Hiller-Venegas Sarah, Gilmer Todd P, Jones Nev, Munson Michelle R, Ojeda Victoria D
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, CA, 92093-0725, La Jolla, USA.
School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, 2117 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2022 Jul;49(3):364-384. doi: 10.1007/s11414-022-09792-6. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
Peer providers are increasingly used by mental health programs to engage transition age youth (TAY, age 16-24) living with serious mental illness. This study elicited TAY clients' perspectives on peer providers' roles, responsibilities, and contribution to TAYs' use of mental health services. In 2019, six focus groups were conducted with TAY clients (n=24) receiving publicly funded mental health services in Southern California. Results from this analysis included four themes that illustrated the role of peers as perceived by TAY clients, including: 1) building client-peer provider relationships, 2) engaging with mental health services, 3) role-modelling recovery and supporting skill acquisition to instill hope and empowerment, and 4) peer roles and experiences specific to racial/ethnic concordance. These findings provide needed perspectives on the evolving role of peer providers in mental health services programming for TAY clients.
心理健康项目越来越多地利用同伴服务提供者来接触患有严重精神疾病的过渡年龄青年（TAY，16至24岁）。本研究征集了TAY客户对同伴服务提供者的角色、责任以及对TAY使用心理健康服务的贡献的看法。2019年，对在南加州接受公共资助心理健康服务的TAY客户（n=24）进行了6次焦点小组访谈。该分析结果包括四个主题，阐明了TAY客户所认为的同伴的角色，即：1）建立客户与同伴服务提供者的关系；2）参与心理健康服务；3）树立康复榜样并支持技能习得以灌输希望和增强权能；4）种族/民族一致性方面的同伴角色和经历。这些发现为同伴服务提供者在针对TAY客户的心理健康服务规划中不断演变的角色提供了必要的观点。
