Healthy Workers' Program

The Health Workers Program (HWP), created in 1998, is an organization affiliated with the University Health Center.

The HWP is a comprehensive work site health program that provides basic primary and dental care and health education to medically under served workers on campus. The target population of uninsured temporary and contract workers comes mostly from the Dining Services Department. Many of the workers have limited English proficiency; the majority of them speak Spanish. Workers receive services in the Health Center and work site screenings. In addition to these regular services, the following services are open to the entire campus community:

• Interpretation: HWP provides interpreters for all Spanish-speaking patients visiting the UHC.
• Translation: HWP translates various types of documents (flyers, brochures, etc).
• Health Education: HWP offers free education classes in Spanish or English to the campus community.

Community Outreach: Since our services are limited, we work closely with government and other agencies in the community that supplement the resources that we lack.

Volunteer Program: HWP is staffed during the academic year by approximately 15 bilingual university students that assist with all the program’s activities in addition to administrative tasks.