Cultivating a Culture of Care & Prevention

Balancing performance expectations, academic responsibilities and social pressures can be overwhelming for many collegiate student-athletes.

By prioritizing their health and well-being through a toolkit of behavioral strategies, we can support and uplift student-athletes — while cultivating a culture of care and prevention throughout the collegiate athletic program.

For collegiate athletic administrators who want to create the best possible student-athlete experience, myPlaybook is an online educational program that promotes student-athlete health and well-being through simple, evidence-based behavioral strategies and life skills addressing topics including alcohol and drug education, sexual violence prevention, and mental health and stress management.

Developed under a rigorous National Institutes of Health grant and in collaboration with the Center for Athlete Well-being at UNC Greensboro and approved to meet NCAA minimum guidelines for drug and sexual violence prevention education, myPlaybook uniquely provides a proven, easy-to-implement solution to help student-athletes thrive.

“Athletics departments are trying their best to create a top notch student athlete experience. Part of that is creating a culture of care that is necessary for those athletes to make healthy decisions… We've had hundreds of athletics departments and thousands of student-athletes already go through it [myPlaybook], and it's been proven to be effective at creating a great experience for the athletes. It provides a space for them to seek care if they need… and to build great relationships with their coaches and other athletic staff.”
—Jeff Milroy, PhD, director of programs, Prevention Strategies

In this video, hear more from Jeff Milroy about the ways in which myPlaybook brings value to collegiate athletic administrators, coaches and student-athletes.