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Running head: SOCIAL SUPPORT IN CAMBODIA 1
Social Support in Cambodia:
The Role of Peer Educators in Behavior Change
Katherine M. Pieper
A Dissertation Presented to the
Faculty of the USC Graduate School
University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(COMMUNICATION)
Object Description
| Title | Social support in Cambodia: the role of peer educators in behavior change |
| Author | Pieper, Katherine M. |
| Author email | kpieper@usc.edu;kpieper@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Communication |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-10-15 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-23 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-23 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-23 |
| Date published | 2012-11-23 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Smith, Stacy L. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cody, Michael J. Farver, Jo Ann M. |
| Abstract | In developing countries, maternal and child health is often a primary area where health systems fail. To address this need, organizations offer interventions to train community members on disease prevention and effective health practices. This study assesses the results of one such intervention among men and women in Cambodia. This study examines the role of village volunteers in providing health training to residents of a single province in Cambodia. The role of social support in these training sessions is investigated as a means of explaining the adoption of new behaviors and acquisition of information. Study participants were men and women (of childbearing age) in rural villages in Cambodia. Participants were interviewed individually regarding their knowledge and behaviors related to a number of health outcomes. Results demonstrated that peer educators are an important source of health information for their community. The impact of social support is less clear. Findings are discussed in terms of cross-cultural adaptation of measurement with attention to future intervention contexts. Self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1977) and the Health Belief Model (Janz & Becker, 1984; Stretcher & Rosenstock, 1997) are used as a framework for understanding how efficacy support may contribute to health outcomes. |
| Keyword | Cambodia; health; peer education; social support |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pieper, Katherine M. |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-PieperKath-1340.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
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| Full text | Running head: SOCIAL SUPPORT IN CAMBODIA 1 Social Support in Cambodia: The Role of Peer Educators in Behavior Change Katherine M. Pieper A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the USC Graduate School University of Southern California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) |
