Well-Being Peers Presentation Topics

  • IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER

    The Well-Being Peer Educators are MANDATED REPORTERS. Find more information as to what this entails below

  • Substance Use (alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, etc)

    The Well-Being Peers help students identify maintainable harm reduction strategies related to substance use. Presentations includes interactive exercises depending on the substance of discussion: for alcohol a pouring demonstration helps participants gauge the size of a "standard drink", while also discussing blood alcohol level/content, and allows students to reflect on their own practices.

  • Maintaining Sexual Health

    Well-Being Peers help empower students in their sexual health decisions and provides brief insight into consent, sexually transmitted infections, sexual health products, and where to access important resources on and off campus. Presentation includes demonstration of external condom placement, and interactive "Name That Sexual Health Product" matching exercise.

    Well-Being Peers presentations do not go into depth regarding sexually transmitted infection symptoms, nor answer other specific personal health related questions. They will provide resources where those concerns may be brought to appropriate healthcare providers.

  • Overall Wellness/Stress/Sleep

    Well-Being Peers facilitate discussion with the group on how to recognize signs of excessive stress, ways to cope with that stress, and help outline healthy sleep habits. This presentation aims to provide a safe space for students to recognize and begin to brainstorm healthy stress management.

    Well-Being Peers are not trained medical professionals, and so will provide resources for specific mental and physical health concerns that they may be brought to appropriate healthcare providers.

  • Bystander Intervention (Empowered)

    Well-Being Peers discuss with the group on how to recognize situations where there is the potential for harm, and walk through some scenarios as to specific examples of ways to help. Students will leave with actionable techniques and resources to feel empowered to help a friend in need.

    Well-Being Peers are not trained medical professionals, and so will provide resources for specific mental and physical health concerns that they may be brought to appropriate providers and supportive resources.

  • Interpersonal Relationship/Violence Prevention

    Well-Being Peers will provide information on what interpersonal violence looks like, how it can be portrayed in the media, and statistics of its occurrence in different locations students may exist in. Students will leave with actionable steps to recognize warning signs of potential IPV, and have tools and resources to be able to help other students in need.

    Well-Being Peers are not trained medical professionals, and so will provide resources for specific mental and physical health concerns that they may be brought to appropriate providers and supportive resources.

  • Opioid Overdose Signs/Narcan

    The Opioid Overdose Prevention & Response presentation equips participants with the knowledge and skills to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses effectively. The session covers risk factors, signs of overdose and the proper use of naloxone (Narcan), empowering individuals to take action in emergency situations.

    Well-Being Peers are not trained medical professionals, and so will provide resources for specific mental and physical health concerns that they may be brought to appropriate providers and supportive resources.

  • Other Topics

    Have something else you want to learn and talk about? Let us know! We try to cater programming to the groups who request it, and we will try our hardest to provide educational content on whatever health/well-being topic you'd like for your group.

    Well-Being Peers are not trained medical professionals, and so will provide resources for specific mental and physical health concerns that they may be brought to appropriate providers and supportive resources.

Information on Mandated Reporting Disclaimer:

The Well-Being Peer Educators are MANDATED REPORTERS. This means they are required to promptly report instances they become aware of regarding prohibited harassment and discrimination, or immediate harm imminent to that individual or others. Peer Educators would report the information to the Office of Institutional Equity. The Mandated Report must be made regardless of whether the person reporting the information to the Mandated Reporter requests confidentiality and regardless of how the Mandated Reporter becomes aware of the offensive behavior (personal observation, direct information from the subject of the behavior, indirect information from a third party, etc.). At Mizzou, harassment and discrimination is prohibited based on age, ancestry, color, disability, gender identity & expression, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy discrimination, sex/gender discrimination, dating/domestic violence, sexual assault & harassment, & stalking), sexual orientation, and veteran status.