TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Recovery Coaches Perceptions of Their Work and Their Implications for Training, Support and Personal Recovery
AU - Felton, Julia W.
AU - Abidogun, Tolulope M.
AU - Senters, Kristen
AU - Maschino, Leah D.
AU - Montgomery, Barrett W.
AU - Tyson, Ronnie
AU - Furr-Holden, C. Debra
AU - Stoddard, Sarah A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54 MD011227) awarded to C. Debra Furr-Holden.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Access to care
KW - Peer recovery coaches
KW - Substance use
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U2 - 10.1007/s10597-022-01080-z
DO - 10.1007/s10597-022-01080-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 36595145
AN - SCOPUS:85145506810
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 59
SP - 962
EP - 971
JO - Community mental health journal
JF - Community mental health journal
IS - 5
ER -