1. Printing: This poster is 48” wide by 36” high. It’s designed to be printed on a large-format printer. Customizing the Content: The placeholders in this poster are formatted for you. Type in the placeholders to add text, or click an icon to add a table, chart, SmartArt graphic, picture or multimedia file. To add or remove bullet points from text, click the Bullets button on the Home tab. If you need more placeholders for titles, content or body text, make a copy of what you need and drag it into place. PowerPoint’s Smart Guides will help you align it with everything else. Want to use your own pictures instead of ours? No problem! Just click a picture, press the Delete key, then click the icon to add your picture. Project Revive Project Revive Brea Martin Fisk University, Nashville, TN Thesis A University Counseling Center started the Project Revive project in response to the alarming number of suicide attempts and increased referrals for counseling during the 2012-13 academic year. The question that needed to be answered was, Is Project Revive an effective way to increase students’ emotional well being? Hypothesis The development of activities into mental health promotion, wellness, and prevention programs should deter the risk of a young person’s well- being, and add value and effectiveness to other efforts. Project Overview According to the American College Health Association (ACHA) the suicide rate among young adults, ages 15-24, has tripled since the 1950s Suicide is currently the second most common cause of death among college students. The years 2012-2013 academic year the pattern of suicide became more clear. The importance of comprehensive campus mental health and behavior promotion program would be developed. Methods Quasi Experimental This study does not involve a control group, nor does it manipulate any variables. Sample Participants were gathered using a purposive sample. In total there were 41 participants, all of which were female. (Refer to Figure 1) Sample Procedure Participants were required to attend at least one of the two events hosted by the Counseling Center Step 1 To determine the effectiveness of the program, surveys were distributed by hand to each participant after each session Step 2 Once the surveys were completed, the data was then analyzed Step 3 A frequency test was ran and charts were developed to determine the conclusions of the study Step 4 Results Conclusion Programs were effective when trying to promote behavioral health Students agreed with <90% of the questions stated concluding that: They enjoyed their university Learned useful knowledge at programs Were aware of the counseling services provided Limitations: No way to indicate program participation Next Steps: ◦Continue with the experiment, adding a pre test ◦Involve more of the campus Works Cited Participants’ were measured with a Likert Scale from 1-5 (1= strongly disagree and 5= strongly agree) measuring: Their attitude towards the school Knowledge about the activity Awareness of behavioral health issues If they were aware of the counseling services available on campus Figure 2. Responses After Workshop 1 Figure 3: Responses After Workshop 2 Burrell, J. (2013). College and Teen Suicide Statistics: The Grim Numbers Behind Adolescent Suicides and Attempts. Web. Department of Health: Agency of Health Services (2013). What is Prevention?. Burlington, VT: Vermont, Government Health. 2013. Hazeldon (2013). FAQ: What is an Intervention?. Center City, MN: Hazeldon. 2013.