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Article: Peer educators, treatments tackle drinking at U. Maryland
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- University Wire
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- April 7, 2000
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Meredith Hooker & Rebekah Kates
University Wire
04-07-2000
(The Diamondback) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Anna Makela, a senior biochemistry major, knows what it is like to live with the effects of alcohol. Now she is putting those experiences of her childhood to use by helping others as a peer-educator at the University of Maryland Health Center.
"I was watching it as I grew up, and it provoked me to take action," Makela said. "I want to help someone help someone they are close to."
Makela said she gave 10-13 presentations last semester. She said peer educators try to make the presentations interactive, fun and nonjudgmental.
The campus also offers a state-certified out-patient ...