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    Evaluating peer-based youth programs: barriers and enablers

    150770_26385_EJA_Lobo et al. 2010 Evaluating peer-based youth programs.pdf (814.2Kb)
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    Authors
    Lobo, Roanna
    McManus, Alexandra
    Brown, Graham
    Hildebrand, Janina
    Maycock, Bruce
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Lobo, Roanna and McManus, Alexandra and Brown, Graham and Hildebrand, Janina and Maycock, Bruce. 2010. Evaluating peer-based youth programs: barriers and enablers. Evaluation Journal of Australasia. 10 (1): pp. 36-43.
    Source Title
    Evaluation Journal of Australasia
    ISSN
    1035719X
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43069
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Peer-based programs are increasingly used by community organisations to support vulnerable youth who are at risk of developing mental health problems. Such programs are as diverse as the populations they support and include drop-in services, peer education, camps and online discussion forums for hard-to-reach populations that may not access more conventional forms of support owing to issues of stigma or accessibility (for example, same-sex-attracted youth and teenage parents). There has been limited evaluation of peer-based community programs. Therefore, the lack of evidence of program effectiveness makes it difficult for service providers to secure continuous funding and threatens program sustainability. This article reports on a study designed to investigate barriers and enablers associatedwith evaluating peer-based youth programs. The resulting implications for policy, practice and research are discussed.

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