Effective Peer Employment Within Multidisciplinary Organizations: Model for Best Practice

Byrne, Louise; Roennfeldt, Helena; Wolf, Jessica; Linfoot, Ally; Foglesong, Dana; Davidson, Larry; Bellamy, Chyrell

doi:10.1007/s10488-021-01162-2

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“…Conversely, alienation has been a consistent barrier to the implementation of peer-supported services [ 21 ]. The benefits our participants derived from strong professional connections further supports the notion that more should be done to integrate PSS into teams [ 41 ].…”

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The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists

Poremski

Kuek

Yuan

et al. 2022

Int J Ment Health Syst

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Background Peers support specialists have positive impacts on the mental health of their service users. However, less is known about how their mental health changes as a result of their activities. Methods We followed 10 peer support specialists over their first year of employment and interviewed them thrice. We used grounded theory to analyse the way in which the health of participants changed. Results Self-reported mental health of our participants did not change over the course of the study. However, the role did help participants grow and learn about their condition and their strengths. While sharing their past experiences could be taxing, they learned how to harness their recovery journey without risking relapse. Conclusion Entering the role of a peer support specialist does not appear to negatively impact mental health, but might enhance insight and resilience. However, this appears to occur in individuals who already possess an inclination toward introspection.

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confidence: 61%

The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists

Poremski

Kuek

Yuan

et al. 2022

Int J Ment Health Syst

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“…The themes from the participants guide the discussion towards policy recommendations that address more structural issues. These findings challenge individually oriented treatment approaches for SUDs and exemplify the importance of including community voice in treatment program development and policy in order to address the increased rates and heightened negative effects of SUDs on adult Latinx Spanish speakers [ 4 , 51 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Nuestra Recuperación [Our Recovery]: using photovoice to understand the factors that influence recovery in Latinx populations

Muroff

Brinkerhoff

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background Photovoice is a form of visual ethnography intended to engage impacted communities in research followed by action to ameliorate the injustices under study. Photovoice has increased in use, especially in collaboration with Latinx communities addressing health inequities. The Latinx population comprises nearly 18% of the overall United States population and according to the census is projected to reach just under 30% by 2060. This diverse panethnic community faces significant structural barriers in accessing services. Racism and the resulting marginalization, specifically, contributes to limited access to recovery services and treatment. Making meaningful advances in substance use disorder training, intervention and policy necessitates learning alongside the Latinx community. Methods We partnered with a Latinx serving integrated behavioral health and primary care setting in Boston Massachusetts to explore barriers and facilitators to recovery using photovoice. Spanish-speaking Latinx adults with a substance use disorder participated. The group met for three photovoice sessions over a six-week period. Together group members critically analyzed photographs using the SHOWeD method. Results Findings indicate a sense of purpose and meaning, security, faith and housing are important elements of recovery. The results illustrated the importance of sources of connection in maintaining sobriety. Through this photovoice project, Latinx Spanish speaking participants highlighted barriers and facilitators to their substance use disorder recovery which spanned individual, community, and structural levels. Conclusions The experiences and voices of the Latinx community are crucial to drive discussions that advance policy (e.g., housing stability and access), enhance providers’ understanding of Latinx Spanish-speakers' substance use disorder recovery, and inform culturally and linguistically appropriate services. This study demonstrated that photovoice is highly acceptable and feasible among Latinx clients receiving substance use disorder services. Visual images related to housing, faith, etc. communicate challenges, power structures, as well as hopes to policymakers at multiple levels (e.g., institution/ agency, state).

