University of New Mexico
Impact and reach of a peer-led health education intervention utilizing harm reduction strategies in an incarcerated population
Abstract
dc:description.abstractPrisons are high-risk environments for communicable disease transmission. The majority of incarcerated individuals return to their communities, many with untreated disease, creating a need for disease control, prevention and treatment within the prison population. Prisoner Health is Community Health: The New Mexico Peer Education Project (NMPEP) was developed by Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to address the epidemic of Hepatitis C transmission in the New Mexico state prison system. NMPEP is a low-cost, peer-led health education intervention aimed to increase knowledge and harm reduction techniques among incarcerated individuals prior to returning to their communities. The model is innovative by incorporating a variety of teaching modalities, including face-to-face education, group discussions and the Project ECHO® teleconferencing model to enable peer educators in geographically dispersed areas to access experts, receive timely updates and share best practices as a group. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the NMPEP on peer educators and the students they teach.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Health Education
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences
- Year
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sedillo, Miranda Leah
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Perry, Christina
- Duryea, Eli
- Thornton, Karla
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:educ_hess_etds-1062