HEALTH EDUCATION
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Health Education and Prevention Programs

• Stop by Room 1214 East to pick up information or resources on a variety of health related topics.
  
• Wellness Menu: A menu of the information available to you in the Office of Health Education. Stop by Room 1214 East to drop-off and pick-up your requests. Download our menu here: Wellness Menu (PDF)
  
• Check the Calendar of Events for the specific dates and times of the Health Education and Prevention Programs we offer throughout each semester.

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Hunter Peer Educator
What does it mean to be a Hunter Peer Educator?
Hunter Peer Health Educators will be a group of dynamic student volunteers who are ready and willing to make a significant contribution to Hunter College. Students will volunteer 3 or more hours a week to help create and distribute positive health and wellness messages to the Hunter College community. Hunter Peer Health Educators will use what they have learned in the classroom as well as their own knowledge of being a student to encourage their peers to make healthier choices. This will help not only student’s health, but their academic careers. They will understand that their contribution to the Health and Wellness Program will positively affect themselves and the peers they reach.

Some Important things that you should know:
You are required to participate in at least 3 hours/week of volunteer activities.  This may seem like a lot but remember, we have a lot of great activities to create and make happen and you will get to be a part of it.  Here is how it works.

• Training
  You will be required to attend an hour long weekly meeting which will serve as a time to talk about upcoming activities and training sessions. In training you will learn core skills, do team building and many fun activities. 

• Attendance and Participation
  You will be required to volunteer for 3 hours per week. This may include sitting at a table, doing outreach, working with others to help plan an upcoming program, or creating/posting health related posters and flyers around campus.

• Experiential Learning
  Through participation in certain activities (Hunter health Connection, creating media, etc.), volunteering for certain projects (sitting booths, coordinating events, helping with the Health fair etc.) and continuing education (presenting, going to presentations, etc.) you will be fulfilling your required hours with activities to meet your needs and interests.

Expectations
Peer educators are expected to act as a positive role model for the program and Hunter College at all times. While understanding that all students are human, there is an expectation that peer educators are an administrative extension of the office and are encouraged to maintain a positive and healthy pattern of behavior while enrolled in the program. In all cases, the instructors reserve the right to dismiss a student from the program based upon a peer educator’s performance inside and outside of the classroom experience. There is a GPA requirement that all peer educators must meet which is approximately a 2.4. 

What’s in it for you?

• Gain leadership experience that will make you more marketable
• National certification as a Peer Educator
• Great community service opportunities
• Have fun…
• Meet new people…
• Make a difference…
• Broaden your horizons.

Click here to fill out an application to be a Hunter Peer Educator (PDF). Please return the completed application to the Office of Health Services, Room 307 North Building.

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Wellness Education Tabling
Each month an information table focusing on a different health issue is set up on the Third Floor of the West Building to distribute printed information.

Fall and Spring Health and Wellness Fair
Each semester there is a Health Fair featuring screenings, educational videos and representatives from community health organizations, including the Hunter College Schools of Health Professions (Nursing, Nutrition & Food Science Community Health Education, Communication Science, Medical Laboratory Science and Physical Therapy).

Interactive CD-ROM Programs
We have programs that are available for one-on-one viewing and group presentations.

• Alcohol 101 is an interactive educational program used to look at and discuss the use and abuse of alcohol among college students.
  
• The Healthy Student is an interactive CD that explores AIDS, Nutrition, Stress, STD's, Alcohol, and Contraceptive issues.
  
• Sex in the CD is an interactive CD designed to explore relationships, intimacy, and sexual decision making.

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Mental Heath Screenings
In conjunction with the National Institute of Mental Health and the Personal Counseling Center at Hunter, we are able to offer screenings for Depression, Eating Disorders, Anxiety and Alcohol.

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You're Never Too Old for Recess
These exciting and innovative board games are inspired by childhood favorite games and have been created to provide students with important health information on sexual health, alcohol and drugs, and smoking.

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Operation Enrichment, OpE
Coordinated by the Residence Hall, Athletics and Wellness Education, OpE is an intervention/prevention strategy designed to decrease the incidence of 'high risk' behavior within the student-athlete and Residence Hall populations. The program uses guest speakers and small group workshops to raise awareness about the consequences of 'high risk' behavior, as well as to increase access to and use of health/wellness related resources.

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Stress Free Zone
Stress Reduction Workshops
Explore techiniques and strategies to help reduce stress and anxiety to enahance you academic success and personal growth.

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