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Peer Education and Advocacy and the School Based Health Center Experience

Peer Education and Advocacy and the School Based Health Center Experience. Annika Shore Youth HIV Education Coordinator Cascade AIDS Project Teen2Teen peer educators: Chris, Molly, Luna, Shan é, Luis. Questions for the Day:. Why are we here? What is peer education and advocacy?

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Peer Education and Advocacy and the School Based Health Center Experience

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  1. Peer Education and Advocacy and the School Based Health Center Experience Annika Shore Youth HIV Education Coordinator Cascade AIDS Project Teen2Teen peer educators: Chris, Molly, Luna, Shané, Luis

  2. Questions for the Day: • Why are we here? • What is peer education and advocacy? • Why have peer educators/advocates? Topics for the Day: • Foundation of a peer education program • SBHC and peer advocacy • Action Planning

  3. What is Peer Education? • Youth learning from each other. • Youth as bearers of important health/program messages. • Youth as credible sources of information and resources. • Youth as powerful agents for change.

  4. Why engage peer educators and advocates? • Research shows, peers influence youth’s health related behaviors and attitudes • Help you achieve your goal(s) • Benefit to the youth in the program • Youth development (e.g. youth looking into healthcare field) • Funding

  5. What do you need? • Prep work: - who will coordinate and work with youth? - what are the parameters of the program? (HIPPA, Confidentiality, etc.) - funding - clear goals in mind, or process for goal setting • Training for peer educators/advocates • Dedicated time for the project • Consistency of staffing • Flexibility • Resources (space, food, materials, etc.)

  6. What could this look like at a School Based Clinic?

  7. Action Planning: • What are your needs? • What are your resources? • What are three things you can do to engage youth as peer educators and advocates?

  8. Resources • www.cascadeaids.org • www.ppfa.org • www.advocatesforyouth.org • www.hify.org Annika Shore: ashore@cascadeaids.org

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