The missing study: a characterization of peer education practice

Authors

  • Mara Fernandes da Silva Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade da Universidade do Minho (CECS-UM), Portugal
  • Alice Delerue Matos Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS-UM) e Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade da Universidade do Minho (CECS-UM), Portugal
  • Susana Henriques Iscte — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte); Universidade Aberta (UAb), Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP20219615298

Keywords:

peer education, characterization, Portugal

Abstract

 Peer education interventions have grown significantly in recent decades, but sociological studies on the subject are limited. To respond to this need, we carried out an exhaustive inventory and characterization of 67 peer education projects developed in Portugal. The information given by the project managers was processed using a content analysis technique. This practice is growing, benefiting from public and private promotion. Although it has demonstrated some efficacy, further improvements can be made. The characterization undertaken allowed us to build a typology that summarizes this practice and that can be useful for researchers and practitioners in a context of globalization of risks and increased social intervention and reflexivity.

 

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Published

2021-04-05

Issue

No. 96 (2021)

Section

Artigos

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