Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Megan Elizabeth Selheim <>]

I originally asked this question on a different listserve, so I apologize to those of you who have already received it.

 

I’m looking for information/research about university peer education groups that handle sex assault and alcohol abuse use together. I just started at UW, and our peer education group has pretty much been nonexistent this year, for a few different reasons. We’re in the process of trying to jump start it for next year. Currently, and for the last several years, we’ve had one peer education group that has provided education and awareness activities for both alcohol abuse and sexual violence. I’m not terribly comfortable with this model, so I’m looking for research or other professionals’ experiences to either make me feel better about a combined group, or provide me with information to support my decision to try to break the peer education & prevention into two separate student groups.

Does anyone have experience with this, or know of studies that have been done that I can refer to? I’d appreciate any help – if we’re going to make changes, we would need to figure that out in the next month or two. Thanks!

 

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Megan Selheim

STOP Violence Program Coordinator

Dean of Students Office

Dept. 3135, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie WY 82071-2000

118 Knight Hall

307-766-3296

www.uwyo.edu/stop