Peer Support for the Hardly Reached: A Systematic Review

R. Sokol and E. Fisher

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 7, e1-e8

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Health disparities are aggravated when prevention and care initiatives fail to reach those they are intended to help. Groups can be classified as hardly reached according to a variety of circumstances that fall into 3 domains: individual (e.g., psychological factors), demographic (e.g., socioeconomic status), and cultural-environmental (e.g., social network). Several reports have indicated that peer support is an effective means of reaching hardly reached individuals. However, no review has explored peer support effectiveness in relation to the circumstances associated with being hardly reached or across diverse health problems.

Keywords: cultural anthropology; environment; health behavior; health education; human; Mental Disorders; organization and management; peer group; social support; socioeconomics; vulnerable population, Culture; Environment; Health Behavior; Health Education; Humans; Mental Disorders; Peer Group; Social Support; Socioeconomic Factors; Vulnerable Populations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303180

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