October 24th, 2024
Research shows that college students experience elevated levels of stress related to changes in lifestyle, school workload, responsibilities, and interpersonal relationships. Additionally, data supports that the stressors experienced by Black, Asian, Latin-x, and Indigenous people of color students often go untreated at a higher rate than their white counterparts. The last four years have highlighted the significant stress, loss, and grief college students have experienced along with being impacted by health disparities and inequalities. This can be attributed to their experience with systemic racism and bias. However, compounding this is that a higher percentage of these students identify as low-income and/or first-generation college students than do their white classmates, helping lead to significant impacts on their overall health and wellbeing. This session will discuss the importance of providing culturally specific programming on our college campuses utilizing the LEAP approach to reduce disparities, create a safe space, and increase belongingness among college students.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of providing culturally specific programming to address the needs of all students representing your institution.
- Discuss how health equity should be considered when creating a well-being culture within college campuses.
- Identify at least 3-5 student organizations or departments to collaborate with for culturally specific programs.
- Define the acronym LEAP and develop strategies to use it within your department.
Featured Presenter
