The use and impact of peer support schemes in schools in the UK, and a comparison with use in Japan and South Korea [PDF]
Peer support approaches, where pupils offer formal support to others, are used in schools as an additional source of pastoral care. Previous research shows benefits for whole school environments, pupils who receive support, and pupil peer supporters, but
James, Alana
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Online social support: an exploratory study of breastfeeding women’s use of internet and mobile applications to obtain peer support [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Online social support is reported to be used by a number of people to obtain social interaction and exchange communication as a way to buffer stressful ...
Burman, Ana Beatriz Santana
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Peer Support Workers’ Experience of an Intentional Peer Support Scheme on an Acute Psychiatric Ward [PDF]
, 2010 This paper reports on a study which formed part of a multi-perspective evaluation of an Intentional Peer Support scheme within an adult acute psychiatric inpatient setting. The objectives of the evaluation were twofold. Firstly, to explore the experience
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From Social Network to Peer Support Network: Opportunities to Explore Mechanisms of Online Peer Support for Mental Health [PDF]
, 2023 An increasing number of psychological interventions are shifting to online modes of delivery. One such intervention is peer-to-peer support, which in this context may provide internet users living with mental health disorders an opportunity to connect ...
Andrews, Jacob, Rayland, Amy
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Online peer support training to promote adolescents’ emotional support skills, mental health and agency during COVID-19: Randomised controlled trial and qualitative evaluation [PDF]
, 2022 Adolescents often look to their peers for emotional support, so it is critical that they are prepared to take on a supportive role, especially during a health crisis.
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Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial to measure the clinical and cost effectiveness of peer support in increasing hope and quality of life in mental health patients discharged from hospital in the UK [PDF]
, 2014 Background Mental health patients can feel anxious about losing the support of staff and patients when discharged from hospital and often discontinue treatment, experience relapse and readmission to hospital, and sometimes attempt suicide.
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NIHR Open Research, 2023 Background: Up to half of people hospitalised with COVID-19 report diverse and persistent symptoms affecting quality of life for months and sometimes years after discharge (long-COVID).
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 IntroductionEstablishing structured peer support in mental health, particularly for people with schizophrenia, as a psychosocial intervention is early in low and middle-income countries like India.
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metapsy-project/data-peer-support: Version 23.0.2
, 2023 The data-peer-support dataset The data-peer-support dataset is a meta-analytic research domain MARD) which is part of the Metapsy project. The dataset contains study information and effect size data of randomized trials on peer support interventions ...
Clara Miguel, Mathias Harrer
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Testing a peer support intervention for people with type 2 diabetes: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2012 <p>Background: People with Type 2 diabetes face various psycho-social, self-management and clinical care issues and evidence is mixed whether support from others with diabetes, ‘peer support’, can help.
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