Peer support service activity prevalence by setting: a nine-state survey of peer workers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are flexible, evidence-informed interventions that can be provided in a variety of settings and are delivered by credentialed people with lived-experience of mental health and substance use disorders. PRSS are a promising intervention that may increase linkage to care, treatment retention, and long-term recovery; however, there remains a sizable gap in the literature to disseminate these services to scale. Misunderstanding of the peer worker role, and a lack of consistent nomenclature to describe PRSS activities are barriers to studying PRSS effectiveness.

Methods

This sequential exploratory mixed-methods study began with a qualitative and methodological review of a previous peer worker survey instrument by eight subject mat

SUBMITTER: Hagaman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11922078 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature