STUDENTS FOR HEALTHY LIVING are a group of trained University students who provide health promotion programmes for their fellow students on campus. Peer education plays a significant role in an undergraduate’s growth and development and students are very well placed to encourage their peers to develop healthy habits, attitudes and lifestyles regarding such issues as alcohol, smoking, drugs, nutrition, exercise, stress management, sexual health and mental health amongst others. The programme makes use of both virtual and face to face encounters to reach the students, with interactive, student friendly facebooks, face to face meetings, seminars and individual coaching. The project is being launched as a pilot project for the 2011-2012 year, with plans to increase the programmes in the following year. In the current year, three programmes are being offered:
•    HEAT: Healthy Eating Awareness and Tips
•    SMART: Stress Management And Relaxation Techniques
•    SAM: Substance Abuse and Misuse

This is a project of the European Centre for Educational Resilience, supported by the KSU’s Social Policy Commission Health  & Wellbeing Subcommittee and the Malta Medical Students’ Association.