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Table 1 Percentage of time spent on different direct activities

From: What do peer support workers do? A job description

 

Total

 

(n = 11)

 

mean%

Average total number of minutes per day/person**

SD

Type of Activity*

   

Advocacy

16.3%

33.6

37.7

Connecting to resources

36.9

78.4

67.9

Experiential sharing

68.3

153.2

82.3

Building community

33.4

80.5

110.4

Relationship building

65.3

149.3

103.4

Group facilitation

14.1

28.6

42.7

Skill building/mentoring/goal setting

38.8

79.6

70.5

Socializing/self-esteem building

63.9

142.7

104.1

Other

8.3

14.6

39.3

  1. *Categories are not mutually exclusive.
  2. **Number of minutes refers to total number of minutes spent on type of activity in one day, not number spent per contact.