健康教育办事处

使命宣言

The Office of Health Education supports student academic success through identifying wellness trends, 策划健康活动, and creating awareness campaigns to the RWU student population on a wide variety of health topics. 我们努力让所有的学生都能有意识地去做, positive lifestyle choices for themselves as well as empower them to use bystander intervention strategies to prevent harm to others.

The health education department has a peer education model for it's prevention programming. The Director of Student 健康促进 and 健康教育 and the peer education group, the 健康与健康教育者(HAWEs) work together to provide education and support to Roger Williams University students in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. 我们努力激励个人发展身体素质, mental, social, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of self and make choices toward a more successful and healthier existence.

健康和健康教育者(H.A.W.E.s)

There are 8 stipend positions for students (plus 2 RA Internship positions) to work out of the 健康教育办事处. Students from all majors will find it a valuable experience that translates into many job skills.

要知道的十件事

健康教育办事处:

1. 服务于整个校园社区
2. Receive referrals for students experiencing alcohol and other drug use related problems
3. 提供免费的酒精和药物使用评估
4. Provides individual health coaching sessions for a variety of health behaviors
5. Collaborates with outside community partners and RWU groups on prevention initiatives
6. 为学生提供了一个很好的资源
7. Offers a range of programs including workshops/presentations to residence halls, 校园社团和组织
8. 提供戒烟咨询
9. 免费发放避孕套
10. Helps students with class projects, presentations and speeches on health topics.

专业的会员

The Director of Health Education is a member of the American College Health Association (ACHA) http://www.acha.org/. Since 1920, the ACHA has served as the voice for student health and wellness. 通过宣传, 研究和教育, ACHA stands at the forefront of issues that impact the health and wellness of college students. ACHA表示大于1,100所高等教育机构, representing the collective health and wellness needs of 10 million college students. ACHA服务近3个国家,000 individual college health and wellness professionals and leaders of all disciplines united together to advance the health and wellness of college students. Membership in ACHA is key to unlocking tremendous vision and knowledge that can enrich campus health and wellness services, 专业发展, 努力在校园创造一种健康的文化.

The Health and 健康教育工作者 are actively involved with the BACCHUS Initiatives of NASPA (http://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/groups/bacchus-initiatives). The BACCHUS Initiatives of NASPA supports collegiate peer educators and advisors by empowering students and student affairs administrators to create campus environments which are healthy and safe.

成就

Through attending conferences the Health and 健康教育工作者 have been nationally recognized and awarded for their efforts as a peer health education group.

The RWU Health Education Program is a peer based education model. 10 Health and 健康教育工作者 are chosen to design and deliver health promotion to the entire campus community. 巴克斯同侪教育网^TM 是NASPA的一部分并且是一所大学, campus and community-wide leadership on health and safe lifestyle decisions concerning alcohol abuse, tobacco use, 非法使用毒品, 不健康的性行为和其他高危行为.