The R.E.A.L. Peer Health Educators promote student leadership by utilizing students to provide health and wellness education to their peers.
Real Education Affecting Life (R.E.A.L.) Peer Health Educators are professionally trained and disseminate evidence-based, up-to-date, accurate information through confidential one-on-one consultations, information group presentations and programs.
The R.E.A.L. Peer Health Education program at Southern Utah University is designed to promote student leadership by utilizing students to provide health and wellness education to their peers.
Students involved in the program can choose from four specific areas of health. Each member of the program has the opportunity to advance into a Team Leader position, and attend BACCHUS Initiative – NASPA conferences with other universities around the country.
The R.E.A.L. Peer Health Educators share in the mission of The SUU Health & Wellness Program to promote the physical and emotional well-being of students through comprehensive programming, campus wide events, peer education, the sharing of up-to-date accurate health information and resources, and providing information and support regarding their own or someone else’s health and well-being.
