Kate CurleyHealthWorks Efficacy for its Peer

LeadersKate Curley CSA 504

I. Who and what is HealthWorks?HealthWorks members:

All take Biobehavioral Health Training course (BBH 324)

May do health promotion outreach and programmingMay perform HIV counselingMay teach health education workshops

Participants of the assessmentAll 34 HealthWorks members

Majority womenUndergraduates at The Pennsylvania State University-

University ParkOrganized under the Office of Health Promotion

and Wellness (HPW) in University Health Services(Liao, 2012)

II. Purpose of the study and potential implications

Peer group is powerful (Astin, 1993)

Growing programs on college campuses:Peer education (Cuseo, 2010; Ender & Kay, 200)Leadership development (Dugan & Komives, 2007)

Healthworks is a combo of above: Significant resourcesImportance of assessment (Council for the Advancement of Standards, 2009; Keeling,

2006)

No available assessment measurements apply or have been done

Justification or Modification

III. Research questionUltimate Question:

How does HealthWorks benefit the peer leaders?

The Assessment:Seeks to discover the effectiveness of the

HealthWorks program as defined by the extent to which peer leaders can

articulate their ability to meet a combination of peer

education and leadership learning outcomes

developed through the literature review.

IV. Literature Review: a) Peer EducationCritical thinking skillsEducational topic and professional preparation gains Personal positive impact on one’s behavior and

attitude Greater self-confidence, self-awareness, and self-

efficacy Presentation skills and comfort in presenting Multicultural competence and diversity sensitivity Helping skills (Butler, Hetzell, & Sherwood, 2008; Colvin & Ashman, 2010; Keller, Frank-Bader, Beltram, & Bowar-Ferres, 2011; Owen, 2011;

Voorhees, 2008; Wawrzynski, LoConte, & Straker, 2011)

b) Leadership Development

·Collaboration·Common Purpose

·Controversy with Civility

Individual Values

·Consciousness of Self

·Congruence·Commitment

Societal/Community

Values·Citizenship

Group Values

(Komives, 2011)

VII. Limitations and Concerns

*Full Reference list provided on table below

Data is self-reportedHealthWorks supervisor biased when compiling data

Time and expense constraints

Possible method

discrepancies