Can community-based peer support promote health literacy and reduce inequalities? A realist review

• Main Authors: Janet Harris (Author), Jane Springett (Author), Liz Croot (Author), Andrew Booth (Author), Fiona Campbell (Author), Jill Thompson (Author), Elizabeth Goyder (Author), Patrice Van Cleemput (Author), Emma Wilkins (Author), Yajing Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Community-based peer support (CBPS) has been proposed as a potentially promising approach to improve health literacy (HL) and reduce health inequalities. Peer support, however, is described as a public health intervention in search of a theory, and as yet there are no systematic reviews...