Student Health Promotion and Education
Citizen's Trust Building
75 Piedmont Avenue, NE Suite 240
Web: www.gsu.edu/~wwwhea
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Monday - Friday
Overview
The Department of Student Health Promotion envisions a healthy Georgia State in which students are empowered to, and reinforced for, making choices that improve the health of individuals and the campus community. The mission of Student Health Promotion is to provide (and support) health promotion activities, programs, services and policies that empower Georgia State students to make informed, healthier choices and engage in harm reduction/disease prevention strategies.
DSHP provides wellness education in fun and interactive forms, aids in connecting students with resources to gain knowledge, and offers opportunities for peer-to-peer education. The department promotes and encourages selfresponsibility, conscious decisions and informed choices in relation to health. The wellness library features health-related books, videos, brochures, posters and other materials, which are available to students. Groups and individuals are encouraged to stop by the office to learn more about promoting a healthier Georgia State.
Peer Health Educators provide a key leadership role in creating a healthy
campus. DSHP uses trained graduate and undergraduate peer educators called PHEs — Peer Health Educators. PHEs have received specialized training in public health initiatives, health promotion programming and dimensions of wellness, and they provide many of the department’s services. PHEs are the University’s first-response to health promotion and wellness education.
Services Provided
- Interactive health promotion programs on topics such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco, safer sex, sexual health, sexual assault, mental health, fitness, nutrition, stress management, men’s health issues, women’s health issues, eating disorders, body image, and more
- Group and individual tobacco cessation counseling
- Group team-building programs
- Free anonymous HIV testing and sexually transmissible infection and partner notification counseling
- Weekly health promotion activities and themes: Wellness Cup Challenge, Health Hunt, viewing of the Names Project — AIDS Memorial Quilt and more
- National awareness weeks: National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, Great American Smoke Out, World AIDS Day, Sexual Responsibility Week, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Safer Break Week, National Health and Wellness Week, National Alcohol Screening Day, National HIV Testing Day and more
- Health education resource library including books, videos, brochures, posters, and other materials
- Upon request, our office will also provide free condoms and safer sex supplies to individuals or groups while supplies are available
Student Involvement Opportunities
- Peer Health Educators (PHE Staff and PHE Volunteers): This paraprofessional organization offers students the opportunity to become trained as peer health educators. Peer Health Educators develop, plan and implement workshops, events and activities that promote and enhance the well-being of individuals and the campus-community.
- Volunteers: Students interested in specific health topics are welcome to assist with planning and implementing specific wellness weeks and/or health promotion activities.
- Internships: DSHP provides opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to complete their internships in public health or health promotion.
DSHP will always strive to provide its patrons with science-based information on health promotion issues. The department will also strive to provide a confidential and supportive atmosphere conducive to learning, healthier living and student retention.
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