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Katherine Froggatt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Peer Education for advance care planning volunteers perspectives on training and community engagement activities
Health Expectations, 2013Co-Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, Sheila Kennedy, Katherine FroggattAbstract:Background Peer Education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of Peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as Peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for Peer Education for advance care planning (ACP). Objectives To report on volunteers perspectives on the Peer Education training programme, their feelings about assuming the role of volunteer Peer educators and the community engagement activities with which they engaged during the year after training. To examine broader implications for Peer Education.
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Peer Education for advance care planning volunteers perspectives on training and community engagement activities
Health Expectations, 2013Co-Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, Sheila Kennedy, Katherine FroggattAbstract:Background Peer Education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of Peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as Peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for Peer Education for advance care planning (ACP). Objectives To report on volunteers’ perspectives on the Peer Education training programme, their feelings about assuming the role of volunteer Peer educators and the community engagement activities with which they engaged during the year after training. To examine broader implications for Peer Education. Design Participatory action research employing mixed methods of data collection. Participants Twenty-four older volunteers and eight health and social care staff. Data collection methods Evaluative data were gathered from information provided during and at the end of training, a follow-up survey 4 months post-training; interviews and focus groups 6 and 12 months post-training. Findings Volunteers’ personal aims ranged from working within their communities to using what they had learnt within their own families. The personal impact of Peer Education was considerable. Two-thirds of volunteers reported community Peer Education activities 1 year after the training. Those who identified strongly with a community group had the most success. Conclusion We reflect on the extent to which the programme aided the development of ‘critical consciousness’ among the volunteers: a key factor in successful Peer Education programmes. More research is needed about the impact on uptake of ACP in communities.
Alan J. Flisher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Can Peer Education make a difference? Evaluation of a South African adolescent Peer Education program to promote sexual and reproductive health.
AIDS and behavior, 2011Co-Authors: Amanda J. Mason-jones, Catherine Mathews, Alan J. FlisherAbstract:Peer Education is popular both with governments and with young people. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a government-led Peer Education program on the self-reported sexual health behavior and related psychosocial outcomes of adolescent students in public high schools in the Western Cape of South Africa. Grade 10 students (n = 3934), at 30 public high schools (15 intervention, 15 comparison) were recruited to the study. In the intervention schools, Peer educators were recruited and trained to provide information and support to their fellow students. Sexual health behaviors and related psychosocial outcomes of students were measured at baseline and at follow up 18 months later. Comparisons were made between those in the intervention and comparison group schools. We were unable to detect a significant difference in the age of sexual debut, use of condoms at last sex, goal orientation, decision-making or future orientation for students in the intervention group as compared to students in the comparison group. The findings suggest that the Peer Education program was not effective in reducing the age of sexual debut or condom use. Issues around the implementation of the program suggested that this was sub-optimal. Governments who advocate widespread use of Peer Education as an approach need to recognise barriers to implementation and ensure ongoing monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
Jane Seymour - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Peer Education for advance care planning volunteers perspectives on training and community engagement activities
Health Expectations, 2013Co-Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, Sheila Kennedy, Katherine FroggattAbstract:Background Peer Education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of Peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as Peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for Peer Education for advance care planning (ACP). Objectives To report on volunteers perspectives on the Peer Education training programme, their feelings about assuming the role of volunteer Peer educators and the community engagement activities with which they engaged during the year after training. To examine broader implications for Peer Education.
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Peer Education for advance care planning volunteers perspectives on training and community engagement activities
Health Expectations, 2013Co-Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, Sheila Kennedy, Katherine FroggattAbstract:Background Peer Education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of Peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as Peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for Peer Education for advance care planning (ACP). Objectives To report on volunteers’ perspectives on the Peer Education training programme, their feelings about assuming the role of volunteer Peer educators and the community engagement activities with which they engaged during the year after training. To examine broader implications for Peer Education. Design Participatory action research employing mixed methods of data collection. Participants Twenty-four older volunteers and eight health and social care staff. Data collection methods Evaluative data were gathered from information provided during and at the end of training, a follow-up survey 4 months post-training; interviews and focus groups 6 and 12 months post-training. Findings Volunteers’ personal aims ranged from working within their communities to using what they had learnt within their own families. The personal impact of Peer Education was considerable. Two-thirds of volunteers reported community Peer Education activities 1 year after the training. Those who identified strongly with a community group had the most success. Conclusion We reflect on the extent to which the programme aided the development of ‘critical consciousness’ among the volunteers: a key factor in successful Peer Education programmes. More research is needed about the impact on uptake of ACP in communities.
Amanda J. Mason-jones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Can Peer Education make a difference? Evaluation of a South African adolescent Peer Education program to promote sexual and reproductive health.
AIDS and behavior, 2011Co-Authors: Amanda J. Mason-jones, Catherine Mathews, Alan J. FlisherAbstract:Peer Education is popular both with governments and with young people. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a government-led Peer Education program on the self-reported sexual health behavior and related psychosocial outcomes of adolescent students in public high schools in the Western Cape of South Africa. Grade 10 students (n = 3934), at 30 public high schools (15 intervention, 15 comparison) were recruited to the study. In the intervention schools, Peer educators were recruited and trained to provide information and support to their fellow students. Sexual health behaviors and related psychosocial outcomes of students were measured at baseline and at follow up 18 months later. Comparisons were made between those in the intervention and comparison group schools. We were unable to detect a significant difference in the age of sexual debut, use of condoms at last sex, goal orientation, decision-making or future orientation for students in the intervention group as compared to students in the comparison group. The findings suggest that the Peer Education program was not effective in reducing the age of sexual debut or condom use. Issues around the implementation of the program suggested that this was sub-optimal. Governments who advocate widespread use of Peer Education as an approach need to recognise barriers to implementation and ensure ongoing monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
Sheila Kennedy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Peer Education for advance care planning volunteers perspectives on training and community engagement activities
Health Expectations, 2013Co-Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, Sheila Kennedy, Katherine FroggattAbstract:Background Peer Education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of Peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as Peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for Peer Education for advance care planning (ACP). Objectives To report on volunteers perspectives on the Peer Education training programme, their feelings about assuming the role of volunteer Peer educators and the community engagement activities with which they engaged during the year after training. To examine broader implications for Peer Education.
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Peer Education for advance care planning volunteers perspectives on training and community engagement activities
Health Expectations, 2013Co-Authors: Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, Sheila Kennedy, Katherine FroggattAbstract:Background Peer Education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of Peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as Peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for Peer Education for advance care planning (ACP). Objectives To report on volunteers’ perspectives on the Peer Education training programme, their feelings about assuming the role of volunteer Peer educators and the community engagement activities with which they engaged during the year after training. To examine broader implications for Peer Education. Design Participatory action research employing mixed methods of data collection. Participants Twenty-four older volunteers and eight health and social care staff. Data collection methods Evaluative data were gathered from information provided during and at the end of training, a follow-up survey 4 months post-training; interviews and focus groups 6 and 12 months post-training. Findings Volunteers’ personal aims ranged from working within their communities to using what they had learnt within their own families. The personal impact of Peer Education was considerable. Two-thirds of volunteers reported community Peer Education activities 1 year after the training. Those who identified strongly with a community group had the most success. Conclusion We reflect on the extent to which the programme aided the development of ‘critical consciousness’ among the volunteers: a key factor in successful Peer Education programmes. More research is needed about the impact on uptake of ACP in communities.