Train Peer Supporters
Please see Disclaimer: Peer Support Resources below.
In this section, you will find information and resources for building the skills and competencies that address the core components of peer support: assistance in diabetes management in daily living, social and emotional support, linkages to care, and ongoing support extended over time. Please see Learn for more information on peer support's core functions.
In the table below, resources addressing these skills and competencies are organized into modules within five main units. Unit 1 addresses General Knowledge and Content themes, including the nature of diabetes and general support skills, which apply across the other units. Units 2 through Unit 5 address the core components of peer support outlined above.
Training for peer support should pay attention to this framework that addresses core competencies and functions of peer support as outlined in the World Health Organization's report on peer support programs in diabetes. While the core functions and competencies apply to any peer support program, specific approaches to addressing them will vary based on the needs and contexts of different populations and settings. Users should exercise their own judgment in assessing the appropriateness of materials for developing a peer support training program to address their needs.
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Here you can also find Examples of Peer Support Training Curricula and Examples of Peer Support Training Agendas. While the target audiences and topics of these resources vary, they do illustrate how to bundle important competencies and skills together to create a comprehensive approach to training peer supporters. Users would need to tailor sample curricula and agendas to best meet the needs of your specific setting or population.
New- Peers for Progress grantees in Alabama, Califonia and Michigan presented a seminar on recruiting, training and evaluating peer supporters at the 2011 annual Society of Behavioral Medicine meeting. Please click here for presentations. A video recording with the slides will be coming soon!
New-The Chronic Illness Peer Support Network's Best Practice Framework lists four general areas to be addressed in the training for a volunteer-based, chronic illness peer support program.
Disclaimer: Peer Support Resources
Peers for Progress aims to serve peer support programs around the world by providing a compilation of web-based resources for developing and enhancing these programs. Framed by peer support's core functions as outlined in Learn, we selected these materials from varied sources and from materials provided to us. In doing so, we have sought to include materials that reflect state-of-the-art knowledge of diabetes, peer support, diabetes management, and health promotion. Users should exercise their own judgment in assessing the appropriateness of materials for their own setting and population. Peers for Progress assumes no responsibility for the quality of evidence on which materials are based or consequences of their use.
Peers for Progress has no financial interests with specific websites or organizations listed in this section. For a full listing of our partnerships, please read About Us.
If a user would like to suggest additional resources, please Contact Us. As you use and possibly adapt resources, please give credit to the developing organization.
Peers for Progress is a program of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and supported by the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation.