Peer-Led Psychotherapy

Approaches to Sex Education: Peer-Led or Teacher-Led?

Youth Leadership Development and Peer-Led Initiatives

YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVLEOPMENT AND PEER-LED INITIATIVES By Kathryn Conley, M.A. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009 Major Director: Steven Danish, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology The current study explored the experiences of high school peer leaders (...

Peer-led and adult-led school drug prevention: a meta-analytic comparison.

Several studies have suggested that peer-led drug prevention programs are more effective than adult-led programs, but the evidence is not conclusive. In this article the results are presented of a meta-analysis of studies that compare drug prevention programs led by peers to the same programs led by adults. Twelve studies were identified in a systematic literature search. The quality of these s...

Comparison of peer-led versus professional-led training in basic life support for medical students

BACKGROUND The effect of peer-led training in basic life support (BLS) in the education of medical students has not been assessed. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This study was a randomized controlled trial with a blinded outcome assessor. A total of 74 fourth-year medical students at Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan were randomly assigned to BLS training conducted by either a senior medical ...

A comparative study of peer-led and adult-led school sex education.

There are, and have been, many school-based sex education projects in this country which have used peer leaders (students delivering an educational programme who are of similar, or slightly older, age than the students receiving the programme). Rigorous evaluation of the methodology remains scant. This paper describes a comparative investigation of peer-led and adult-led sex education in Nation...