ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2021
Strategies Used to Support Peer Provision in Mental Health: A Scoping Review.
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- Operationalizing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to build and support the lived experience workforce in direct health service provision.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Actions targeting the integration of peer workforces in mental health organisations: a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness, implementation, and experiences of peer support approaches for mental health: a systematic umbrella review.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- What Matters in Sustaining Peer Support for Adults in Mental Health Services? Exploring the Perceptions of Diverse Actors.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Beyond 'The Squeaky Wheel': The Passion, Precarity and Potential of the Family/Carer Lived Experience Workforce in the Queensland Mental Health System.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- The Potential Role of Peer Support Workers in General Practice: Perspectives of Consumers, Carers, Peer Support Workers and General Practice Staff.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Article
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- The Significance of Lived Experience in the Work of Social Reformer and Nursing Pioneer Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845).International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- "Do I feel safe here?" Organisational climate and mental health peer worker experience.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Variability in the Integration of Peers in a Multi-site Digital Mental Health Innovation Project.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
- Organisational Actions for Improving Recognition, Integration and Acceptance of Peer Support as Identified by a Current Peer Workforce.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Training of Lived Experience Workforces: A Rapid Review of Content and Outcomes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2023Review
- Key Elements and Mechanisms of a Peer-Support Intervention to Reduce Loneliness and Isolation among Low-Income Older Adults: A Qualitative Implementation Science Study.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
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Abstract
The employment of peer providers (people who draw on their lived experience of mental health challenges) has grown in conjunction with the increased acceptance of recovery as a key principle in mental health policy and practice. Barriers to the integration of peer providers in mental health services have been well documented. This review addresses an under-explored area by consolidating strategies undertaken by mental health organizations for the successful implementation of peer provision. A scoping review was chosen to facilitate the rapid summary and dissemination of research findings that are relevant to policymakers and practitioners. Peer-reviewed articles and grey literature were sourced from three databases, key peer support websites and a hand search of the included studies. Following screening, data were extracted from 28 studies: 25 qualitative and three mixed methods studies. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis and organized into themes. Four themes emerged from the data. Championing of peer provision initiatives by organizational leadership is central to the success and sustainability of peer provision. Leadership undergirds three strategies that were discussed: organizational preparation, recruitment, training and induction, and support and development. When peer provision is championed by organizational leadership, measures can be undertaken to prepare the organization for peer provision; recruit, train and induce peer providers successfully into the organization; and support peer providers on the job.
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