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Health survey emailed to students Health Center seeks input for providing additional services
DONNA ROBLES Reporter drobles.roundupnews@ gmail.com
The Student Health Center sent 9,000 surveys to students at random through the Los Angeles Community College District emails.
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Students that were selected will be entered in the chance to win a MacBook Air or one of five iPads upon completion of the survey.
Beth Benne, director of the Student Health Center, said that this survey is important to know what the students need and if there are additional services that the Health Center can provide to the Pierce students.
Out of the 9,000 surveys that were sent, the Health Center is expecting to have 900 responses.
Benne said that she’s hoping to have at least 900 responses in order to have generalizations on what the students on campus need.
Art major Sergio Vega thinks that it is a good idea that the Student Health Center is sending out surveys.
“It’s good because it benefits them, but they are also helping the students by providing educational tools. It’s a two-way street,” Vega said.
Students who received the email were randomly selected by the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment and Benne did not have a say on who was sent the survey.
“The researchers randomly pulled student ID numbers out of the hat, computer wise. I have nothing to do with who was selected,” said Benne. “They did that on February 22.”
Benne’s only worry is whether or not the students will respond to the survey. Responding to the survey is not mandatory. Additionally, completing the survey takes about 20 to 30 minutes, but they have an incentive, according to Benne.
Student Health Center Assistants
Bonnie Zahavi and Loralyn Frederick said they notified the students through email reminders and word of mouth.
“ASO has been reaching out to the students and the SHAC committee,” Frederick said.
Zahavi looks forward to seeing the results so they can further develop the services in the health center.
“We’re really excited because we want to know how we’re doing because we want to assess everything we do and [see] if there’s room to improve, which there always is,” Zahavi said.
Benne said she wanted the survey to be available to all the students from Pierce. However, they cannot afford to have it available to everybody. The survey and incentives are funded by the Associated Students Organization.
