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Prime for Life: Campus
PRIME for Life is a 10 hour course comprised of four 2.5 hour sessions. The available courses are located below in the table.
Eligibility for the PRIME for Life course is dependent upon initial screening. Students will not be allowed to sign up for the course without this screening or without permission from Fontaine Center staff. The cost of the PRIME for Life course is $115 for fees paid students, and $145 for non-fees paid students. Students will be billed to their UHC account on the first day of class. They are required to pay the fee by the final session to receive their certification of completion.
Enrolling in PRIME for Life
Please send an email to pfl@uhs.uga.edu. The email must include the following:
1. Name
2. 810 Number
3. Phone number where you can be reached
4. Month of the course in which you are requesting to enroll
5. Location and time of the class in which you are requesting to enroll (MLC or UHC)
After you have enrolled, you should receive a confirmation email within 5 days of your request. If the course is full, you will be provided with a list of courses that are still open.
Cancellation Policy
• A student must email pfl@uhs.uga.edu to cancel his or her reservation in a course by 9:00am the day of the first session. Cancellation emails sent after this time will not be processed.
• Failure to cancel via email by this time will result in the student being charged the entire fee for the course regardless of course completion.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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By enrolling in the course, you agree to:
- Attend all 4 sessions in sequence, and stay for the duration of each session. Students may not sleep in class, or they may be asked to repeat the course at the expense of the student.
- Bring a pen or pencil to each class.
- Be on time to each session. Students will not be admitted past the start time of the session. Arrive at least 15 minutes early for the first session.
- Uphold the UGA academic honesty policy when completing the PFL exam at the end of the course. The policy can be found here: www.uga.edu/honesty
If a student is late to a class, misses a class, is asked to leave due to disruption, or fails to cancel by the deadline:
- The student must pay the fee for the course they did not complete.
- The student must sign up for another PFL session. They will be charged for half of the first time enrollment fee.
- If a student has been dropped from the PRIME for Life course for a second time, they will no longer be eligible to take PFL. Instead, they will be required to sign up for BASICS+ counseling at the UHC, and they will be required to pay the full price.
- Exceptions will not be made for students who have academic conflicts that affect their ability to attend the course on time or stay for the duration of the session. It is the responsibility of the student to work out academic conflicts with faculty/staff.
Completion of the course:
- Students must pass the exam with a score of 85% or higher.
- Failure to pass the exam may result in the student having to take the course again as well as pay the fee for the additional course.
- Following course completion, students may pick up their certificates in the Health Promotion department within a week of taking the exam. Additional certificates are available upon request.
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| PRIME for Life Courses Available |
| Spring 2012 |
Dates of course sessions
All classes are at 5:00pm - 7:30pm |
Location at University Health Center |
Miller Learning Center
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| January |
23, 25, 30, 2/1 (MW) |
Conference Room A (3rd Floor) |
No class available |
| February |
7, 9, 14, 16 (TR) |
Conference Room E* (3rd Floor) |
No class available |
| March |
19, 21, 26, 28 (MW) |
Conference Room A (3rd Floor) |
No class available |
| April |
9, 11, 16, 18 (MW) |
Conference Room A (3rd Floor) |
No class available |
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Prime For Life: Campus
In 1986-87, the University of Georgia was chosen as a pilot site for this
national program, developed by the Prevention Research Institute in Lexington,
Kentucky. We have continued to offer these workshops several times a year.
Prime for Life: Campus is based on the idea that to prevent alcohol
problems, students need more than advice to "drink responsibly"
or "drink moderately." Because high-risk drinking choices are
more dangerous than most of us want to accept, precise information about
low-risk drinking choices is crucial.
Prime for Life: Campus is research based and provides the knowledge
and skills necessary to empower students to make low-risk choices. This unique
program works because it gives the kind of information people need.
The five-step process:
· Teaches people how to estimate their own biological risk
· Provides a range of research-based, low-risk guidelines that reduce the
risk of alcohol or drug-related health or impairment problems at any point in life.
This workshop is a ten hour program presented in four 2.5 hour
sessions to help students discover their low-risk drinking
guideline based on individual responses to alcohol and inherited
biological factors. It is designed to help students and professionals understand
the Lifestyle Risk Reduction Model for alcohol/drug prevention and intervention.
The risk reduction information is sequential, which makes it essential to
attend the entire program.
First Session:
· Explores commonly held views about alcohol problems.
· Provides research-based information that either validates or
invalidates these views.
· Explains how the interaction between biology and choices influences the outcome of
lifestyle-related health problems.
Second Session:
· Describes individual factors that increase the risk of impairment problems.
· Explores social and psychological influences on a person's choices.
· Identifies specific quantity and frequency guidelines for alcohol consumption and
other drug use based on an individual's genetic risk.
Third Session:
· Examines behaviors, characteristics, and typical outcomes of the drinking continuum,
from experimental use to alcoholism.
· Explores various ways to live with low-risk choices in a high-risk environment.
Fourth Session:
· Encourages students to explore the costs and benefits of high-risk drinking choices.
· Examines the relationships among choices, outcomes, and values.
· Assesses students' readiness to make low-risk choices.
· Concludes with a comprehensive test.
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