Using intervention mapping to develop 'ROSE': an intervention to support peer workers in overdose response settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer workers (those with lived/living experience of substance use working in overdose response settings) are at the forefront of overdose response initiatives in British Columbia (BC). Working in these settings can be stressful, with lasting social, mental and emotional impacts. Peer workers have also been disproportionately burdened by the current dual public health crises characterized by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in illicit drug overdose deaths. It is therefore critical to develop supports tailored specifically to their realities.

Methods

We used the six steps outlined in the Intervention Mapping (IM) framework to identify needs of peer workers and design an intervention model to support peer workers in overdose response settings.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Mamdani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626711 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature