most popular feature this month. Your top 4 portable protein packs checks out students’ favorite protein snacks and how to make them healthier. Eighty percent of readers in our survey (about 21,000 students) said...

How SH101 is helping students take a broader look at disordered eating

Many students who are struggling with disordered eating may not know it—even if they’re familiar with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. Our 4-page feature (May 2015) outlined the “new” eating disorders—including the unofficial labels attached to certain...

Students taking charge of their fitness

‘“This challenge has honestly changed my outlook on exercise.” That’s Emily, an undergraduate at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia. She took on the challenge of stepping up her fitness over the course of two weeks. She is just one of the many brave students...