Auraria Health Advocates -
An innovative student group interested
in preventative health promotion, and
education for the wellness of the
Auraria Campus Community

• What is a Health Advocate?
• What is the advantage of being a Health Advocate?
• Health Topics we address
• Calendar of Events
• Ongoing Programs
• How to Join us
  

What is a Health Advocate?
Heath Advocates are a group of students who are interested in providing health information and health promotion programs for their fellow students with the goal of improving the wellness of the Auraria Campus Community. We provide information to the campus community in an effort to promote, maintain and improve healthy lifestyles through knowledge and behavior change. Some of the issues that are important to us include substance abuse, safety, HIV/STDs, nutrition, smoking, high blood pressure, stress, depression and obesity.

Our goals are:
To encourage healthy behavior by

1. Promoting healthy decisions by addressing the attitudes that often lead to unhealthy risks.
2. By educating students about a range of topics aimed at physical and emotional well-being.
3. By providing knowledge and skills addressing attitudes, offering support and resources

To reduce risk for individual illness or injury
To enhance our student’s educational experience by helping them make life-long healthy decisions.

What’s the advantage of being a Health Advocate?
You get to be creative!

• Health education can be delivered in a variety of formats such as theatre, workshops, table outreach, educational programs, and the development of educational material (pamphlets, videos, posters or murals).

You get to make a difference!

•  When you work with a student, you not only reach that student, but his family and his peers.  The information you learn and pass on can pave the way for wiser, healthier choices in the future. 

You get to make positive changes in the world!
As health care costs continue to rise the importance of primary care will be shifted to health education and promotion.    Health education and promotion is one of the most upcoming fields in health care.

Health Topics the Student Health Advocates address include:
Men’s Health
Women’s Health
Family Health
GLBT Health
Sexual Health
Preventative Health
Body/Mind/Spirit
Alternative Health Therapies
And much more!

Calendar of Health Advocate Events
September
Fall Fest
Family Health Issues
Hispanic Health Issues
October
National Breast Cancer Awareness month
National Depression Screening Day
GLBT History Month Health Programming
November
American Diabetes Month
Great American Smoke Out
December
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
World AIDS Day
National Hand Washing Awareness Week
January
National Cervical Awareness Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
February
Condom Week
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
March
Women’s Spirituality and Health Program 
National Nutrition Month
National Sleep Awareness Week
April
Alcohol Awareness Month
Walk America
Spring Fling (Tattoo contest and Hep C Awareness
May
Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month

Ongoing Programs include: Wellness Wednesdays, Tuesday’s Health Education Tables, STRIDES Walking Program