{"id":643,"date":"2021-10-19T12:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T09:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuberkuloosi.fi\/en\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:09:52","slug":"peer-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tuberkuloosi.fi\/en\/help\/peer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer support"},"content":{"rendered":"<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/tuberkuloosi.fi\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-559\" src=\"https:\/\/tuberkuloosi.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sydan-valokeila-2.jpg\" alt=\"peer support for tuberculosis patients\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Depending on your needs, you have the possibility to speak on the phone or exchange messages with peer supporter. The service is available in Finnish or English at an agreed time. The peer supporter has undergone peer support training. They are reliable volunteers bound by a duty of confidentiality. They will have time to listen and discuss day to day things with you.<\/p>\n<p>Peer support is a free service that works alongside public healthcare services. The service is for tuberculosis patients and their relatives.<\/p>\n<p>You can chat in the TOIVO application also. The TOIVO application is a new, modern, and easy channel to use. Download the TOIVO application from Google Play or App Store. Find a Finnish word <em>vertaistukijat<\/em> and the name <em>Tadeja<\/em>. She offers peer support for tuberculosis patients in English.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1116126383?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Peer support for tuberculosis patient\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Marianne Helander, tel. 044\u00a0771 7712, <a href=\"mailto:marianne.helander@filha.fi\">marianne.helander@filha.fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peer supporters have undergone OLKA\u2019s Toivo- training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on your needs, you have the possibility to speak on the phone or exchange messages with peer supporter. The service is available in Finnish or English at an agreed time. The peer supporter has undergone peer support training. 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