{"id":7486,"date":"2011-11-02T13:19:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=7486"},"modified":"2012-12-07T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T20:24:23","slug":"feeling-tense-stressbusters-has-your-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/feeling-tense-stressbusters-has-your-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling tense? Stressbusters has your back"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just a few weeks, the Northern Arizona University campus will have something that can\u2019t be found at any other university in the state: a team of Stressbusters.<\/p>\n

Thirty students will soon receive professional training to become stress prevention advisors and backrub providers as\u00a0part of a proven program<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s been adopted at Harvard, Rutgers and other universities around the country.<\/p>\n

Yes, backrubs. And shoulders and hands. But the program is quick to point out that all the work is done as a team activity during public events, with the consent of the recipients. Team members also give out health advice and stress management tips.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0NAU Stressbusters team<\/a>\u00a0is a peer education group that will address one of the biggest issues on campus,\u201d said\u00a0Melissa Griffin<\/strong>, senior health educator in the Health Promotions office. \u201cStudents report that stress is the most common health factor that affects their academic performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of her role at NAU, Griffin reviews student survey data, then seeks to \u201cfind out what other schools are doing to address similar issues and how it works.\u201d In this case, she sees Stressbusters as an \u201cinnovative way to address stress management.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once trained, Griffin said, the team of students could hold an event at a residence hall during finals, or even visit a department. She is recruiting the initial team of 30 students\u2014a requirement of the Stressbusters program\u2014for a training session in the Health and Learning Center on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In just a few weeks, the Northern Arizona University campus will have something that can\u2019t be found at any other university in the state: a team of Stressbusters. Thirty students will soon receive professional training to become stress prevention advisors and backrub providers as\u00a0part of a proven program\u00a0that\u2019s been adopted at Harvard, Rutgers and other…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}