Use of facilitated peer support group model for people living with HIV
Abstract
Key take-home messages
- Group interventions are a popular, effective, and cost effective way of improving psychosocial and even some physiological health outcomes for PHAs.
- There exist a myriad of group designs, and no standardized intervention or delivery protocol exists for the running of an HIV support group. However, cognitive behavioral group therapy has proved especially effective.
- Treatment effects are influenced by characteristics of the participants (stage of illness, personal beliefs/values, and demographic characteristics) as well as the intervention design (ability of leader, intervention [cognitive, narrative, etc], and length/number of sessions).
- Unlike primary prevention groups, support groups for PHAs require specialised skills and have not been as widely used in community settings.
Authors
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Rapid Response Service
Year
2010
Topics
- Determinants of Health
- Social support
- Population(s)
- General HIV+ population
- Mental Health
- Depression
- Health Systems
- Delivery arrangements