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December 14, 2011-Newsletter Peers for Progress Happy Holidays December 2011 Newsletter
October 28, 2011-Newsletters Peers for Progress September 2011 and October 2011 Newsletters
September 2, 2011-Newsletter Peers for Progress August 2011 Newsletter
August 3, 2011-Newsletters Peers for Progress Monthly Newsletters June 2011 and July 2011
June 22, 2011 -New Report Peers for Progress Meeting Report - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 1, 2011-New to the Website Learn more about common functions of peer support and their application across different settings from the Peers for Progress Symposium at the 2011 SBM Conference. The material is also available under What is Peer Support.
June 1, 2011-New to the Website Learn how to recruit, train and evaluate peer supporters from the Peers for Progress Seminar at the 2011 SBM Conference. The material is also available under Train Peer Supporters and Manage Peer Support.
June 1, 2011-New to the Website View 2011 SBM meeting highlights and reflections regarding peer support.
May 31, 2011-Newsletter Peers for Progress May 2011 Newsletter
May 23, 2011-New to the Website- Utilize the WHO's Global Evidence of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to promote, develop or manage peer support using CHWs. The report is also available under Communicating Peer Support, Start a Program, and Manage Peer Support.
May 2, 2011-Newsletter Peers for Progress April 2011 Newsletter
April 12, 2011- News Release- Find out more about Peers for Progress and our global activities in the latest newsletter of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine.
April 5, 2011-Newsletters Peers for Progress 2011 Monthly Newsletters, January 2011, February 2011, March 2011
March 10, 2011-News Release Caution in generalizing from null effects in a diabetes peer support intervention, Rejoinder to Smith et al 2011
February 11, 2011-New Meeting Register now for the Society of behavioral Medicine's annual meeting to attend the Peers for Progress network symposium, seminar and more (April 27-30 in Washington, D.C.)
January 14, 2011-New to the Website Help people with diabetes start a diabetes support group using this Peer Support Group Guide from the Live, Learn and Share Diabetes Peer Support Group Project. Information is also available under Sharing Center and Start a Program.
January 12, 2011-New to the Website The "Whys and Hows" for Developing and Managing Peer Support Programs Webinar presented by Edwin Fisher, PhD, Global Director of Peers for Progress and Renee Boothroyd, PhD, Director of the Peers for Progress Program Development Center and hosted by the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute.
December 21, 2010-New to the Website Utilize the information, interactive tools and resource from the PfP Guide to Program Development and Management for designing, enhancing or refining your peer support program.
December 10, 2010-New to the Website A Special Supplement of the Bristish Journal, Family Practice, decribes much of the background, growth of and current projects of Peers for Progress.
November 11, 2010-News Release Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Grant Awarded to Peers for Progress to evaluate impact of peer support in Diabetes in Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care
October 20, 2010-News Release Michele Heisler, MD and colleagues share key findings from a recently published research featuring a phone-call based peer partnership program.
September 14, 2010-New Resource Utilize a conceptual framework provided by the Promotora Community Health Manual to develop or refine a program of community support for diabetes self management.
September 13, 2010-New to the Website Learn more about utilizing PHQ-9 and HADS-D to identify depression in patients with diabetes from a recent research paper contributed by Prasuna Reddy and colleagues.
September 7, 2010-New to the Website Learn more about innovative strategies for rural diabetes care presented by Peers for Progress team and friends at the 33rd NRHA Annual Rural Health Conference.
August 30, 2010-New to the Website Learn more about evidence, evaluation, key functions of peer support, and various example programs of our grantees from the presentations and resources contributed by the Peers for Progress team at the 2010 ICBM meeting.
August 5, 2010- New to the Website Click abstract for the preliminary findings of a global systematic review being conducted through Program Development Center and presented at the 2010 International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (ICBM) meeting.
August 2, 2010- New to the Website Make your business case utilizing strong evidence from a systematic review being conducted through our Program Development Center. Its summary is also available under the Sharing Center.
July 9, 2010 - New to the Website Evaluate your program utilizing a core set of shared measures identified by our Program Development Center and Evaluation Grantees. Also available under the Program Evaluation Tools and Sharing Center.
May 21, 2010 - News Release World Diabetes Day Official Launch - "Let's take control of diabetes. Now."
May 5, 2010 - News Release Peers for Progress in UNC Magazine
March 10, 2010 - News Release Peers for Progress Grantee (primary investigator Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, San Diego State University) to present at the Joint Conference between the Society for Public Health Education & CDC Prevention Research Centers
February 12, 2010 - News Article (with video) Peers for Progress Grantee Site, WellMed, featured on KENS5 San Antonio news station
January 12, 2010 - New to the Website Peer Support in Action: Profiles of Successful Peer Support Programs