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Table 1 Type of health problem addressed and categorization of focus on prevention or disease management for 65 studies included in review

From: Peer support of complex health behaviors in prevention and disease management with special reference to diabetes: systematic reviews

Type of Health Problem Addressed

Prevention

Management

Addiction: Drug, Alcohol, Cigarette Smoking

0

3

Cardiovascular disease, including Heart Failure and general prevention through any or all of diet, exercise, PA, BP mgmgt

5

5

Diabetes, including support for parents of children with diabetes

2

7

HIV/AIDS

2

4

Maternal & Child Health: Pregnancy, Childbirth, Pre- and Post-natal care, including breastfeeding in “Prevention or Health Promotion”

15

2

Mental Health, including post-partum depression (3)

2

6

Other Chronic Disease

0

12

 • Asthma, including support for parents of children with asthma

0

6

 • Cancer, including breast cancer (2), survivorship

0

4

 • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

0

1

 • COPD

0

1

Totals:

26

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