Peer Health Advisors

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Who We Are:

Students trained by Health Advancement & Prevention Strategies staff members and other campus experts to help advance the health and safety of their peers at Lehigh University. Peer Health Advisors provide peer-to-peer support, advice, resources and programming to promote health behaviors. 

Our Mission:

To make Lehigh University a healthier and safer place through strategic peer-to-peer interactions focused on the promotion of healthy behaviors.

What We Do:

Peer Health Advisors provide a variety of services to Lehigh University and the surrounding community, including 1) facilitating interactive health programs on data-driven,  priority health topics for Student Organizations, Residence Halls, and/or anyone else who requests them, 2) sponsor and participate in campus-wide health awareness campaigns and events, 3) recognizing on-campus needs and implement positive, lasting campus culture and policy change, and 4) referring peers to appropriate on-campus resources. 

Interested in joining us and contributing to campus change? Find information about the Peer Health Advisor application process here.