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Health Services

University Health Services Manoa (UHSM) offers medical services and health promotion programs for students, faculty, and staff. Patient Care: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hours of operation: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For overnight and weekends, medical professional telephone consultation is available. For clinic hours, appointments, or information, please call UHSM, or visit the website above.

Health Clearance

The State of Hawai‘i mandates that certain health requirements be met for entrance to post-secondary educational institutions. (Hawai‘i Administrative Rules, DOH Title 11, Chapter 157)

You may not register for classes until you have received health clearance.

Health Clearance Requirements are:

• Submit Health Clearance Form. Information on obtaining the Health Clearance Form is given to students along with their acceptance packet. Complete the front page of this form to the best of your ability. The back page can be completed by your physician or, if you have your own personal immunization records, you can submit a copy of the records.
  
• Comply with State of Hawai‘i tuberculosis clearance guidelines. ALL students enrolled at UH Manoa must have tuberculosis (TB) clearance. A negative TB skin test (PPD-Mantoux) within one year prior to your enrollment is required. Skin test results must be read in 48 to 72 hours and results documented in millimeters, i.e., 0mm. If positive, a chest x-ray is required. TB tests must be performed by a U.S. licensed provider.
  
• Returning or Transferring Students from a post-secondary school in Hawai‘i (i.e., UH Hilo, Community Colleges, Chaminade, HPU, etc.):
  
  • When you re-enroll in another post-secondary school in Hawai‘i, a copy of your original certificate shall meet the Tuberculosis requirements for certification.
    
  • The Tuberculosis certificate must be done in Hawai‘i for a post-secondary school.
    
  • Hawai‘i students with a history of a positive PPD and negative chest x-ray must complete and return the Tuberculosis Symptom Screening form.
    
• Provide documentation of immunity to measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
  
  • You need two live doses of measles vaccine, with at least one being an MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella)
    vaccine.
    
  • Your first dose must have been given on or after your first birthday.
    
  • Your second MMR vaccine must have been given at least 4 weeks after the first vaccine.
    
  • Measles, Mumps, and Rubella immunizations may be waived if:
    
    • You have a blood test to prove your immunity to measles, mumps, and rubella. The measles, mumps, and rubella titers are needed, OR
      
    • You were born before 1957.
      

Clinical Services

General Medical Clinic

Physicians and nurses provide primary medical care for illness and injury. Services also include immunizations, travel counseling, allergy shots, and physical examinations. A clinical laboratory provides testing, and the pharmacy stocks prescription and over-the-counter medications. UHSM assists patients in obtaining specialized medical services in the community.

Specialty Clinics

Specialty clinics include sports medicine, dermatology, and psychiatric services. The following special services are also offered:

• Nutritional counseling is provided for medical conditions and weight, sports, and fitness concerns.
  
• The Women’s Health Clinic offers examinations, pap tests, contraception and emergency contraception, tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy tests, and education and counseling.
  

Fees

Services, supplies, and medications are provided at reasonable cost to clients with and without billable insurance. UHSM will submit claims for visits and procedures to the endorsed UH student insurance plans and other non-HMO companies.

For additional information, visit: www.hawaii.edu/shs/for_patients/service_fees.php.

Health Promotion Program

Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services, 313D
2600 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-3574 Health Promotion and Manoa Alcohol Project Resource Center
Fax: (808) 956-6371

Student Health Insurance

All students are strongly urged to purchase medical insurance. Nonimmigrant international students are required to have insurance coverage. UH Manoa endorses a student health insurance plan with enrollment periods at the beginning of each semester. The endorsed plan cover visits at UHSM. Contact the Health Promotion Resource Center or visit the UHSM website for information on these plans.

Health Resource Center

The Resource Center provides a wide range of health education materials for personal use and class presentations and papers. Resource center personnel are available to assist students, faculty, and staff.

Peer Education/Service Learning Program (LOKAHI Program)

Based at the Health Resource Center, LOKAHI is a peer education/service learning program through which staff and trained student educators provide presentations for classes and other campus groups. Topics include responsible sexuality; safe dating; body image; tobacco; alcohol and other drugs; wellness; and stress management.

Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program (ADEP)

ADEP provides education, brief intervention, counseling, and referral in regard to alcohol and other drugs. This includes work with students who have violated alcohol and/or drug use guidelines, as well as self-referrals. Visit the website at www.hawaii.edu/shs/health_promotion/adep.php.

Manoa Alcohol Project (MAP)

Manoa Alcohol Project (MAP) is a grant-funded project providing primary prevention services to reduce underage and harmful consequences of drinking. Visit the website at www.facebook.com/UH.MAP.

Student Employment and Training Opportunities

Paid employment opportunities are listed at the Manoa Career Center. Volunteers serve in peer education programs and on the Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC). Students also receive training to fulfill academic requirements in medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, and public health. Staff members assist students with research projects.