Toolkit References

This page contains all the references that are referred to throughout the Toolkit.

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  • Bament, D & South Australian Community Health Research Unit, 2001, ‘Peer education literature review/Danielle Bament’, South Australian Community Health Research Unit, Adelaide.
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  • Brown, G, Lobo, R, Maycock, B, McManus, A, Burns, S, Silburn, S, Roberts, C & Carruthers, S 2007b, ‘MY-Peer Research Synopsis, MY-Peer Project – Good practice standards to support peer-based outreach programs for marginalised youth’, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
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  • Cuijpers, P 2002, Peer-led and adult-led school drug prevention: a meta-analytic comparison. Journal of Drug Education, 32(2): 107-19.
  • Dennis, C. 2003. Peer support within a health care context: a concept analysis. International Journal of Nurse Study 40: 321-332.
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  • Dodge, K. A., C.L. McClaskey and E. Feldman. 1985. A situational approach to the assessment of social competence in children. The Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 53: 344–353.
  • Dotterweich, Jutta. “Practice Matters – Strengthening Youth Involvement.” New York City: ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, Cornell University, University of Rochester, the New York State Center for School Safety, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of New York City, 2004.
  • Doull, M, O’Connor, A, Robinson, V, Tugwell, P & Wells, G 2005, ‘Peer support strategies for improving the health and well-being of individuals with chronic diseases’, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 1.
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  • McDonald, D 2004, ‘Alcohol and Other Drug Peer Education in Schools: A review for the ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy Implementation and Evaluation Group’, Social Research and Evaluation, Canberra.
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