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dc.contributor.authorPomery, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorSchofield, Penelope
dc.contributor.authorXhilaga, Miranda
dc.contributor.authorGough, Karla
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-18T00:43:37Z
dc.date.available2020-06-18T00:43:37Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0738-3991
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pec.2015.11.017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/394699
dc.description.abstractObjectives: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis was undertaken to deduce requisite knowledge, skills and attributes of cancer support group leaders. Methods: Medline, CINAHL, and PsychINFO databases were used to identify relevant literature. Inclusion criteria were made deliberately broad after pilot searches produced too few documents and included: adult group leaders who were volunteers, peers or professionals; published in English from database inception to February 2014. Data was extracted on: year of publication; country of authors’ origin; study design (if relevant) and methods; group type and group leadership; sample description; and leader qualities. Results: Forty-nine documents met inclusion criteria. Fourteen reported on cancer groups, 31 on non-cancer groups (including four mixed groups) and four did not specify group type. Seven qualities were deduced including group management, group process, role modelling, awareness, willingness, agreeableness, and openness. These were consistent across group type and group leadership. Conclusions: Findings may be relevant to a general model of peer group support and can inform the development of a practical and realistic minimum standard for support group leadership in healthcare. Practice implications: Results can be used to help cancer agencies manage relationships with group leaders. Knowledge of requisite qualities may inform selection, training and support.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom672
dc.relation.ispartofpageto688
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPatient Education and Counseling
dc.relation.ispartofvolume99
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3211
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary
dc.titleSkills, knowledge and attributes of support group leaders: A systematic review
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPomery, A; Schofield, P; Xhilaga, M; Gough, K, Skills, knowledge and attributes of support group leaders: A systematic review, Patient Education and Counseling, 2016, 99 (5), pp. 672-688
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-11-20
dc.date.updated2020-06-17T01:47:30Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPomery, Amanda


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