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ToolsHardy, Sally, Hallett, Nina and Chaplin, Eddie (2019) Evaluating a peer support model of community wellbeing for mental health:A coproduction approach to evaluation. Mental Health and Prevention, 13. pp. 149-158. ISSN 2212-6570
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* Background: Political changes imposed on mental health service provision alongside an increased number of people living with mental health problems, requires innovative approaches to community based interventions. Undertaking peer support for those living with mental health and social care issues has been long established as an effective approach to sustained wellbeing. * Aim: An evaluation to capture and formulate evidence of how a community based peer support group approach can be used to tackle sustainable mental wellbeing. * Method: An academic institution with an ethos for applied research, inclusivity and citizen engagement was engaged to undertake an integrated evaluation to capture the subtleties and uniqueness of a peer support group approach. The People's Academy provided a peer researcher (as someone with a lived experience of mental health services), to undertake a coproduction approach to the evaluation. * Results: Findings reveal that those who utilise peer support, whether as peer support facilitators or as group members, state how such a fundamental ‘life line’ has improved social integration and self-confidence. * Conclusion: The study examines process and outcomes of an integrative evaluation, providing evidence for how peer support group work can be used effectively with underserved communities to promote mental health recovery.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | community wellbeing,coproduction,integrated evaluation,peer mental support,wellbeing,public health, environmental and occupational health,psychiatry and mental health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2739 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2022 22:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 03:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86678 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mhp.2019.01.007 |
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