Empowering Community Leadership: Perspectives of Peer Mentors Facilitating a Food Pantry-Based Nutrition Education Program

Peer Mentors (PMs) are valuable health educators within food-insecure communities; however, little is known about PMs' perspectives and experiences after serving in their peer mentor role. Therefore, this qualitative study explored PMs' (n = 10) perceptions and analyzed data using thematic...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2023-01, Vol.20 (3), p.2604
Main Authors: Oliver, Tracy L, Diewald, Lisa K, McKeever, Amy, George, Cerena A, Shenkman, Rebecca
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Community
Cooking
Curricula
Empowerment
Focus groups
Food programs
Food security
Humans
Knowledge
Leadership
Literacy
Low income groups
Mentoring
Mentors
Minority & ethnic groups
Nutrition
Nutrition education
Nutrition research
Peer Group
Phenomenology
Power, Psychological
Program Evaluation
Qualitative analysis
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Food security
Humans
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Leadership
Literacy
Low income groups
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Teaching
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