SynthesisPloS one2015
Peer Support Workers in Health: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of Their Experiences.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Implementation components and delivery structures of adolescent peer navigation as a workforce model: a scoping review.BMC global and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Peer Support in Chronic Conditions from the Peer Supporters' Perspective: A Systematic Review.Psychosocial intervention · 2025Pooled it
- Volunteers' experiences of providing telephone-based breast-feeding peer support in the RUBY randomised controlled trial.Public health nutrition · 2020Trial
- Breastfeeding peer support by telephone in the RUBY randomised controlled trial: A qualitative exploration of volunteers' experiences.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Improving engagement with healthcare in hepatitis C: a randomised controlled trial of a peer support intervention.BMC medicine · 2019Trial
- Using peer advocates to improve access to services among hard-to-reach populations with hepatitis C: a qualitative study of client and provider relationships.Harm reduction journal · 2017Trial
- Are Increased Engagements With Recovery Support Services Associated With Reductions in Medicaid Billing Charges and Reimbursements?Health services research · 2026Observational
- 'Giving and Receiving'-Peer Volunteers' Experiences of Online Perinatal Support: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Experiencing and navigating occupational stigma as a peer support worker in mental health services: a qualitative exploration.International journal of mental health systems · 2026Article
- Lived Experience and Clinician Perspectives on the Priorities and Challenges of Integrating Peer Support in Acute Psychiatric Services for People With BPD.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Mapping experiences of workplace stigma and discrimination within the lived-living experience of illicit drug use and bloodborne virus peer workforce: a scoping review.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- From theory to practice of designing for diversity: Applying intersectionality to improve HIV testing uptake.PloS one · 2025Article
- Carrying the Weight of a Broken System: Community Health Worker and Peer Recovery Specialist roles transformed.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2025Article
- Navigating transitions into, through, and beyond peer worker roles: insider insights from the Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS) study.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Subjective Experiences of Pregnancy, Delivery, and Nursing in Transgender Men and Non-Binary Individuals: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender and Mental Health Concerns.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Assessment of the feasibility of a community-based mental health training programme for persons with disabilities by non-specialists from different stakeholders' perspectives in Bangladesh.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Peer interventions to improve HIV testing uptake among immigrants: A realist review.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Review
- Perspectives of key informants before and after implementing UPSIDES peer support in mental health services: qualitative findings from an international multi-site study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- The Poetry of Recovery in Peer Support Workers with Mental Illness: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Multi-infection screening for migrant patients in UK primary care: Challenges and opportunities.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivePeer support models, where an individual has a specific illness or lifestyle experience and supports others experiencing similar challenges, have frequently been used in different fields of healthcare to successfully engage hard-to-reach groups. Despite recognition of their value, the impact of these roles on the peer has not been systematically assessed. By synthesising the qualitative literature we sought to review such an impact, providing a foundation for designing future clinical peer models.
methodsSystematic review and qualitative metasynthesis of studies found in Medline, CINAHL or Scopus documenting peer worker experiences.
results1,528 papers were found, with 34 meeting the criteria of this study. Findings were synthesised to reveal core constructs of reframing identity through reciprocal relations and the therapeutic use of self, enhancing responsibility.
conclusionsThe ability of the Peer Support Worker to actively engage with other marginalised or excluded individuals based on their unique insight into their own experience supports a therapeutic model of care based on appropriately sharing their story. Our findings have key implications for maximising the effectiveness of Peer Support Workers and in contributing their perspective to the development of a therapeutic model of care.
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