Interested in becoming a Peer Health Advisor?
Applications are currently closed. Please check back in Fall 2025!
Interested in being a Peer Health Advisor? Applications will be open for the first three weeks of September 2024. Application linked below, or on our Instagram @PeerHealthLehigh!
1.) Fill out the online application
2.) Selected applicants will undergo an interview process
3.) Accepted applicants will attend the remaining Peer Health Advisor meetings and events in the Fall semester
Training is expected to take place in a Spring Semester and will consist of foundational training as well as training on priority student health issues. Trainings will be delivered by the Health Advancement & Prevention Strategies and the Office of Survivor Support & Intimacy Education staff as well as other campus experts. It will be offered as a 2-credit course and is a requirement to become a Peer Health Advisor, though students may opt to not take the class for credit.
E-mail: inhaps@lehigh.edu with any questions.
Peer Health Advisor FAQ
If you’re a first or second year undergraduate student that has the time and passion to commit to our organization, we’d love to have you. Applications are open early each fall semester; otherwise, you would have to wait for the following cycle to apply.
Yes! After careful review of all applications, select applicants will be approved by members of the Peer Health executive board and will sign up for a timeslot for an in-person interview. Interviews for the fall semester are to occur early October.
Peer Health Advisors do not receive compensation for their services. However, once selected as a member, you must register for a 2-credit course offered through Health, Medicine, and Society (College of Arts and Sciences) in the spring semester. You are also eligible to apply for positions in our executive board and gain valuable leadership experience.
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Participate in a minimum of three (3) programs or events per semester
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Attend and participate in training sessions, group meetings, events, and activities
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Assist in the planning, execution, and evaluation of related events and programs
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Abide by most recent mandated reporting policies and laws
Being a Peer Health Advisor will require a time commitment that can range. Students will participate in the 2-credit course in the spring semester, one day per week plus required assignments. All members must attend weekly or biweekly group meetings which last about an hour on average. All Peer Health Advisors are expected to participate in programming, facilitation, event organization, or other activities which could also take several hours a week.
We recognize the environments in which students learn have an enormous impact on their well-being. Through partnering with faculty members, the Peer Health Advisor Training Course provides a menu of strategies for infusing well-being into educational practices. The class takes place in the spring semester.
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All newly accepted Peer Health Advisors are required to participate in this training. The training is designed to teach students all of the information they will need to know about current priority health topics; it will teach them facilitation techniques, and will demonstrate the various programs the group currently conducts. Students need only undergo the training once.
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The Peer Health Advisor Training syllabus is developed from the compilation of results from various survey data to focus on priority health concerns specific to Lehigh University. They also receive training on public health models and theories, facilitation techniques and classroom management, and extensive knowledge of Lehigh University campus resources to refer peers when appropriate.
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Peer Health Advisors are trained by Health Advancement & Prevention Strategies staff members and through partnerships with other campus experts on priority student health topics:
