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'Like a family in the end': Improving mental health Recovery skills through Peer‐to‐Peer communication in Darwin, Australia.
- Source :
- Health & Social Care in the Community; Nov2022, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pe5336-e5345, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The existing psychosocial Support activities in the Northern Territory, Australia, are mostly delivered through individualised outreach and client‐centred Support programs and do not currently have a strong Peer focus. To address this gap, a Peer‐Led Education Pilot was developed and implemented in Darwin, Australia. The pilot was comprised of three separate but overarching stages, and each stage was independently evaluated. In this article, results from Stage 1 will be presented, with a specific focus on the role of Peer‐to‐Peer communication in improving participants' mental health and Recovery skills. This stage involved the delivery of the My Recovery program to self‐nominated participants, and the evaluation was aimed at reporting on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the program. The evaluation was qualitative in design involving individual pre‐ and post‐program interviews with program participants (npre = 14, npost = 16) between August and October 2019. The program was well received by participants and helped build their capacity to understand and self‐manage their mental health and/or alcohol and other drug issues in an inclusive, non‐clinical, non‐judgemental space. The results highlighted the importance of including a strong Peer focus in the existing psychosocial Support services available for people with mental health issues in Darwin. The findings also underscored the inclusion of those with lived experience of mental health challenges in the design and delivery of such programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PILOT projects
SOCIAL support
INDIVIDUAL development
CONFIDENCE
CONVALESCENCE
RESEARCH methodology
GROUNDED theory
SOCIAL networks
AGE distribution
PEER counseling
MENTAL health
INTERVIEWING
COGNITION
ABILITY
TRAINING
QUALITATIVE research
HUMAN services programs
SEX distribution
COMMUNICATION
RESEARCH funding
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
JUDGMENT sampling
THEMATIC analysis
HEALTH promotion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09660410
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health & Social Care in the Community
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160812892
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13952