Opinion: Peer Support Boosts Chronic Disease Management
Peer support is the "secret sauce" that contributes to the success of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, an initiative developed at Stanford University to help individuals learn how to manage chronic conditions, Frederick Ferrer, CEO of the foundation Health Trust, writes in an opinion piece. He concludes, "With the majority of the population becoming older, with all the health challenges that brings, chronic disease management is a simple idea whose time has come."
- "Secret To Managing Chronic Illness Is Support" (Ferrer, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/23).