@article{ref1,
title="A comparison of peer change agent selection methods: evidence from a high-school based suicide preventive intervention",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2022",
author="Pickering, Trevor A. and Wyman, Peter A. and Valente, Thomas W.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="e985-e985",
abstract="Peer-led interventions for adolescents are effective at accelerating behavioral change. The Sources of Strength suicide preventive program trains student peer change agents (peer leaders) in secondary schools to deliver prevention messaging and conduct activities that increase mental health coping mechanisms. The program currently has school staff select peer leaders. This study examined potential for more efficient program diffusion if peer leaders had been chosen under network-informed selection methods.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-022-13372-w",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13372-w"
}