USF Peer Health Educators

E-board positions open for 2024-2025! Fill the form in the bio to apply! Deadline to apply: August 30th

Eboard positions open for 2024-25! Fill the form in the bio to gain hands-on leadership experience!

Join us for the men and fatherhood conference on Feb 19th from 1 pm - 4 pm in MSC 2708! 🥳

Hey Bulls🤘Join our meeting with USF medical students Liz Botto, Aleena Boby, Helana Ghali, and Iksha Patra to discuss how to keep your skin healthy and prevent diseases like skin cancer. They’re going to share all their knowledge on the latest dermatology advancements to keep our skin healthy in the Florida sun! Click the link in our bio to access the teams link for the meeting.

Happy Saturday bulls! As sexual health awareness month comes to an end here are some things to keep in mind!

Join us on Monday, 9/11 for a training on PCOS and take the first step towards being a certified peer health educator! 🫶🏻

On behalf of the PHE e-board, congratulations to our 2023-2024 e-board!!! It has been a wonderful year and we are so excited to see all the great things your new e-board accomplishes! 💗

Join us for our last training of the semester! Our guest speaker is Jacque Simmons Groves! Jacque is the Violence Prevention Coordinator in the Center for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention at the University of South Florida, Tampa campus. She has developed, implemented, and evaluated anti-violence programs and initiatives in both campus and community-based contexts. In her current work, she is interested in supporting student-led prevention education efforts and designing accessible, culturally relevant programs. We hope to see you there! 💚

Join us for our last GBM of the semester on April 28th from 12-1pm on Teams! Link will be provided in bio closer to the event. Julia Ingram, Prevention and Sexual Heath Specialist, from Metro Inclusive Health will be shedding light on Sexually Transmitted Infections, so you won’t want to miss this expert presentation!

Hello!! our application for next years E-Board is now open!! Our application link in bio. Apply by April 26th!!

Hear from survivors of sexual violence at this event hosted by the Center for Victim Advocacy and Prevention! For more information, contact [email protected] or call 813-974-5756 (FL Relay 711)

We are so proud of all that PHE has been up to this year. 💜 We loved seeing everyone at the student engagement celebration and showcase today!

Join us for our March GBM where we have guest speaker, Kameron Talley talk about building a positive body image!

Join us for our next training on Monday, 03/27 from 4-6pm as nutritionist, Dr. Yang discusses how to eat healthy on a budget as well as a few other topics! Bring your questions to get expert answers. Same location as last time (MDN nursing building, room 1830)! Keep an eye out for an RSVP form in 2 weeks!

PHE is so excited to announce our first training of the semester!! Are you interested in being in charge of your money rather than your money being in charge of you? Please join us on Monday, 2/20 at MDN-830 (USF Nursing building located across Moffitt) where we will talk about financial literacy and financial security. You will learn finance terms, how to build credit, budgeting, benefits you should look for when applying to jobs and so much more! Hope to see you all there💗

Join us for our February General Body Meeting Friday, February 24th from 12-1 via TEAMS! We will be talking about Birth Defects Prevention with Dr. Russell Kirby!

Dr. Russell Kirby is distinguished university professor and Marrell endowed chair in the USF College of Public Health. Trained in human geography and epidemiology, he has worked in academic medicine, public health and public health practice for more than 40 years. Most of his work in perinatal and pediatric epidemiology takes a population health approach. He has applied this perspective to his work on birth defects surveillance, epidemiology, and systems of care for children and families with birth defects. At USF, Dr. Kirby directs the Birth Defects Surveillance Program, a partnership with the Florida Birth Defects Registry at the Florida Department of Health.

Happy Spring Semester! Here is a quick calendar overview for our General Body Meetings and Trainings!! GBMs are the last Fridays from 12-1 via TEAMS and trainings are the 3rd Mondays of the month from 4-6 at the MSC!! We hope to see you all there 💚💜💙🧡

PHE has an exciting leadership opportunity!! If you are interested in this opportunity please complete the interest survey at: https://tinyurl.com/c9n87m8f (link will also be in bio) by 11/28! Individuals that are selected will be interviewed by ReachUp Inc.

THANK YOU on behalf of the entire PHE team for making this a great semester! In the Thanksgiving spirit, we are doing a giveaway! One lucky winner will win a 3rd gen Amazon Echo Dot, 2023 planner, 2 sushi squishes, sherpa blanket, and a bunch of cool treats! Giveaway closes 11/27/22 11:59 pm.

Our last training of the fall semester was a huge success!!! Thank you so much for coming and talking about Men’s Health and the Importance of Fathers. Dr. McHale had an amazing opening presentation and the panelists and moderator were phenomenal. Great discussion around men. Happy International’s Men Day🥳

Join us for our November General Body Meeting where we talk about healthy relationships: how to establish and maintain them as a protective factor for preconception health, 6:00-7:00 PM! Link in Bio. 💚💚

We have rescheduled Boomer’s event to Tuesday, Nov. 15th at 5:30! Same location! We are looking forward to seeing you there! Please get tickets at this link: Https://tinyurl.com/5fftwj6n

11/19 training will be a panelist discussion on Men’s Mental Health and the Importance of Fathers! Guys and girls are both strongly encouraged to attend. The event is from 11a-2p at the MSC room #3711. Good will be provided. Please RSVP by 11/14.

Men are such an important piece of the puzzle and are sometimes left out of MCH. We want to be a part of the movement to raise awareness on men’s health during the preconception period and the important role they have as a future father (just as much as a mom).

We have some exciting things coming up this month related to men. Be on the lookout! 👨🏻‍🤝‍👨🏾👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏾

Please join us on November 10th for a free performance! MCHSO and PHE will be presenting a performance of an auto-biographical play on how trauma can have a long-lasting impact on our lives. Please get tickets at this link if you would like to come: https://tinyurl.com/5fftwj6n

Today is National Lung Health Day! If you want your lungs to always be th-air for you, make sure you are taking care of them so you can live lung-er and have healthy children!

PHE has some very exciting news! We have a new volunteer opportunity with the ABC Program at Champions for Children. If you are interested in breastfeeding, working with moms and babies, and community programs, this is for you! Send us your info if you’re interested!

Join us this Saturday for our training on resilience, led by our community partner at REACHUP, Inc! Food will be provided!

Join us for our General Body Meeting this Thursday via Teams where we will be talking about violence prevention with our Guest Speaker Dr. Salinas!

October is National Domestic Awareness Month! If you or anyone you know is a victim of violence, there is help! Always feel free to reach out to us if you need someone to talk to 💗 We also have a GBM on Oct 20th covering domestic violence prevention so be sure to join us!