California State University, Northridge, commonly known as CSUN, began their highly successful campus Preconception Peer Education (PPE) program in 2010 after learning about the federal initative out of the Office of Minority Health.
To begin, a small group of CSUN students decided to go the route of developing a formal campus organization devoted to preconception peer education. Those students included La Ronda Jones, former PPE President, and Ian de Asis, former PPE Vice-President. At the September 2012 Preconception Peer Educator Training in Fresno, they along with their advisor, Dr. Sloane Burke, spoke about what this process entailed and provided tips to help you get your organizations off the ground.
Here are selected process items and tips:
This process was lengthy but ultimately, establishing a campus organization was rewarding. As a recognized campus organization, perks for CSUN were that they were allocated funding for room reservations and outreach materials and could be included in the directory of registered campus organizations.
Some examples of projects that CSUN PPEs were involved with include:
Currently, CSUN-PPE has trained and provided certifications through the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health to over 100 students since the launch of the program on CSUN campus. For more information on training as well as collaboration with CSUN-PPE please contact ppe@my.csun.edu.
La Ronda Jones and Ian de Asis offer technical assistance and present at national conferences. They helped train Preconception Peer Educatiors at CSU Fresno in Fall 2012.
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