Well-Being Peers Presentation Descriptions

In partnership with MUPD, the Well-Being Peers help students identify maintainable harm reduction strategies related to alcohol use. Presentation includes a pouring exercise to help participants gauge the size of a "standard drink", discusses blood alcohol level/content, and allows students to reflect on their own practices.

MUPD assists in discussion specifically overviewing the Good Samaritan Law and overall policies at the institution regarding alcohol.

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.

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.

Well-Being Peers discuss with the group on how to recognize signs of a friend in distress, 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.

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.

Well-Being Peers facilitate discussion about, and give specific and legal definitions of stalking. Students will receive information about different forms of stalking, including cyberstalking, as well as statistics of the incidence of stalking occurring. Students will leave with actionable steps to help a friend who may be experiencing stalking, or information that could help them if they find themselves in the same situation.

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.

Well-Being Peers present information surrounding sexual violence and how rape culture perpetuates its trivialization. Students will identify how social influences continue to circulate norms, behaviors, and attitudes that create conditions for rape culture to persist, and learn ways to combat it.

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.