Peer Health Educators
The Student Health Center’s Department of Health Promotion (DHP) maintains an active Peer Health Educator (PHE) program. Through training and mentoring from DHP staff, the PHEs become educated about important health-related topics and develop skills to design and facilitate a wide range of informative, interactive, and effective health promotion and disease prevention programs. Some of the programs offered throughout the year include:
Meditation and mindfulness drop-in sessions
Coyote FitBit Challenge
Love Lab
Health Howl
Safe Spring Break
Pet Away Worries and Stress (PAWS)
... and on-going workshops on
Sexual Health
STIs
Contraception Options
Alcohol and Drug use
Smoking / Tobacco Cessation
Nutrition / Fitness
Mental Health
Self-Care
Coping with Stress
For more information about the Peer Health Educator program, contact Melissa Acuna, Health Education Assistant, at melissa.acuna@csusb.edu