Prevention Index

Awareness/Prevention

Purpose

• To encourage, support, and promote healthy living for the MSSU campus community & their families
• To make campus members aware of the issues associated with unhealthy behaviors through education and up-to-date information
• To help our fellow campus members make responsible and safe choices through educating them on the pros, cons, and potential outcomes of their decisions

Partners

• ACTS
• Athletics
• Partners in Prevention
• Peer Educators (because we believe students play a unique role in encouraging their peers to be safe)
• Residence Life
• Student Activities
• University Police

Social Norming Campaign

Students often drink to the extent that they think their peers are drinking. At the same time, they overestimate how much their peers are drinking. As a result, they drink to keep up with an imaginary peer group that does not exist. If we educate them as to how their peers actually drink, students will, in fact, drink less. We also promote other social norming campaigns geared towards topics relevant to our campus, such as Bystander Intervention and Sexual Assault prevention. All information is taken from the MCHBS survey, which is given annually to Missouri Southern students.

For more information on social norming, visit the National Social Norms Institute.