Peer Education and Advocacy

Catalog description

This course is designed to teach participants the basic concepts of peer education and advocacy. Peer educators will learn to educate peers on specific steps to take in order to protect themselves from HIV and sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancy, and negative consequences of alcohol and drug use, abuse and misuse. Additionally, peer educators will learn how to effectively advocate for women and LGBT students in order to reduce the incidence of campus interpersonal violence and homophobia. Students will explore the relationships between HIV/STI, substance use and interpersonal violence.