Center for Health Policy & Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health Systems, One Ford Place, Detroit, MI, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Jul;59(5):962-971. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-01080-z. Epub 2023 Jan 3.
The peer recovery workforce, including individuals in sustained recovery from substance use, has grown rapidly in the previous decades. Peer recovery coaches represent a scalable, resource-efficient, and acceptable approach to increasing service delivery, specifically among individuals receiving substance use services in low-resource communities. Despite the potential to improve access to care in traditionally underserved settings, there are a number of barriers to successfully integrating peer recovery coaches in existing recovery services. The current study presents results from two focus groups composed of peer recovery coaches. Findings suggest that peer recovery coaches report discordance between their perceived role and their daily responsibilities and experience both inter- and intrapersonal challenges that impact their own recovery processes. These results point to several promising policy and structural changes that may support and enhance this growing workforce.
在过去几十年中，包括从物质使用中持续康复的个人在内的同行康复人员队伍迅速壮大。同行康复教练是一种可扩展、资源高效且可接受的方法，可以增加服务提供，特别是在资源匮乏的社区中接受物质使用服务的个人中。尽管有可能改善传统服务不足环境中的护理机会，但在成功将同行康复教练融入现有康复服务方面存在许多障碍。本研究报告了由两名同行康复教练组成的两个焦点小组的结果。研究结果表明，同行康复教练报告说，他们的角色认知与他们的日常职责之间存在不一致，并且他们个人面临着内外挑战，这些挑战影响了他们自己的康复过程。这些结果指出了一些有前途的政策和结构变化，这些变化可能会支持和增强这支不断壮大的劳动力队伍。
