Exploratory study of safe initiation activities and trainings offered to Greek letter organizations at land grant universities
Abstract
This study was able to begin to show that even though safe initiation practices have been recommended for years, their inclusion into prevention strategies has been limited. It is recommend to professionals that they seriously consider implementing more education, as well as implementing more resources for students to use involving safe initiation practices. At minimum universities need to improve the education provided to the executive officers and chair persons, and the Chapter Advisors. The purpose was to record the extent to which training programs covered safe initiation activities for students and staff members provided by the Offices of Greek Life, and to explore the types of these activities and that these areas provide. The sample population was the senior most position within the Greek Life area at the Land Grant Universities. The quantitative data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics; the qualitative questions were analyzed according to the comparative method.
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