The Health and Human Performance Department is home to three special programs: HOPE Program, Project Commit to Prevent, and our Service Learning partnership.

  The HOPE program (HIV/AIDS Orientation and Professional Education) is an initiative of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent School Health (DASH) to address the growing rates of HIV infection among African American Youth.  The program is designed to enhance and strengthen campus HIV education curricular activities by working with faculty who are preparing African American health professionals and pre-service teachers who will have the most contact with the target audience.

  Project Commit to Prevent is an initiative of the North Carolina HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch of the Division of Public Health. Its goal is to empower college/university students, with special emphasis on African Americans and American Indians, to change behaviors that put them at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

  Our Service Learning partnership is with the JCSU Peer Educators known as SWARM (Students With A Realistic Mission), housed in the Counseling and Testing Center. Its goal is to enhance the curriculum in our two Service Learning courses (HED 224: Healthful Living and HED 235: Drugs and Drug Education) by training students to be Peer Educators. Each of these programs include expanding the HIV/STD educational and risk reduction programs on campus. If you would like to get involved, please contact Dr. Karen Butler for more information.

Phone 704 378 1247

Fax       704 378 1170

E-mail   kbutler@jcsu.edu