How are you feeling, as a student? Participate in our health survey!
NEWS
All undergraduate programme students who are currently taking their first semester will receive a health survey via email 17 November. The survey is part of an international WHO project that the University is participating in.
Life as a student can be great and exciting, but sometimes involves situations that may appear tough or demanding. At times, you may need support in how to handle things. In order for the University to have better opportunities to offer you the right support when you need it, we are participating in a project about, and for, students' mental health, which is run by the World Health Organization WHO. As a first step, we need to find out how our students are feeling, and whether their health situation changes during the study period.
How you can contribute
If you are currently in your first semester of an undergraduate study programme, you will receive an email on Tuesday 17 November asking you to complete a health questionnaire. The project researchers will send the survey via the Qualtrics survey platform. If you cannot find the email in your inbox, please check your spam folder. The plan is for you to receive an email on 9 November with more information about the project and the health survey.
The questionnaire contains questions about your physical and mental health and takes a while to answer. Regardless of how you feel when you receive the survey, your answers are very valuable to us so that we will be able to develop helpful forms of support for our students.
About the project
The survey is part of the global research project "World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health International College Student Initiative (WMH-ICS)". Umeå University participates together with several universities in Sweden and in 17 countries around the world. The long-term project goal is to prevent mental illness in students.
