Presenter(s): Adriana Diaz—Marine Biology
Co-Presenter(s): Brian Le, Kelly Marzolf, Mia Niccol
Faculty Mentor(s): Hannah Bishop
Session: Prerecorded Poster Presentation
The Health Sciences Academic Residence Community (HS ARC) is composed of students who are interested in exploring careers related to health and biomedical sciences . As part of the HS ARC seminar students learn about the current issues facing healthcare professionals through interviews and presentations from healthcare workers, UO researchers and public health officials . In Winter 2020, the UO Executive Prevention Team, composed of public health advocates from the UO Student Health Center, the Counseling Center, the PE and Rec Center as well as the Student Sustainability Center, shared with the students several real challenges they are currently facing concerning UO student health . To address these challenges, the HS ARC students researched each topic and created infographics with the goal of educating the university community and raising awareness about these issues . Presented here are three of these projects that had the following goals: (1) to increase student skills, awareness, and comfort in talking about mental health issues with peers, (2) to increase student awareness and use of “Protection Connection” safer sex supplies offered through the Student Health Center, and (3) to increase the number of first-year students enrolled in a PE class in Fall term 2020 by 20% .