Peer Support and Overdose Prevention Responses: A Systematic 'State-of-the-Art' Review.

ABSTRACT: Overdose prevention for people who use illicit drugs is essential during the current overdose crisis. Peer support is a process whereby individuals with lived or living experience of a particular phenomenon provide support to others by explicitly drawing on these experiences. This review provides a systematic search and evidence synthesis of peer support within overdose prevention interventions for people who use illicit drugs. A systematic search of six databases (CINAHL, SocINDEX, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Knowledge) was conducted in November 2020 for papers published in English between 2000 and 2020. Following screening and full-text review, 46 papers met criteria and were included in this review. A thematic analysis approach was used to synthesize themes. Important findings

SUBMITTER: Mercer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8621858 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature