Peer support in health care and prevention: Cultural, organizational, and dissemination issues

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 363-383

  Fisher, Edwin B ^a,b   Coufal, Muchieh Maggy ^a,b   Parada, Humberto ^a,b   Robinette, Jennifer B ^a,b   Tang, Patrick Y ^a,b   Urlaub, Diana M ^a,b   Castillo, Claudia ^d   Guzman Corrales, Laura M ^a,b   Hino, Sayaka ^a,b   Hunter, Jaimie ^b   Katz, Ariana W ^b   Symes, Yael R ^b   Worley, Heidi P ^c   Xu, Cuirong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AFFILIATED ZHONGDA HOSPITAL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Chronic disease; Community health worker; Cost effectiveness; Policy; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CERTIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EMOTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LICENSING; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84897103894     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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