About UQ Wellbeing
UQ Wellbeing is a Health Promotion Project for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities. The project aims to increase the overall health and wellbeing of students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds by working in partnership with students.
What is health promotion?
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. It’s about looking after important aspects of overall wellbeing, including healthy eating, mental health and physical health.
The project is guided by a student advisory group and has 4 focus areas:
- Healthy Relationships and Reproductive Health
- Nutrition and Physical Health
- Mental Health
- Community and Cultural Connections
Semester 1, 2023 Events and Activities
| Event/Activity | Date/time | Location | Details |
St Lucia: International Student Welcome Breakfast | Wednesday 15 February 7:30am-9:30am | UQ St Lucia, Student Central Plaza (Building 42) | A free breakfast for international students who are new to UQ St Lucia. Make friends and find out the supports available to you at UQ. Numbers are limited: Register your place here. |
| Gatton: International Student Welcome Lunch | Thursday 16 February 12:00-1:30pm | UQ Gatton, Central Walkway | A free lunch for international students who are new to UQ Gatton. Make friends and find out the supports available to you at UQ. Numbers are limited: Register your place here. |
| Herston: International Student Welcome Lunch | Thursday 23 February 11:30am-1:30pm | UQ Herston, Public Health Courtyard and Reconciliation Garden | A free lunch for international students who are new to UQ Herston. Make friends and find out the supports available to you at UQ. Numbers are limited: Register your place here. |
| Health and Wellbeing Stalls | Monday 20 February – Thursday 23 February 11:00am-1:00pm | Mon, Wed, Fri- Student Central Plaza (Building 42) Tues- Great Court Marquee | Find out more about the health and wellbeing supports available to you at UQ and around Meanjin (Brisbane). |
UQ acknowledges and thanks Allianz Care for supporting this project
Get Involved
We are currently recruiting new members for the UQ Wellbeing Student Advisory Group. Find out more and apply here.
If you are interested in finding out more about the project or the student advisory group, please contact Katsu Shike (he/they) and Pamela Doherty (she/her), Health Promotion Coordinators at healthpromotioncald@uq.edu.au.
Other Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
Getting your Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI)
An Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) is a unique number used to identify an individual for health care purposes. The IHI is important as it helps ensure health professionals that the right information is associated with the right person! You can also link your overseas vaccinations to your myGov account and get proof of your COVID-19 vaccinations. If you are an international student or don’t have a Medicare card, you can follow these four simple steps.
Student Representatives
The project has a student representative group, who lead and shape the project. Representative group members provide their opinions and feedback and collect those of their peers.
ContactPamela Doherty (she/her) and Katsu Shike (he/they) |