Peer support for the hardly reached: A systematic review

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2016, Pages e1-e8

  Sokol, Rebeccah ^a   Fisher, Edwin ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84974604015     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303180     Document Type: Review

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