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Peer Counselors as Catalysts for Change: A Narrative Review on Success in Improving Adolescent Nutrition

Authors
Uji Utami1, 2, Eti Poncorini Pamungkasari3, *, Annang Giri Moelyo3
1Doctoral Program in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
2STIKes Mitra Husada, Karanganyar, Indonesia
3Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: etiponco@staff.uns.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Eti Poncorini Pamungkasari
Available Online 6 May 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-571-3_20How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Peer Counselor; Adolescent; Nutritional Status; Narrative Review
Abstract

Adolescents are prevalent to face important nutritional issues including undernutrition, overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Peer counselor significantly influences the adolescents’ dietary habit and lifestyle. Peer counseling approach is proven to be effective strategy for promoting knowledge, attitude and behavior towards balanced nutrition principles. This study aimed to review the effectiveness and key success factors of peer counseling programs in improving adolescents’ nutritional status. A narrative review was conducted using three electronic databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, and SpringerLink). Following PRISMA-guided screening, seven articles published in the last ten years met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed. The findings show that peer counseling is effective to enhance adolescents’ nutritional status. The success of peer counselor program is mainly influenced by a structured curriculum/model, comprehensive counselor training, continuous monitoring and also sustained commitment of peer counselor during the intervention. The results denote peer counselor is the effective and culturally adaptive approach to overcome adolescent nutritional issues.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies 2025 (ICOMSI 2025)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
6 May 2026
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978-2-38476-571-3
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-571-3_20How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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