twelve step groups
definition: Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's Workshop on Self-Help and Public Health defined self-help groups as “Self-governing groups whose members share a common health concern and give each other emotional support and material aid, charge either no fee or only a small fee for membership, and place a high value on experiential knowledge … such groups may also be involved in information, education, material aid, and social advocacy in their communities” (Surgeon General's Workshop 1990, p. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Twelve Step Groups]
broader: instrumental communities
broader: affinity communities
type: Concept

instrumental communities
type: Concept
narrower: twelve step groups

affinity communities
type: Concept
narrower: twelve step groups

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: twelve step groups