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Services: Peer
Health Education
Definitions
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Peer Education" is based on the concept of
people informing their peers. This can happen in
peer groups defined through social status, age,
cultural background...Peers can influence and shape
each other’s values, they can open up each
other’s awareness and support a change of
behavior.
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Peer education is often used to generate healthier
behaviors among young people. It is about utilizing
young people’s influence over one another
to make positive interventions in young people’s
lives. Peer education operates on the principle
that young people are more likely to be genuinely
influenced by members of their own group of friends
than by outsiders, particularly adult authorities.
Peer educators receive special training and information,
which they pass on to their friends.
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