Development of a Community-Based Training for Peer Support Workers in Youth Mental Health Settings: An Exploratory Pilot Study
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Abstract
Integrating peer support workers (PSWs) into mental health community programs for young people has the potential to increase their access to mental health services. However, very little research has focused on the development of training that is relevant for and readily accessible to youth and employees seeking to acquire a general overview of peer support fundamentals as applicable to youth mental health in community settings. This pilot study aimed to document the implementation fidelity of a newly developed youth mental health peer support training and its impacts on participants’ understanding and perceived ability to provide peer support in community-based youth mental health settings. A multiple-informant approach was used to develop the training which is mapped onto the existing theoretical framework for peer support (Mead, Hilton, & Curtis, 2001). A descriptive quantitative and qualitative research design was used and data were collected using self-reported measures. Five participants completed the 16-hour training, which was offered online through videoconferencing. Results showed that, overall, components of the training were implemented with a high level of fidelity to the theoretical framework. Furthermore, participants reported that the training has had a positive impact on their level of preparedness and ability to provide peer support. Despite the limited sample size, this study suggests that the training developed has practical value as an introductory training tool for youth mental health PSWs. Moreover, this study is the first to provide evidence that the theoretical framework selected is relevant to inform such training. L’intégration de pairs aidants dans les programmes communautaires de santé mentale jeunesse a le potentiel d’accroître l’accès des jeunes aux services de santé mentale. Toutefois, très peu d’études se sont penchées sur le développement de formations adaptées et facilement accessibles aux jeunes et employé·e·s souhaitant acquérir une vue d’ensemble des principes fondamentaux du soutien par les pairs applicables en santé mentale jeunesse en milieu communautaire. Cette étude pilote visait à documenter la fidélité d’implantation d’une formation pour pairs aidants travaillant en santé mentale communautaire jeunesse et ses impacts sur la compréhension et la capacité perçue des participant·e·s à fournir un soutien par les pairs. Cette formation a été développée selon une approche multi-informateurs en s’appuyant sur le cadre théorique de la pair-aidance de Mead, Hilton et Curtis (2001). Une méthodologie descriptive quantitative et qualitative a été utilisée avec collecte des données par questionnaires autoadministrés. Cinq personnes ayant complété la formation sur deux jours, par vidéoconférence, ont pris part à l’étude. Les résultats montrent que les éléments de la formation ont été mis en œuvre avec un niveau élevé de fidélité relativement au modèle théorique. Les participantes mentionnent que la formation leur a permis de se sentir prêtes et capables d’offrir du soutien comme pairs aidants. Malgré le nombre limité de participants, cette étude suggère que la formation développée possède une valeur pratique pour la formation initiale des pairs aidants en santé mentale jeunesse. Elle révèle également que le cadre théorique utilisé est pertinent pour la formation de ces intervenants.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.010 | 0.011 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".