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Peer education is an educational approach in which individuals from the same or similar social group (e.g., age, community, role, or lived experience) provide structured information, skills support, and behavior-oriented guidance to one another [1][2][3][4]. It is used to facilitate learning through credibility, shared context, and social influence, especially in areas such as health promotion, prevention, and youth development [1][2]. Peer education is characterized by planned training of peer educators, defined learning objectives, interactive communication, and ongoing supervision or quality assurance. In research and practice, the term denotes organized peer-led educational interventions, not casual advice exchanged among peers without instructional design and evaluation.

peer education peer-led intervention health promotion youth education

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  1. G. Turner; J. Shepherd; A method in search of a theory: peer education and health promotion. Heal. Educ. Res. 1999, 14, 235-247. [CrossRef]
  2. Amy Medley; Caitlin Kennedy; Kevin O'REilly; Michael Sweat; Effectiveness of Peer Education Interventions for HIV Prevention in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. AIDS Educ. Prev. 2009, 21, 181-206. [CrossRef]
  3. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale; Jessica Penwell Barnett; Peer-led interventions to reduce HIV risk of youth: A review. Evaluation Program Plan. 2010, 33, 98-112. [CrossRef]
  4. Caron R. Kim; Caroline Free; Recent Evaluations of the Peer‐Led Approach in Adolescent Sexual Health Education: A Systematic Review. Perspect. Sex. Reprod. Heal. 2008, 40, 144-151. [CrossRef]
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