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“…However, the focus on new technologies should not be at the expense of the emphasis on person‐centeredness and service user participation in policy and practice (Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care, 2017; Commonwealth of Australia, 2017; Health Science Executive, 2018; Lammers & Happell, 2004; Mental Health Commission, 2012). The policy goal of participation is creating an expanding service user workforce within mental health (Byrne et al, 2021). Health and social care graduates require the skills to work collaboratively with service users.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a result of these challenges, service user engagement is often limited to passive feedback or tokenistic involvement (Burk‐Rafel et al, 2020; Happell, Gordon, et al, 2020; Happell, Waks, et al, 2019; Horgan et al, 2020), despite the evidence demonstrating that meaningfully engaging service users as innovators has numerous benefits for health and social care education Gordon, Gupta, et al (2020); Happell, O’Donovan, et al, 2021; Soon et al, 2020). The medical model focus of many services, limits the extent that lived experience expertise and its capacity to transform services will be identified and facilitated (Byrne et al, 2021). Furthermore, and also despite the evidence, the arguments for service user participation are still largely seen as ideological (Rowland et al, 2019), rights‐based and focused on how participation benefits the service users who are directly involved (MacDermott & Harkin‐MacDermott, 2019; Picton et al, 2019; Prytherch et al, 2018; Rowland et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, and also despite the evidence, the arguments for service user participation are still largely seen as ideological (Rowland et al, 2019), rights‐based and focused on how participation benefits the service users who are directly involved (MacDermott & Harkin‐MacDermott, 2019; Picton et al, 2019; Prytherch et al, 2018; Rowland et al, 2019). Readiness to embrace disruptive innovation in the form of EBE involvement may be impacted by a failure to appreciate what is “in it” for health and social care education where the value and contribution of EBE expertise is not recognized (Byrne et al, 2021; Scholz et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Creating or taking opportunity: Strategies for implementing expert by experience positions in mental health academia

Happell

Donovan

Warner

et al. 2022

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Experts by experience involvement in the education of health professionals demonstrate positive attitudinal change. Meaningful positions for Experts by Experience are limited and ad hoc, due to attitudinal and other barriers to innovation within the higher education sector. Experiences of allies who have supported the implementation of Expert by Experience positions have not been researched. This is important knowledge that could be utilized by potential allies. What the paper adds to existing knowledge? Academic allies to experts by experience have a crucial role to play in identifying opportunities to establish, implement and sustain expert by experience positions. Allies who have successfully implemented positions for experts by experience have identified influential factors including: right person, right role, collaboration and coproduction, support, and career pathways. Understanding these factors can provide an important basis for other academics to support a widespread increase in academic roles for experts by experience in mental health education. What are the implications for practice? Establishing and maintaining genuine relationships with service users require significant attitudinal change on the part of mental health professionals. Involving experts by experience in mental health education provides an innovative approach to the challenging of attitudes and the enhancement of more collegial relationships with service users as colleagues in the workplace. This paper demonstrates the importance of allyship to the establishment, implementation and sustainability of expert by experience roles, and highlights critical factors allies have utilized in support of such roles. Nurses and other mental health professional academics have the potential to become allies and support change and innovation. Abstract IntroductionExperts by experience in academia have demonstrated more positive student attitudes towards relationships with service users. Notwithstanding this supportive evidence, academic positions for EBE have not grown substantially. Enhanced understanding of positions that have been implemented is important knowledge for others with similar aspirations. AimTo enrich understanding of the role of allies in identifying and pursuing opportunities to support academic positions for experts by experience. MethodsQualitative exploratory approach, involving In‐depth interviews with allies with expertise in supporting academic positions for experts by experience. ResultsParticipants were enthusiastic about creating or taking opportunities to secure expert by experience involvement within their programs. Factors facilitating success included right person, right role, collaboration and coproduction, support and career pathways. ConclusionsSignificant barriers have prevented proliferation of academic roles for experts by experience. Despite barriers, allies have been successful in supporting the implementation and sustaining of positions, and gained consid...

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Effective Peer Employment Within Multidisciplinary Organizations: Model for Best Practice

Cited by 31 publications

References 67 publications

The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists

The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists

Nuestra Recuperación [Our Recovery]: using photovoice to understand the factors that influence recovery in Latinx populations

Creating or taking opportunity: Strategies for implementing expert by experience positions in mental health academia

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