Peer Health Education

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Peer Health Educators (PHE’s) are U of S students who want to make a difference in their community and are passionate about the issues that impact student wellbeing. PHE’s promote health on campus in many different ways including:

  • in person
  • through face book
  • videos
  • blogs
  • cafeteria table toppers
  • events in residences
  • coasters in Louis
  • Sheaf articles

The goal is to catch students’ attention, to get them to look at a health issue from a different perspective, to help students make healthy choices and make the healthy choices easier to make. The PHE program is an extension of Student Health Services.

Partnerships

If you have Healthy Campus ideas, we’d like to hear them and better still, work with you to make them happen.

Examples of partnering ideas
  • Celebrating local eating with the USSU Food Centre
  • Move US with the USSU, Sustainability and Health and Wellness
  • Safer Partying with Residence
  • What do you do for your mental health? A photo competition with Campus Centre Pharmacy and the USSU Help Centre

Contact us at: rita.hanoski@usask.ca with your ideas.

Our Staff

Our Staff

peer health educators

2012 student volunteer Peer Health Educators

Mental Health

jocelyn

Jocelyn

  • Student coordinator for Mental Health education
  • She is in her last year of sociology

Nutrition and Fitness

sagetha

Sangetha

  • Student coordinator of Nutrition and Fitness Education
  • She is in 2nd year of Arts and Science

Alcohol and Drugs

katrina

Katrina

  • Student coordinator of Alcohol and Drugs education
  • She is in her final year of Toxicology

Sexual Health

desiree

Desiree

  • Student coordinator of Sexual Health education
  • She is in 1st year law

Volunteer

  • Who: Students from all colleges who have an interest in wellness. No previous health knowledge is necessary
  • When: Terms one and two: orientation in September; weekly team meetings and outreach activities
  • Why: Because you want to make a difference in your community and enjoy meeting and working with other students
  • How: You will join one of our teams: mental health, sexual health, nutrition and fitness and drugs and alcohol. Then, you work with your team and others to promote student wellness on campus
  • Cost to you: Your passion and commitment to attend a weekend orientation in September and volunteer 3 hours per week throughout the year
  • The rewards: Meet new people, have new experiences, build your leadership skills, and add something valuable to your resume
Background Information

Volunteering to be a Peer Health Educator

Peer Health Educators work in small groups based on subject areas (see below).

  • Mental Health
  • Sexual Health
  • Alcohol and Drugs
  • Nutrition and Fitness

Many Peer Health Educator activities occur between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on week days. How likely is it that you would be available on 1-2 weekdays during this time?

It is expected that Peer Health Educators volunteer a minimum of 3 hours each week. Will this work for your schedule?

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