Peer Health Advocates
The fabulous student health educators of WesWELL!
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Activities
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The BACCHUS Network
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presented by the PHAs.
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Mission
The Peer Health Advocates, a BACCHUS-affiliated
peer education group, are dedicated to promoting mindful
decision-making in order to support and encourage healthy living. We strive to fulfill this mission by:
- creating and offering
educational outreach
activities, including active and passive programming, for and with
Wesleyan students and groups
- serving as a health referral resource for students
- advocating for campus policy and procedure changes to improve
student health
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- serving on campus committees which address student health concerns.
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Current Student Staff
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Peer Health Advocate Team Leaders
The Team Leaders oversee WesWELL's peer-led health education
efforts, including the supervision of the volunteer Peer Health
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Peer Health Advocates
The volunteer members of the PHAs create and implement peer-led health
education outreach efforts on a variety of health issues. Current
members include:
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Andrea Domanick '10
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Allie Diamond '11
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Arielle Linsky '09
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Annina Deleo '09
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Adina Teibloom '10
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Ben Mackoff '11
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Colleen Carpenter '10
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Caroline McCarthy '10
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Damian Privitera '11
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Rose Agger '10
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Emily Byrne '11
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Liz Krushnic '10
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Liza Litvina '10
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Gianna Palmer '10
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Hannah Masius '10
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Heather Sheriff '09
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Heather Stanton '10
- Jaimie Huntly '10
- Jen Liebschutz '11
- Johanna Justin-Jinich ‘10
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- Josh Pavlacky '08
- Jia Yee '09
- Katie Zackin '10
- Laurel Dezieck '11
- Lauren Feld '11
- Lauren Pellegrino '08
- Laurenellen McCann '09
- Megan Vees '09
- Michelle Katz '09
- Nick Benacerraf '08
- Nick Field '09
- Polly Clare-Rothe '10
- Rachel Isser '11
- Becca Mandel '09
- Sam Berman '10
- Samantha Charm '09
- Steph Hucker '11
- Taylor Cain '11
- Tyler Wuthmann '11
- Zena Falk '09
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Click here to meet the
Peer Health Advocates
of years past!
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Activities
In addition to staffing the WesWELL office and responding to student
requests for assistance, the Peer Health Advocates are responsible for the
development of educational activities and awareness events, often in
conjunction with student organizations and health observances, on a wide
variety of health issues. They offer workshops on alcohol and other drugs,
sexual health, sexual violence, massage for stress relief and more.
Click here to request a workshop.
Past activities have included tabling, leading
discussions, movie and video showings, fliering campaigns, and even
passing out flowers as random acts of kindness on World Kindness Day. They have also been instrumental in advocating for changes in University
practices and policies which impact student health, such as the
Residential
Smoking Policy implemented in 2002.
Collaboration & Co-sponsorships
The Peer Health Advocates actively seek out opportunities to collaborate on
educational events and co-sponsor
programs with
other student
organizations throughout the year. If
your organization is planning a health-related event and is looking for ideas
or resources, you are encouraged to discuss it with a Peer Health Advocate or
other WesWELL staff member early in your planning stages in order to see how
we might be of
assistance. Funding assistance is
also available through the HealthFull Words Fund.
The BACCHUS
Network
Wesleyan’s
Peer Health Advocates are affiliated with the
The
BACCHUS Network.
BACCHUS is an international organization comprised of over 1,000
campus-based peer education groups in the United States, Mexico, Canada,
China, Australia, Hong Kong, and other countries. Affiliation with the network affords the PHAs opportunities to
network with other peer health education groups through national and regional conferences and to
develop new activities and awareness events based on the latest research
in the field.
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