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Award Winning, Peer-led Leadership Programs For High School Students

Enhance opportunities for leadership, health and wellbeing programs at your school, including the award-winning SALSA program.

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We appreciate the financial support from
Western Sydney Primary Health Network, operated by WentWest, and the McAlary family
for our prevention programs in schools.

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SA

and Triple A

Award Winning, Peer-led Leadership Programs For High School Students

Enhance opportunities for leadership, health and wellbeing programs at your school, including the award-winning SALSA program.

SALSA
Triple A
Contact Us

PARTNERS

SA

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SA

and Triple A

Peer-led Leadership Programs

Enhance existing health and wellbeing programs at your school, through award-winning SALSA and Triple A programs. We have reached over 50,000 high school students in NSW, Australia, Jordan and China.

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Prevention Education and Research Unit (PERU)

Established in 1995, PERU, Research Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District, has been at the forefront of preventative health innovation and research in Western Sydney for over two decades.

Our objectives are to promote health and wellbeing for all, empower young people and to serve the community.

Our prevention programs are social capacity building in healthy eating and physical activity, asthma, smoking cessation and promoting healthy choices in adolescents in high schools, and universities. The programs continue to show results, with strong partnerships with a range of services and organisations.

Student Leadership and Advocacy

The Triple A and SALSA programs have been established for over 15 years. Our programs complement the work of teachers, partnering with each school to positively influence students to make an impact on the community.

Our Programs

SALSA

Students As LifeStyle Activists (SALSA) is a peer-led leadership program designed to motivate high school students to increase physical activity and improve diet.

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Triple A

The Triple A program is a proven initiative to improve the health and wellbeing of students with asthma and significantly reduce the likelihood of smoking.

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Making A Difference

Triple A was started over 20 years ago and SALSA is now over 15 years old! Today our programs are reaching students in schools from Sydney and rural NSW, with past trials in Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam, China, USA and Jordan.

Ongoing relationships with schools, health and education organisations are a highly valued part of our work.

Our programs empower high school students and create a positive school community centred around health, leadership and, goodwill.

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What's New

14/05/2024

Youth Voices Get Active Video Competition 2024

03/04/2024

Annual Report 2023

22/02/2024

A Vaping Cessation Workshop

Register now to attend this free and interactive workshop to equip your wellbeing team to support students to quit vaping.  Want to know how to have a conversation and the best tips to use to help your students kick this habit? The vaping cessation workshop aims to

22/02/2024

Youth Voices Get Active video competition

Calling all high school student video makers: do you have a brilliant idea for inspiring fellow students to get physically active? Are you in year 7- 12?  You have the opportunity to develop and submit a short <45 sec video addressing one of three topics:  To

What People Are Saying About Our Programs ...

Contact us to learn more about our empowerment programs that give students a voice to create supportive environments in their school community.

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“Our vision is to enable young people to make positive changes in their own lives, and the voice to make an impact on their peers and the school community.”

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