Peer Health Education at the University of Oregon

Make It Happen in Peer Health - Peer Health Educators

  • Speak: Let your voice be heard. Peer Educators make presentations to a wide variety of campus groups on hot topics that matter to students.
  • Write: Be a published author. Peers write an article for Wellness Wednesday, which is published each term in the Oregon Daily Emerald.
  • Innovate: Organize events in recognition of special dates such as World AIDS Day, The Great American Smoke Out, National Nutrition Month, and many others.
  • Create: Let your inner artist out. Design, draw, build, create bullitin boards, posters, web materials, and other health resource materials for distribution on campus.
  • Participate: Get involved in the campus community. Be an integral part of the Health Center.

Peer Health Education Intern Program

Are you looking for an exciting internship that will give you an opportunity to get involved on your campus as a leader, educator, and role model while building skills, relationships, and your résumé? Don't look any further; Peer Health is all that and more.

  • “The information we learned in Peer Health will stick with me for a long time, and shape the decisions I make in the future. I will surely practice a healthy lifestyle and assist the one’s around me to do the same. This was a great ending to college.”  Human Physiology and General Science UO Graduate

  • “I have really enjoyed the time that I have spent involved with the PHE program. I gained a lot of knowledge about public health, what it stands for, and what I can do to help. I never realized how important it really is to have knowledge about the topics that were discussed, and the information I learned was sometimes shocking and surprising, but always interesting. I am truly grateful for the people I have met, the experiences I have gained, and the things I have learned”   Human Physiology UO Graduate and OSU Pharmacy Graduate Student

  • “I want to start by saying that in total I had a great experience in Peer Health. I really feel that it has helped me solidify my decision to continue my education in Public Health. I enjoyed the style of the class and getting to know everyone in the program so much, as well as working as an ally between the health center and the student body. All in all I think that I have learned more in this class that pertains to real life than in any class I’ve ever taken.” UO Graduate and UCLA Public Health Graduate Student

Want to be a Peer Health Education Intern? Fill out this application. Classes are T and TH 10:00-11:50. This is an upper division class so you must be at least a sophomore to apply. For additional program information contact the Peer Health Education Program:

Phone: Ramah 541-346-0562
Email: rleith@uoregon.edu

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