BeWise Peer Educators Program at Syracuse University
BeWise Peer Educators program at Syracuse University focuses on raising awareness about alcohol poisoning and promoting harm reduction strategies through a social marketing campaign. The program utilizes peer educators to expand outreach efforts, provide accurate information, and empower students to take leadership roles in addressing substance abuse issues on campus.
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BeWise Peer BeWise Peer Educators: From From Concept to Implementation Concept to Implementation Educators: Edward Millet, LMHC, CASAC, Staff Therapist, Syracuse University Beth Salatti, LCSW, CASAC, Staff Therapist, Syracuse University
Learning Outcomes Learning Outcomes At the conclusion of today s presentation, participants will be able to: Have an understanding of the BeWise peer educator program that is utilized at Syracuse University. Understand why and how the program was developed. Recognize the pros and cons to using students for outreach purposes as well as the evolving roles as facilitators. Identify offices and resources that are contributors to the program s success.
What is BeWise? What is BeWise? BeWise strives to generate awareness of alcohol poisoning, how to avoid it, its signs, and how to respond to it. Social marketing campaign Website, Videos, Social media, Student PR Firm Harm reduction approach Bystander intervention Challenges
Why Peer Educators? Why Peer Educators? Recognized need to talk about it Accurate information Deeper training opportunity Expand AOD outreach efforts More efficient Student interest in BeWise Peer influence Leadership opportunity
Training, Development, Recruitment Training, Development, Recruitment Application process (Spring 2014) Marketing and collaboration with DSA offices and student organizations The all-day training was adapted from The Bacchus Network s Certified Peer Educator Training Training focused on leadership skills, presentation skills, and community involvement
Pros and Cons Pros and Cons Yeah!!! Nay!!! Increased leadership for students Presentation skills Retention Student motivation and involvement Reliability Expansion of AOD presentations Presentation skills Students increased number of presentations Campus space Students did an excellent job networking with other student organizations and DSA offices
Role as Facilitators Role as Facilitators Progress and challenges Hands on, Hands off
Outcomes Outcomes Recruited students: Spring 2014 (8), Fall 2014 (10), Spring 2015 (8) Presented to 700+ students Averaged 9 events per semester since Spring 2014
Where do we go from here? Where do we go from here? Implement the use of a pre/post assessment tool Registered student organization Retention Campus wide alcohol survey Tabling numbers
Questions? Questions? Thank you!
