Promoting peer support in health, health care and prevention around the world through evidence, advocacy, and technical assistance.
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined July 2008
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#peersupport reaches those in need — depressed mood #depression , low #social support , and number contacts predicts improved #diabetes blood sugar — it’s not magic but it works! New paper in Annals Beh Med @BehavioralMed at doi:10.1093/abm/kaab114
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Announcing the latest Professors Without Borders online workshop, 'The Mental Health Implications of COVID-19.' Sign up for the workshop via the link below!
bit.ly/2N3589d
#nonprofit #charity #COVID19 #mentalhealth
We need this everywhere
San Francisco is preparing to deploy new unarmed mobile units comprised of paramedics, peer support counselors and mental health professionals — not police officers — to respond to most calls for people in psychiatric or substance abuse crises.
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Calling all certified #peerspecialists : Do you a minute to complete this national survey initiated by Dartmouth? This study will help them understand the organizational structure of #peersupport services. ow.ly/x3UN50BDp6F
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As a DJ organizer with lived experience of neurodivergence/incarceration in psych units, I wrote this piece on why we can’t reform cops into social workers, why psych hospitals aren't the answer, and why abolition + peer support is the only way forward.
tinyurl.com/yc5cly67
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Coronavirus: The strangers reaching out to Kyrgyzstan's lonely teenagers bbc.in/3dewFMw
We hope you're not feeling webinar exhaustion just yet b/c there is a great one coming up. Free @CDCgov webinar for #CHWs "What CHWs need to know about COVID-19 and their roles during emergency response efforts" ow.ly/P5Fq50zlFn5
"Providing Digital Peer Support Recovery Support Services" virtual event from SAMSHA's BRSS TACS, coming up Thurs April 9 at 2pm ET. Register here: ow.ly/acKm50z6D1M #peersupport
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I've been collecting examples of #peersupport and peer to peer innovation among clinicians, patients, families, etc. on @wakelet wke.lt/w/s/HwARoI
In this week's tip, we shared some ideas about starting digital #peersupport pods to care for our communities during a crisis. ow.ly/X9hT50z2tuV If you've been using peer support to tackle the problems caused by #COVID19, we'd love to hear from you.
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Check out "Recovery LIVE! Providing Digital Peer Recovery Support Services" Thursday, Apr 9 at 2:00 EDT #peersupport #recovery eventbrite.com/e/recovery-li… @Eventbrite
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Our @UNC_SSW doc students r teaching us about support during stressful times. Here's the "virtual doc suite" to mimic the informal support that happens in the physical doc suite.Thx to @hcdawes 4 getting this up &running! #AcademicTwitter #SocialDistancing #selfcare #phdpandemic
We’ve seen a few cases where #peersupport has been mobilized to help communities impacted by #COVID19, but we think that’s a fraction of the unrecognized work that people are doing. How your group been using PS to help during this public health crisis?
As #peersupport programs move online for the foreseeable future, go check out the tips for virtual peer support from the InterNational Association of Peer Supporters website. inaops.org @inaps4peers
I remember being inspired by Surgeon General Koop during the early days of AIDS -- with all sorts of nonsense swirling around him, he had a clear focus: saving lives. Dr. Fauci is COVID's Dr. Koop. #supportfauci #savelives
Check out our #TuesdayTip - A dissemination toolkit from CHANGE: Carolina Heart Alliance Networking for Greater Equity which uses community health workers to reduce #CVD risk in #rural & medically underserved communities. #healthequity #CHW #hearthealth
change.web.unc.edu/tools-and…
Today's #TuesdayTip is "Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment" in @Health_Affairs #CHW #SDOH #ROI
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3201…
Glad to meet so many folks interested in #peersupport for campus #mentalhealth at the @UNC_System 2020 Behavioral Health Convening. Look forward to continuing the conversation!
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Evidence-Based #CommunityHealth Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment: We found that every dollar invested in the intervention would return $2.47 to an average #Medicaid payer within the fiscal year. bit.ly/31qgDtX
Great video on social determinants of health from the IMPaCT team at the Penn Center for #CHWs.
ow.ly/NX6650yfBi1
