Improving the well-being for young people living with rheumatic heart disease: A peer support pilot program through Danila Dilba Health Service.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
health promotion
public health
qualitative research
rheumatic heart disease
Journal
Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
ISSN: 1036-1073
Titre abrégé: Health Promot J Austr
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9710936
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
revised:
13
08
2021
received:
29
07
2020
accepted:
18
08
2021
pubmed:
21
8
2021
medline:
22
7
2022
entrez:
20
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have an inequitable burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), concentrated among young people and necessitating ongoing medical care during adolescence. There is an unmet need for improved well-being and support for these young people to complement current biomedical management. This pilot program initiative aimed to determine the suitability and appropriate format of an ongoing peer support program to address the needs of young people living with RHD in urban Darwin. Five participants took part in three sessions. Findings demonstrated the peer-support setting was conducive to offering support and enabled participants to share their experiences of living with RHD with facilitators and each other. Satisfaction rates for each session, including both educational components and support activities, were high. Learnings from the pilot program can inform the following elements of an ongoing peer-support program: characteristics of co-facilitators and external presenters; program format and session outlines; possible session locations; and resourcing. SO WHAT?: Peer support programs for chronic conditions have demonstrated a wide range of benefits including high levels of satisfaction by participants, improved social and emotional well-being and reductions in patient care time required by health professionals. This pilot program demonstrates the same benefits could result for young people living with RHD.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
696-700Subventions
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
Informations de copyright
© 2021 Australian Health Promotion Association.
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