Peer Education: the unauthorised version

Frankham, Jo

doi:10.1080/0141192980240205

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“…Rather than having their identities hinge around social class, gender or race, there is both scope and willingness to exercise personal choice in terms of self identity. Likewise, peer group in uence -once regarded as a major formative in uence on young people's actions and identities -now appears to have markedly less effect as greater emphasis gets placed on individual responsibility for decisions affecting 'who I am' and 'what I stand for' (Michell 1997;Frankham 1998;Parker et al 1998;Denscombe 2000).This does not imply that 'structural' factors cease to exert any in uence at all, but it does mean that there is a tendency for them to exert less in uence that in the past and for greater signi cance to attach to individual choices in terms of the creation of self-identities (Furlong and Cartmel 1997;Pavis et al 1998).…”

Section: Uncertain Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Uncertain identities and health‐risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity

Denscombe

2001

British Journal of Sociology

111

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This paper argues that 'uncertain identities' are a distinct contributing factor to the residual and intractable level of smoking among young people. Further, it argues that the significance of this factor is increased by the specific social/historical context of late modernity. Findings from research with 15 to 16 year olds in the East Midlands of England are used to explore the role that smoking is perceived to play in constructing a self identity. A voluntaristic perspective is adopted on the use of tobacco, reflecting both the focus on young people's motivation to smoke and the tendency for many young people to perceive smoking as a matter of personal choice. Smoking was found to have a symbolic significance not only in terms of the presentation of self to others but also in terms of the reflexive construction of the self by those involved. The paper analyses the role of smoking in relation to self-image, self-empowerment and self-affirmation and it is concluded that for many young people smoking has certain benefits in terms of coping with uncertain identities.

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Section: Uncertain Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Uncertain identities and health‐risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity

Denscombe

2001

British Journal of Sociology

111

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“…The outcomes are acknowledged to be 'generally modest' (ibid., p. 345). On the basis of previous work (Frankham, 1998), we suggest this may be explained by the similarities between the 'intervention' and the 'control' approaches to sex education in terms of objectives and content-protection from unwanted pregnancy and STIs predominates (Stephenson et al, 2004, p. 339). These sessions may have been peer-'delivered', but they were designed by adults, with adult concerns in mind.…”

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confidence: 88%

Sex, science and educational research: the unholy trinity¹

Stronach

Frankham

Stark

2007

Journal of Education Policy

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“…Peer leaders have intrinsic credibility and ability to tailor the discussion with relevant examples [19]. They also promote a sense of shared norms and social support [20].…”

Section: Action Theorymentioning

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Empiric validation of a process for behavior change

Elliot

Goldberg

MacKinnon

et al. 2015

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Most behavior change trials focus on outcomes rather than deconstructing how those outcomes related to programmatic theoretical underpinnings and intervention components. In this report, the process of change is compared for three evidence-based programs' that shared theories, intervention elements and potential mediating variables. Each investigation was a randomized trial that assessed pre-and post-intervention variables using survey constructs with established reliability. Each also used mediation analyses to define relationships. The findings were combined using a pattern matching approach. Surprisingly, knowledge was a significant mediator in each program (a and b path effects [p<0.01]). Norms, perceived control abilities, and self-monitoring were confirmed in at least two studies (p<0.01 for each). Replication of findings across studies with a common design but varied populations provides a robust validation of the theory and processes of an effective intervention. Combined findings also demonstrate a means to substantiate process aspects and theoretical models to advance understanding of behavior change. KeywordsBehavior change, Mediation, Peer-led INTRODUCTION Knowledge about how healthy lifestyles can prevent illness has outpaced effective means to assist people in living health lives [1]. That limitation is not due to lack of research, and contributions have come from diverse disciplines, such as health promotion, behavioral economics, psychology, decision analysis, and sociology. However, progress may have been constrained due to a focus on outcomes rather than deconstructing how change occurred [2][3][4]. Our group has studied a series of behavior change interventions that use a shared format and theoretical structure. All had documented efficacy in randomized controlled trials [5][6][7][8][9][10], and for each, specific program components were related to behavioral endpoints [11][12][13]. Comparing their observed patterns of findings presents a means to assess theories of behavior change and validate an effective intervention format.

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Peer Education: the unauthorised version

Cited by 42 publications

References 20 publications

Uncertain identities and health‐risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity

Uncertain identities and health‐risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity

Sex, science and educational research: the unholy trinity¹

Empiric validation of a process for behavior change

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Uncertain identities and health‐risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity

Uncertain identities and health‐risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity

Sex, science and educational research: the unholy trinity1

Empiric validation of a process for behavior change

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