Goals: To reduce stress of SUNY

Oswego students
Theory/Model: Health Belief Model
Intervention Strategies:
1. Health Communication
2. Health Education
3. Behavior Modification
Construct

Person/Agency

Start/End
Date

Activity 1: Participants will attend Why Is

Stress Bad For You lecture. Here, we will
discuss the difference between good
stress and bad stress. We will also touch
up on the dangers of letting stress affect
your daily lives.

Mary Pagan

Sept. 2016

Activity 2: Participants will attend Stress

In The Classroom lecture. Tips will be
given on how to use an agenda, how to
avoid procrastination, and how to create
a daily schedule of work to ensure
success in the classroom.

Diane
Oldenburg

Sept. 2016

Katherine Wolfe

Nov. 2016

Knowledge: At the end of the Less

Stress More Success program, 85% of
the participants will be able to recall the
risks of chronic stress and factors that
contribute to stress.

Attitude: 3 months after the completion

of the program, 70% of the participants
will continue to implement the lifestyle
changes from the program.
Activity 1: Participants will attend Stress
Management in the Real World lecture.
This lecture will give tips and techniques
on how to handle stress after college in
the real world.

Perceived
Susceptibility

Self-efficacy

Activity 2: Three months after the

program has been completed, a phone
interview will be conducted with each
participant to see if they are continuing
the implementations learned through the
program.
Awareness: At the end of the program,
80% of the participants will know what
are bad ways to cope with stress and
what are bad stressors.

March
2017

Program
Coordinators

Aug. 2016

Program
Coordinators

Sept. 2016
- Dec.
2016

Amy Bidwell

Oct. 2016

Perceived
Barriers

Activity 1: Students will use a rating scale

to determine where their stressors are
and if theyre at risk for developing
chronic stress.
Skills: After completing the program,
85% of the participants will be able to
incorporate stress relief techniques and
skills into their everyday lives.

Program
Coordinators

Self-efficacy

Activity 1: Every other week, students will

discuss in a group setting about how they
implemented the material learned the
previous week into their daily lives. This
will allow the students to learn from each
other and maybe pick up on a technique
they missed in the previous weeks
presentation.
Behavioral objective: After the 16
Perceived
weeks of completing the Less Stress
Benefits
More Success program, 75% of the
students will be able to incorporate a
healthy diet, exercise, and a sleep routine
into their everyday schedule.
Activity 1: Participants will attend The
Importance of Nutrition lecture. We will
discuss the importance of diet and
nutrition and its effect on daily lives.

Activity 2: Participants will attend

Exercise And You lecture. We will
discuss the importance and benefits of
exercising everyday. Different types of
exercises will be discussed in correlation
with relieving stress.
Environmental objective: At the
completion of the program, 50% of the
participants will remove stressful
situations and peers out of their lives.

Shelly Sloan

Oct. 2016

Geoffrey Baer

Nov. 2016

Program
Coordinators

September
2017

Cue to
Action

Activity 1: Participants will attend

Eliminating Negativity and Bad Stressor
lecture. We will discuss how to remove
any bad influencers causing the
participants more stress in their lives. We
will also discuss how to avoid negative
situations that could potentially cause
more stress.
Outcome objective: A year after
Perceived
completion of the program, 65% of the
Benefits
students will have an overall better quality
of life from implementing these lifestyle
changes.
Activity 1: Participants will receive a fill in
the blank survey asking if they are
continuing the implementation of the
program in their daily lives. Every
participant who fills out the survey will be
entered to win a gift card.