Table 2 Peer roles as described by Ramchand et al. [32]
From: Peer-to-peer health promotion interventions among African American men: a scoping review protocol
Role | Description of role |
|---|---|
Peer counselor | A peer who provided knowledge, guidance, and concrete tools |
Peer educator | A peer who delivered formal education or training utilizing a protocolized curriculum and approach, and not involving a therapeutic relationship |
Peer support | Informal and unstructured support to individuals such as providing reminders, encouragement or reinforcement, informal coaching, and sharing personal experiences or narrative, often as a “buddy” or “partner” in the intervention |
Peer facilitator | A peer responsible for facilitating group interactions with the primary purpose of creating or strengthening relationships between and among individuals to help them set and reach goals together |
Peer case manager | A peer who helped other access or coordinate health and social services including referring the participant to resources, or managing their activities within the intervention |