Understanding the mechanisms generating outcomes in a Danish peer support intervention for socially vulnerable people with type 2-diabetes: a realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite an increasing use and positive effects of peer support interventions, little is known about how the outcomes are produced. Thus, it is essential not only to measure outcomes, but also to identify the mechanisms by which they are generated. Using a realist evaluation approach, we aimed to identify the mechanisms generating outcomes in a Danish peer support intervention for socially vulnerable people with type 2-diabetes (peers). By investigating the participating peers' interactions, we furthermore examined how their individual contextual factors either facilitated or hindered the mechanisms in operation.

Methods

We used a multi-method case-study design (n = 9). Data included semi-structured interviews with four key groups of informants (peer, peer supporte

SUBMITTER: Garn SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8418966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature