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Positive Side Effects: The Perceived Health and Psychosocial Benefits of Delivering an HIV Self-Management Program for Peer Educators Living With HIV

Positive Side Effects: The Perceived Health and Psychosocial Benefits of Delivering an HIV... Although there is evidence that peer-led HIV treatment interventions are effective in improving health outcomes of people living with HIV (PLWH), few studies have assessed the health and psychosocial benefits of being a peer living with HIV. Qualitative interviews were conducted with nine PLWH who were peers of an HIV self-management intervention, to examine how this experience was perceived to impact their health behaviors, social support, and professional development. Peers reported improved HIV self- management and reduced health risk behaviors, which were attributed to increased self-efficacy and the desire to be a role model for participants. Peers described the experience as an opportunity to expand social networks and develop professional skills that could be leveraged for future employment. Our findings suggested that the benefits of being a peer could be enhanced in trainings and supervision by linking the importance of health-promoting behaviors to being a role model for other PLWH. Key words: benefits, health-promoting behaviors, HIV, intervention, peers, psychosocial, self-management eer educators, defined as individuals who are health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH) P“trained to counsel, educate, and/or support be- has been well documented (Genberg et al., 2016; Roth havior change among members of their own social http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Wolters Kluwer Health

Positive Side Effects: The Perceived Health and Psychosocial Benefits of Delivering an HIV Self-Management Program for Peer Educators Living With HIV

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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health
ISSN
1055-3290
eISSN
1552-6917
DOI
10.1097/JNC.0000000000000102
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Abstract

Although there is evidence that peer-led HIV treatment interventions are effective in improving health outcomes of people living with HIV (PLWH), few studies have assessed the health and psychosocial benefits of being a peer living with HIV. Qualitative interviews were conducted with nine PLWH who were peers of an HIV self-management intervention, to examine how this experience was perceived to impact their health behaviors, social support, and professional development. Peers reported improved HIV self- management and reduced health risk behaviors, which were attributed to increased self-efficacy and the desire to be a role model for participants. Peers described the experience as an opportunity to expand social networks and develop professional skills that could be leveraged for future employment. Our findings suggested that the benefits of being a peer could be enhanced in trainings and supervision by linking the importance of health-promoting behaviors to being a role model for other PLWH. Key words: benefits, health-promoting behaviors, HIV, intervention, peers, psychosocial, self-management eer educators, defined as individuals who are health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH) P“trained to counsel, educate, and/or support be- has been well documented (Genberg et al., 2016; Roth havior change among members of their own social

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Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS CareWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jan 1, 2020

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