Workforce outcomes among substance use peer supports and their contextual determinants: A scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Peer recovery support services are a promising approach for improving harm reduction, treatment, and recovery-related outcomes for people who have substance use disorders. However, unique difficulties associated with the role may place peer recovery support staff [i.e., peers] at high risk for negative workforce outcomes, including burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue.

Objective

This scoping review protocol aims to describe a proposed effort to review the nature and extent of research evidence on peer workforce outcomes and how these outcomes might differ across service settings. Results of the review described in this protocol will help to answer the following research questions: 1) What is known about workforce-related outcomes for peers working i

SUBMITTER: Bell JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11627360 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature