Background: Peer education is one of the most effective strategies for changing behavior in adolescents, which provides the unique learning opportunities for promote health behaviors. The aim of this study was to systematically review the effect of peer education on health promotion of Iranian adolescents. Materials and Methods:  In this systematic review, all interventional studies were searc...

despite the fact that hiv epidemic is mainly driven by injection drug use in iran, partners of people who inject drugs (pwid) have been seriously neglected in terms of effective preventive interventions. currently, sexual partners of pwid might have access to some harm reduction services at voluntary counselling and testing (vct) centers; however, their needs have not been effectively targeted ...

Peer education remains a popular strategy for health promotion and prevention, but evidence of its effectiveness is still limited. This article presents a systematic review of peer education interventions in the European Union that were published between January 1999 and May 2010. The objective of the review is to determine the effectiveness of peer education programs for human immunodeficiency...

BACKGROUND Falls are common in older people. Despite strong evidence for effective falls prevention strategies, there appears to be limited translation of these strategies from research to clinical practice. Use of peers in delivering falls prevention education messages has been proposed to improve uptake of falls prevention strategies and facilitate translation to practice. Volunteer peer educ...

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networks continue to be popular means of trading content. However the files exchanged in these networks are not malicious, making them an ideal medium for spreading Malware. Some existing studies have shown that Malware proliferation can pose significant threats to P2P Networks, defending against such an attack are largely an open problem. This paper aims to develop the count...

Although many HIV/AIDS prevention programs for adolescents have used peer educators to deliver risk reduction information, few researchers have evaluated the effects of participation in educational activities on the peer educators themselves. The present study compares several outcomes experienced by peer educators involved in a school-based HIV prevention program with those of their classmates...