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dc.contributor.authorDunn, J
dc.contributor.authorSteginga, SK
dc.contributor.authorOcchipinti, S
dc.contributor.authorWilson, K
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T23:10:44Z
dc.date.available2019-05-16T23:10:44Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn1052-9284
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199901/02)9:1<13::AID-CASP488>3.0.CO;2-F
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/119076
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to describe how a volunteer peer support service assists women with breast cancer, and provides guidelines for practitioners in the development and implementation of such programmes. A two‐phase evaluation of a breast cancer peer support program was undertaken to describe important attributes of the peer support intervention, the impact of the volunteer visit on women's self‐reports of anxiety, and key indicators of a successful volunteer visit. Phase 1 included focus groups with 57 women previously treated for breast cancer. Phase 2 included a survey of 245 women also treated previously for breast cancer and visited by a Breast Cancer Support Volunteer. The key aspect of the peer support process was the bond of common experience leading to a decrease in social isolation, an increase in optimism about the future and reassurance about personal reactions and femininity. It is recommended that peer support programmes should aim to time support visits to coincide with the time when patient support needs are highest, that volunteers need to be recruited from a range of backgrounds and matched to patients most similar to them in way of life, and that peer support services should be embedded in a broad network of community support services.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley Europe
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom13
dc.relation.ispartofpageto22
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.titleEvaluation of a Peer Support Program for Women with Breast Cancer - Lessons for Practitioners
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWilson, Keithia K.
gro.griffith.authorChambers, Suzanne K.


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