Your Award-Winning Well-Being Program
Welcome to Hoos Well, the University of Virginia's award-winning employee well-being program! We work to foster a culture of well-being at UVA, promote your health and happiness, and enhance your quality of life by providing resources and programs that support your well-being.
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Hoos Well focuses on assisting with four central categories of well-being: physical, financial, emotional, and social. When you feel healthy in these four areas, you can do your best work, reach your goals, and optimize your health, happiness, and quality of life. Learn more about our comprehensive well-being offerings below.
We invite you to participate in the wide range of programs and resources that Hoos Well offers. We’re here to help as you work to create and maintain a healthy lifestyle that meets your personal goals.
Thrive Together is a monthly webinar series designed to enhance mental health and social & emotional well-being in the UVA community. More than 10,000 UVA employees and spouses have participated and rate the webinars' quality as 4.7 out of 5. Explore our upcoming reward-eligible webinars and our extensive library or recorded emotional and social well-being webinars.
Improve your financial fitness by attending a live, reward-eligible webinar presented by Hoos Well partners Fidelity, TIAA, and Virginia529. Participants in the UVA or UPG Health Plan can earn a $25 reward for one webinar per quarter. After participating fully in the webinar, record your attendance in the Hoos Well portal to receive your reward. Please note: Watching recordings of previous webinars is not eligible for Hoos Well rewards.
It takes a village to build a culture of well-being at UVA! Hoos Well Champions are located across the University, meet quarterly to share ideas and energy, and help others learn about well-being resources.
Quitting tobacco may be the single most important step you can take for improving your overall health, but it can be hard. You’re not alone! Hoos Well offers free, nonjudgmental support and a broad portfolio of resources including phone-based coaching, educational modules to build healthy habits, and mindfulness support for quitting tobacco.
In the Hoos Well portal, UVA Health Plan and UPG Anthem Health Plan participants can work one-on-one with a certified tobacco cessation specialist to create a personalized quit plan, set achievable goals, manage cravings and triggers, and explore whether nicotine replacement or other cessation-supportive medications are right for you.
Schedule a Coaching Session with Personify HealthUVA employees and spouses on the UVA Health Plan and UPG Anthem Health Plan can earn rewards for participating in Journeys (online, self-directed learning modules) in the Hoos Well portal, to help you become and remain tobacco-free.
Start your tobacco-free Journey todayIf you’re struggling to quit tobacco, you’re not alone. QuitSmart™ Mindfully is a live, virtual 12-session mindfulness program designed to help you manage cravings and address the emotions that keep you feeling stuck. Proven to help over 40% of participants quit by six months, this program is available at no cost to enrollees in the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan through eMLife.
QuitSmart ™ Mindfully
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