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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2023

Peer Workers in Co-production and Co-creation in Mental Health and Substance Use Services: A Scoping Review.

Kristina Bakke Åkerblom, Ottar Ness

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Article in Administration and policy in mental health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kristina Bakke ÅkerblomWestern Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway. krbaa@hvl.no.ORCID 0000-0002-0610-3794
Ottar NessDepartment of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7322-2227
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NOWestern Norway University of Applied Sciences · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with lived experience of mental health challenges are extensively employed as peer workers within mental health and substance use services worldwide. Research shows that peer workers benefit individuals using such services and can have essential roles in developing recovery-oriented services. However, understanding how peer workers' contributions, by their role, functions, and input can be better used remains a critical challenge. Research on public sector innovation has focused on relevant actors collaborating to tackle complex demands. Co-production and co-creation are concepts used to describe this collaboration. Co-production refers to the collaboration between providers and users at the point of service delivery, whereas co-creation refers to collaboration starting in the early service cycle phases (e.g., in commissioning or design), including solution implementation. We overviewed research literature describing peer workers' involvement in mental health and substance use services. The research question is as follows: How are peer workers involved in co-production and co-creation in mental health and substance use services, and what are the described outcomes? A literature search was performed in 10 different databases, and 13,178 articles were screened, of which 172 research articles describing peer workers' roles or activities were included. The findings show that peer workers are involved in co-production and function as providers of pre-determined services or, most often, as providers of peer support. However, they are rarely engaged as partners in co-creation. We conclude that the identified peer worker roles have different potential to generate input and affect service delivery and development.

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Mental DisordersMental Health ServicesSubstance-Related DisordersCounselingHumansMental HealthPeer GroupBoundary spanningCo-creationCo-productionMental health and substance use servicesPeer workersService transformation

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PMID36396756
PMCPMC9931804
OpenAlexW4309236194

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