Peer Health Exchange: Self-Intellectual Analysis

Living in a strongly religious community, I was given many opportunities to provide service to fellow church members and also under privileged youth of the community. When I began high school I was given the opportunity to become a counselor during Vacation Bible School and

As a student affairs practitioner I believe I am a cornerstone of the higher education experience. I have made it my mission to help students be the best version of themselves for the benefit of not only them, but of society at large. I work to help create not only educated students, but also engaged members of a global society.

As a part of the pre-dental society on campus I have had the opportunity to teach young children good oral hygiene. Working with an organization that focuses on preventative care, I have gotten the opportunity to go to public schools and talk to children about cavities and proper brushing/flossing techniques. Aside from my pre-dental involvement, I am also actively involved with an organization on campus called Education Transforming Community Health (ETCH). Through ETCH I get to educate homeless folks on preventative health topics. Working as a volunteer educator has given me a lot of confidence in being an

I have been able to work in a community educator role associated with two organizations. The first being the Slippery Rock University Women’s Center. At the Women’s Center, I was able to serve my fellow students in a capacity which fostered trust and respect. Additionally, as a staff intern I was able to plan, develop, and execute an event titled, “Love Your Body Fair”. This event’s aim was to reach all students and discuss societal pressures enhanced by media associated with body image. The other organization I was able to work closely with was, RockOUT. ROckOUT is the QuILTBAG student organization of Slippery Rock University; where I was able to serve as Vice-President for two years. While serving in a leadership role, we saw our membership increase four fold, as well as, host some of the largest educational events, to date, on the university’s campus. Some of the events which I was able to create, plan, organize, and execute were: “Tackling Homophobia” (university wide event with Esera Tuaolo, former NFL player, discussing LGBT in professional sports), “Straight Talk” (LGBT student and faculty panelists share coming out stories), “Cake Day” (Asexual awareness), and “Candlelight Vigil” (Dedicated to those members of our community who took their lives but, will not be

The influence of consequential ethics as an ethical framework (the greatest good for the greatest number) opposes the ethical principle of deontology (i.e., the rightness of an act itself determines what is right). Both of these impact the nursing profession. Modern social exchange theories are based on the principle of utility. Read the assumptions of social exchange theory and consider how these would affect the nurse-patient relationship, compared to how these impact the nurse within the health care environment. To what extent are all theories ethical? Is social exchange theory compatible with the values of the nursing profession?

Since then I have been promoted to Assistant Professor, Professional Development Coordinator (Sociology) and Lead Faculty. Currently I serve as an Associate Professor and Lead Faculty in the Division of General Education at Ashford University. In this role, I oversee faculty training and development for all part-time faculty who teach the Sociology of Sport and the Sociology of Human Ethics. In addition, I teach and oversee curriculum development and course design for these two classes.

I also have an extensive training in working with local agencies. The spring semester of my sophomore year, I began volunteering at the Cedar Valley Hospice for approximately 20 hours a month. I was trained in the following areas: Patient/Family, Grief, and Cedar AIDS Support System (CASS) services. Through my work at the CASS, I was responsible for making contacts with a variety of other agencies on the behalf of my clients, such as the Black Hawk County Health Department, Operation Threshold, and the Cedar Valley NAMES Project. In this capacity, I did office work, I was a buddy to an HIV positive individual, and I did face-to-face education panels in local school and community settings. I was also extensively involved in training future buddies. It was during this time period that I completed the American Red Cross course work for certification as an HIV/AIDS educator. In this capacity, I have been a guest speaker in several elementary school and college courses about HIV/AIDS. The

For my analysis I thought it would be interesting to look at the role of sex education and its importance within the Reproductive Justice narrative. I decided that I would talk to a group of friends about their middle school and high school sex education process so that I could get a better understanding of the wide range of sex education in America — or lack thereof in some cases. I conducted the interview in a group setting, as I thought it would be beneficial for everyone to compare their own experiences, while also listening to the similarities and differences within them. The first and second friend I interviewed had what I believe to be a typical high school sex education. Their classes touched upon things such as STI’s and safe sex practices, or more specifically the use of condoms.

During sophomore year, I found out about a high school volunteer group for miRcore, a local nonprofit genetic research organization. Since I was interested in genetics, I decided to join.

I interned at the health Wellness and Prevention Service Office, under the administration of Tricia Hughes. Eastern Washington University’s Health, Wellness, and Prevention Services (HWPS) are dedicated to supporting students, and helping them develop a balance and healthy lifestyle. The HWPS office offers a Variety of wellness and prevention programs, as well as peer-to-peer educational program and events each quarter. This Program is targeted at the most collective concerns and interest that college students may face; which includes nutrition, physical activity, stress, healthy relationship, mental, health promotion, suicide prevention, sexual health, alcohol and other drugs, and sexual assault prevention.

. I do think that peer consultation and support often do depend on both the social work setting and area of social work practice. The reason is because different areas and settings have different rules, mandates and so forth regarding to how social workers can do things. Some agencies value working independently where social workers often have to rely on themselves to resolve any concerns and to use their best judgments. At my placement, all the staff work collectively to ensure everything is running smoothly and the needs of residents are being

Growing up in Florida meant that I was taught abstinence. I did not know what a condom was until 10th grade and I had a curriculum that taught me to look down on those who had not chosen abstinence. This motivated me to join Peer Health Exchange, through which I was able to inform New York City teens about the resources that were available to them for their reproductive health. But in the end, I found that the biggest thing I gained from this experience was a bigger respect for the choices that individuals make about their health. The classrooms I led workshops for were always full of a wide variety of opinions and values. I quickly had to learn that to get a class to listen I had to begin by saying: “I’m not here to tell you right from wrong,

During high school, I was actively involved in my local AHEC, which offered a program for high school students in the area to learn more about the health field through various camps and programs. One of the programs that I attended was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the focus of the program was to expose first generation college students to the various allied health programs at UNC. Throughout the program professors and admission representatives from various departments gave a short presentation to the attendees, but the presentation from the Gillings School of Global Public Health was the one that resonated with me the most. That day I was introduced to a

In my free-time, I remained active working on issues related to gender inequity. I conducted data base management and data cleaning for a reproductive rights research intern for a small reproductive health information organization. I also provided support for educational events, such as film screenings, for an Action Team of Planned Parenthood of Northern New

I have chosen to participate in Partners in Wellness because of the abundance of opportunities that are provided within the program. I am particularly interested in participating in clinical volunteering at the Oncology and Neurology department. Partners in Wellness also offers possibilities which most organizations on campus do not have, one being the physician shadowing program.