dc.contributor.author | King, Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Lloyd, Chris | |
dc.contributor.author | Clune, Alexis | |
dc.contributor.author | Allan, Rowena | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T14:55:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T14:55:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.date.modified | 2011-08-19T06:43:03Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 14467984 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5172/jamh.8.1.69 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40108 | |
dc.description.abstract | Peer outreach is an emerging form of non-professional consumer-delivered service in the context of psychiatric rehabilitation. This study identified the benefits and challenges of outreach provision as identified by a group of volunteer outreach workers. One on one semi-structured interviews were carried out with twelve members trained as peer outreach volunteers. Interview transcripts were analysed using a consensual qualitative research approach. Outreach workers typically experienced peer outreach as a positive experience both for themselves and for the recipients. Most found the training and support provided to be appropriate and sufficient. Nonetheless, peer outreach workers did encounter difficulties and sometimes felt need for more training and support. The findings have implications for the development of future peer outreach programs. There is scope for enhanced training and/or supervision and a need for further research to investigate ways to optimise peer outreach. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 143789 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 069 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 079 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 8 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public Health and Health Services | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 110399 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1103 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1117 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1701 | |
dc.title | The experience of being a peer outreach volunteer: Benefits and challenges | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2009 Auseinet. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2009 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lloyd, Chris A. | |