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Diabetes, Peer Support, andDiabetes, Peer Support, and

Global Programs:Global Programs:Looking ForwardLooking Forward

with Peers for Progresswith Peers for Progress

and Broader Research Partnersand Broader Research Partners

Peers for Progress and Related Diabetes Meetings


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Peers For Progress

Accelerate and promote best practices in

peer support as a regular part of health care

and prevention around the world

Responsive both to the promise of peer

support and the need for further research Better self-management will have far greater impact on

population health than improvement in specific medicaltreatment (WHO, 2003)

WHO Consultation on Peer Support Programmes in

Diabetes (2008)


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Peer Support Around the World Global Network of Peer Support Organizations started with 14

Peers for Progress grant programs in nine countries on six continents Expanding Global Network with other programs and organizations

14 Peers for Progress grant programs

Other current program members of the Global Network of Peer Support

Organizations launched by Peers for Progress (countries or regions)


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MEETING PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Broadly, among local programs, Peers for Progress grantees, other

members of the Global Network, and regarding diabetes and other

important conditions:

Examine and exchange ideas regarding what we know about peer

support, its application, and contribution to health promotion and health

care

Facilitate communication and global networking among peer support

programs for quality improvement

Identify strategies for dissemination and advocacy of peer support as a

routine part of health care for all people

Diabetes, Peer Support, and Global Programs:

Looking Forward with Peers for Progress

and Broader Research Partners


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AGENDA SUMMARY

Oct. 12 - Regional Symposium - current issues/developments in diabetes

and peer support (hosted by Monash University)

Oct. 13 Peers for Progress Investigators Meeting

(program development & research among grantees)

Oct. 14 & 15 Peer Support Around the World - discussion of peer

support for diabetes/other conditions among Peers for Progress grantees

and program leaders/researchers from around the world

Program examples in diverse areas, challenges, success strategies

Cross-cutting issues (e.g., contact modalities, recruitment, training)

Strategies for sustaining financial and policy support

Networking opportunities to enhance program quality, advocacy


Looking Forward with Peers for Progress and

Broader Research Partners


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PURPOSE OF CONFERENCE WEBSITE

Register for the meeting tell us more about you, your organization,

peer support interests (feedback to be developed into pre-conference

Participant Profile Guide) Upload, review, & exchange peer support materials

Brief program models, emergent issues (strengths/needs), and

research profiles

Meeting presentations/other documents

Reference logistical information for attending the meetings


Looking Forward with Peers for Progress and

Broader Research Partners

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