Trends in Health and Wellness Peer Educator Training: A Five-Year Analysis

Peer educators have become increasingly common on college campuses across America. Peer educator programs have primarily been created to help incoming students transition from high school to college by connecting incoming students to knowledgeable, helpful, and experienced peers. During my time as the first year experience coordinator at a public institution in the Midwest, I was primarily responsible for preparing a group of students to serve as peer educators. One of the highlights of my duties in this position was to create a training program specifically designed to prepare students to serve as peer educators in classrooms across campus. In this paper, the approach to the training program I developed will be outlined, and some of the materials used in training will be made available. Support for the training program is provided through feedback from student evaluations of the training. Existing literature regarding peer educators is somewhat limited and focuses primarily on the benefits of using students in the classroom and the importance of training these individuals. Most of the literature does not specifically address how to train students to successfully navigate their role as peer educators. The purpose of this paper is to fill a gap in peer educator literature by offering practical guidelines for use in peer educator training programs and to offer suggestions for training improvements based on the information gathered from the program I was responsible for.

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PELAYANAN KESEHATAN PEDULI REMAJA (PKPR) DENGAN MENCIPTAKAN KONSELOR SEBAYA DI MAN DUMAI DAN SMKN 3 DUMAI

Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Multidisiplin ◽

10.36341/jpm.v2i1.427 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Salmiati Salmiati ◽

Rini Hariani Ratih ◽

Maria Arani

Keyword(s):

Interpersonal Relationship ◽

Care Program ◽

Youth Care ◽

Transitional Period ◽

Counseling Training ◽

Peer Counselors ◽

Educator Training ◽

Peer Educator ◽

Service Activity ◽

Biological Maturity

ABSTRACT Adolescents are individuals who are undergoing a transitional period, which in terms of biological maturity, sexual being gradually show the characteristics of secondary sex until the maturity of sex. Various problems that occur in adolescents are influenced by various dimensions of life within them, both biological, cognitive, moral and psychological dimensions and the influence of the surrounding environment. In realizing healthy teenagers, one of the government's efforts is with the establishment of Youth Care Care Program (PKPR). The Purpose of Community Service Activity to Provide Care for Youth Care (PKPR) by providing information and education through counseling then provides an opportunity for interested and talented teenagers to attend peer educator training and peer counselors in a closed room. Methods of dedication to this community by doing counseling and training to become a teen counselor. The results of student devotion are very enthusiastic in the activity and there are some students who have the talent of being a teen counselor. In realizing healthy teenagers, one of the government's efforts is with the establishment of Youth Care Care Program (PKPR). Types of PKPR activities include counseling, medical clinical services including investigation, counseling, healthy life skills education (PKHS), peer educator training (trained into adolescent health cadres) and peer counselors (peer educators who are provided with additional interpersonal relationship and counseling training) , as well as referral services. Key words: Health Care for Youth Care (PKPR), Youth Counselor

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STAND: A Peer Educator Training Curriculum for Sexual Risk Reduction in the Rural South

Preventive Medicine ◽

10.1006/pmed.2000.0666 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 441-449 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Mike U. Smith ◽

Ralph J. DiClemente

Keyword(s):

Risk Reduction ◽

Sexual Risk ◽

Training Curriculum ◽

Rural South ◽

Sexual Risk Reduction ◽

Educator Training ◽

Peer Educator

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PELATIHAN EDUKATOR SEBAYA SEBAGAI UPAYA PENCEGAHAN KOMPONEN SINDROM METABOLIK PADA REMAJA DI KABUPATEN SOPPENG

Panrita Abdi - Jurnal Pengabdian pada Masyarakat ◽

10.20956/pa.v4i1.6130 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Nurhaedar Jafar ◽

Yessy Kurniati ◽

Rahayu Indriasari ◽

Aminuddin Syam ◽

Andi Imam Arundhana

Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Target Audience ◽

Training Method ◽

Educator Training ◽

Peer Educator

Peer Educator Training as an Effort to Prevent Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents of Soppeng DistrictAbstract. Increased incidence of obesity can trigger the occurrence of Metabolic Syndrome (BC) in adolescents. This activity aims to carry out prevention of SM components in adolescents through peer educator training in Soppeng District. This activity was carried out with a training method that was packaged in providing education about the components of the SM and its prevention and demonstration about the assessment of nutritional status in adolescents. This activity can increase the knowledge of the target audience in the good category by 46%. The activities carried out are quite effective in increasing peer educator knowledge about the components of SM and its prevention in adolescentsKeywords: Obesity, metabolic syndrome, adolescents, peers, school.Abstrak. Kejadian obesitas yang meningkat dapat memicu terjadinya Sindrom Metabolik (SM) pada remaja. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk melakukan pencegahan komponen SM pada remaja melalui pelatihan edukator sebaya di Kabupaten Soppeng. Kegiatan ini dilakukan dengan metode pelatihan yang dikemas dalam pemberian edukasi tentang komponen SM dan pencegahannya dan demonstrasi tentang penilaian status gizi pada remaja. Kegiatan ini dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan khalayak sasaran dalam kategori baik sebesar 46%. Kegiatan yang dilakukan cukup efektif untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan edukator sebaya tentang komponen SM dan pencegahannya pada remajaKata Kunci: Obesitas, sindrom metabolik, remaja, sebaya, sekolah.

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Peer educator training program for enhancing knowledge on issues in the growth and development of adolescents and risk behavior problems in Indonesian context

Frontiers of Nursing ◽

10.1515/fon-2018-0024 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 185-191

Author(s):

Tantut Susanto ◽

lis Rahmawati ◽

Keyword(s):

Behavior Problems ◽

Risk Behavior ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Training Programme ◽

Health Issues ◽

Intervention Programme ◽

Educator Training ◽

Peer Educator ◽

Before And After ◽

Post Test

Abstract Objective This article aimed to evaluate the effects of an educational intervention programme on improving peer educator (PE) knowledge in issues around growth and development and its risk behavior problems of adolescents in Indonesia. Methods The study was conducted in 31 of PEs to evaluate their knowledge in adolescents. The PEs received health education and were assessed by individual work during the structured three-week programme. Data were collected before and after the training programme as pre- and post-tests. Results The PE demonstrated significant improvements in their knowledge after attending the three-week structured training programme. The post-test scores had significant effects on the dimensions of PE knowledge scores. The PE become knowledgeable to maintain and monitor adolescents health issues around growth and development and its risk behavior problems of adolescents. Conclusions The PE become knowledgeable to respond to the adolescent problems and readiness to become PE during puberty.

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