Measuring success - Peer Support

Process measures

• Engagement with (xx) community organisations over the first three-months of the peer support activity to assist in establishing access to peer leaders to participate in the peer support training
• Recruitment of (xx) peer leaders to participate in the peer support activity over (xx) month period
• Conduct (xx) peer support training sessions within a six-month period for (xx) of peer leaders
• Recruitment of (xx) peers to participate in the peer support activity over (xx) month period
• Support (xx) peers through (xx) peer support activity over (insert time) month period.

Impact measures

Post peer support training (survey completed by participants pre/post training)

As a result of completing the peer support training:

• (xx) of peer leaders demonstrate an increase in knowledge of harms associated with risky drinking and drug use
• (xx) peer leaders report an increase in confidence to engage with young people as peer leaders.

Short-term impacts of peer support training (one month after training):

• As a result of the completing the peer support training, (xx) peer leaders will have interacted with (xx) young people to apply their learning from the peer support training
• Through engagement with (xx) peer leaders, (xx) young people will demonstrate and increase in knowledge of harms associated with risky drinking and drug use
• Through engagement with (xx) peer leaders, (xx) young people will report feeling increased levels of self-confidence
• Through engagement with (xx) peer leaders, (xx) young people will report experiencing positive social connections in their community.

Longer-term impacts of peer support training (six months after training):

• Six months after the peer support training, (xx) peer leaders will have increased the number of interactions they have with young people as a result of ongoing engagement with the peer support activity.
  

Tools to measure success

• Feedback sheets or questionnaires (pre and post)
• Focus groups
• Interviews
• Surveys Document analysis (e.g. meeting minutes)
• Partnerships analysis
• Local population health data (e.g. community survey data).
  

Next steps

Other things you can do to support young people:

1. Engage with schools to delivery evidence-based school drug education: see Education in Schools toolkit
2. Deliver a mentoring activity: see Mentoring toolkit
3. Participate in a community liquor licensing activity: see Community Liquor Licensing toolkits for WA, SA, ACT, and QLD.

Useful resources:

• Measuring your success
• Alcohol and Drug Foundation
• Peer Support Australia