Can community-based peer support promote health literacy and reduce inequalities? A realist review

Can community-based peer support promote health literacy and reduce inequalities? A realist review

Background: Community-based peer support (CBPS) has been proposed as a potentially promising approach to improve health literacy (HL) and reduce health inequalities. Peer support, however, is described as a public health intervention in search of a theory, and as yet there are no systematic reviews...

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Main Authors: Janet Harris, Jane Springett, Liz Croot, Andrew Booth, Fiona Campbell, Jill Thompson, Elizabeth Goyder, Patrice Van Cleemput, Emma Wilkins, Yajing Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2015-02-01
Series:Public Health Research
Subjects:
community
peer support
health
literacy
review
engagement
inequality
training
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/phr03030

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https://doi.org/10.3310/phr03030

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