XULA 2026 | 10.02.02 - Shamya Williams

Описание: Abstract #10.02.02 — 2025 NSU SEXUAL HEALTH SUMMIT: DATA TO ACTION UNDERGRADUATE PEER MODEL

Author(s) :: SEA Williams; JA Harris; ZL Washington; JM Battle; LN Griffin

Author(s) Affiliation(s) :: Norfolk State University (SEAW, JAH, LNG, JMB, ZLW)

Purpose: NSU Student Health Ambassadors (SHA’s) are trained to promote healthy living among its peers. This presentation shares how Student Health Ambassadors used campus-specific data they collected to plan, organize, and implement an activity focused on sexual health issues because many were overlooked for several years due to the attention given to mitigating COVID-19.

Design Methods: The 2023 NSU Campus Health and Well-Being Survey and Focus Groups were used to collect data from undergraduate students. The 74-item survey asked students questions about sexual health and sexual assault prevention, substance abuse, and overall health and wellness. The semi-structured focus group discussions led by an external facilitator allowed more in-depth questioning. The SHA’s used this information to work with another external facilitator to design an activity to address issues such as how new age hookup culture was overshadowed by COVID-19 and misinformation about sex-related matters.

Results/Expected Results: The 2025 NSU Sexual Health Summit was the activity designed to deliver information on healthier sexual behaviors. The summit’s tag was ‘We Listen and We Don’t Judge.’ We found that engaging implementation strategies included digital flyers, a social media campaign, and daytime tabling events to advertise the summit. A cultural arts performance by NSU Dance Theatre opened the event. Interactive ice breaker games, live anonymous online comment box for questions, discussion panel that included health promotion professionals and students to answer the questions from the anonymous online comment box, visual presentations, and incentives spoke to and kept students interested throughout the event.

Discussion/Conclusion: We believe this event was successful because we used campus-specific data to design a program for our peers. This model may be used at other institutions as an innovative way to address healthy sexual behaviors. Substantial participation during this activity indicates that peer-to-peer exposure effectively promotes heightened student engagement.

Grant Support :: Va-AHEAD Grant# NIH-5RC2TROO5115-02

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