What is the idea behind peer-to-peer support in diabetes?

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Simmons ◽  
Chris Bunn ◽  
Simon Cohn ◽  
Jonathan Graffy
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Peer To Peer

Social media and peer-to-peer support for individuals with health care needs and their caregivers: a scoping review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Kelly ◽  
Shelley Doucet ◽  
Alison Luke ◽  
Rima Azar ◽  
William Montelpare
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
The Many

BACKGROUND Individuals with health care needs and their caregivers require substantial informational and emotional support. Providing this support is a major challenge for care providers, who are often not able to adequately address barriers and may not be aware of available services and programs. Online P2P support offers an accessible and inexpensive source of support; however, the breadth of these supports on social media has not been previously documented. OBJECTIVE This study was a scoping review of research examining the use of peer-to-peer support on social media by individuals with health care needs and their caregivers. METHODS This review used the PRISMA-SR method to search for articles from 1997 to 2019. RESULTS A total of 94 articles were included. Patients and caregivers use many social media websites for P2P interaction, including: Facebook (n = 19), Twitter (n = 7), and YouTube (n = 6). Providing and receiving informational and emotional support were important uses of social media for P2P support; however, the specific needs and experiences of patients and caregivers appeared to change as knowledge regarding the condition(s) improved. Despite the many benefits associated with participating in online P2P groups, concerns related to ethics, privacy, and the potential to spread misinformation are outlined as risks associated with its use. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed that patients and caregivers engage in P2P support on social media to receive informational and emotional support from peers, despite known risks and limitations. Social networking websites were revealed to be particularly suited for P2P support communication.

scholarly journals The era of the digital natives is approaching: Insights into online peer-to-peer support for persons affected by prostate cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 2433-2434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus W. Haun ◽  
Andreas Ihrig ◽  
Philipp Karschuck ◽  
Christian Thomas ◽  
Johannes Huber
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Peer To Peer

scholarly journals PEER TO PEER SUPPORT AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S857-S857
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Jacobs ◽  
Rebecca Schwei ◽  
Scott Hetzel ◽  
Jane Mahoney ◽  
KyungMann Kim
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Care Utilization

Abstract The majority of older adults want to live and age in their communities. Some community-based organizations (CBOs) have initiated peer-to-peer support services to promote aging in place but the effectiveness of these programs is not clear. Our objective was to compare the effectiveness of a community-designed and implemented peer-to-peer support program vs. access to standard community services, in promoting health and wellness in vulnerable older adult populations. We partnered with three CBOs, one each in California, Florida, and New York, to enroll adults 65 > years of age who received peer support and matched control participants (on age, gender, and race/ethnicity) in an observational study. We followed participants over 12 months, collecting data on self-reported urgent care and emergency department visits and hospitalizations. In order to account for the lack of randomization, we used a propensity score method to compare outcomes between the two groups. We enrolled 222 older adults in the peer-to-peer group and 234 in the control group. After adjustment, we found no differences between the groups in the incidence of hospitalization, urgent and emergency department visits, and composite outcome of any health care utilization. The incidence of urgent care visits was statistically significantly greater in the standard community service group than in the peer-to-peer group. Given that the majority of older adults and their families want them to age in place, the question of how to do this is highly relevant. Peer-to-peer services may provide some benefit to older adults in regard to their health care utilization.

Peer-to-peer support is vital for childminders

Child Care ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Sue Smith
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Peer To Peer

scholarly journals Online peer-to-peer support in youth mental health: seizing the opportunity

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alvarez-Jimenez ◽  
J. F. Gleeson ◽  
S. Rice ◽  
C. Gonzalez-Blanch ◽  
S. Bendall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Peer To Peer

Advances in African and Arab science journalism: Capacity building and new newsroom structures through digital peer-to-peer support

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Lublinski ◽  
Inka Reichert ◽  
Augustin Denis ◽  
Jean-Marc Fleury ◽  
Olfa Labassi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Science Journalism

scholarly journals SP-01 * PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT: A NEW WAY TO ASSIST CAREGIVERS

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (suppl 5) ◽  
pp. v211-v211
Author(s):  
I. Molina ◽  
M. Page ◽  
J. Patt ◽  
S. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Peer To Peer
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