SALSA

ϰ Prevention Education & Research Unit (PERU) Ph: (02) 8890-6505 Email: WSLHD-Westmead-PERU@health.nsw.gov.au THE SALSA PROGRAM MODEL Youth Voices SALSA Students As LifeStyle Activists The SALSA Youth Voices program builds capacity of students to develop further leadership skills, and to create and implement a School Action Plan. Government Neighbourhood Homes School Environment Year 8 Students Year 10 Peer Leaders Shah et al., Br J Sports Med, 2017 Youth Voices PERU PreventionEducation&ResearchUnit https://salsa-triple-a.sydney.edu.au /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ SALSA Peer Leaders tĞůĐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ a peer leader for the SALSA ; S tudents A s L ife S tyle A ĐƟǀŝƐƚƐͿ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ As a SALSA Peer Leader youwill gain leadership ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚŽ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůůLJ ĂĐƟǀĞ͘ /Ŷ LJŽƵƌ ƉĞĞƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͕ ƐĞƚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶƵĂů͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĞĞƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ĂƐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶƵĂů͘ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ ŝĨ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ͘ Ɛ Ă ƉĞĞƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ opportunity to further your leadership and ĂĚǀŽĐĂĐLJ ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ SALSA Youth Voices to ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟǀĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƐ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĞŶũŽLJ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƉĞĞƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͘ tĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƚĞůů LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ŽĨ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ͘ tĞ ƚŚĂŶŬ LJŽƵ ĨŽƌ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ SALSA Peer Leader Manual Associate Professor Smita Shah ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ WƌĞǀĞŶƟŽŶ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ and Research Unit, Western Sydney Local Health District ŚƌŝƐƟŶĞ ĂǁƐĞLJ͕ D Principal, Rooty Hill High School ƌ <ĞĂŶͲ^ĞŶŐ >ŝŵ͕ President of AMA (NSW), WĂƐƚ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ Dƚ͘ ƌƵŝƩ DĞĚŝĐĂů WƌĂĐƟƟŽŶĞƌƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ The S LSA Project