Peers for Progress

Promoting peer support in health, health care and prevention around the world through evidence, advocacy, and technical assistance.

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

@HalfwayPost Projection!!!

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

#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

[Professors Without Borders @Prowibo]

Announcing the latest Professors Without Borders online workshop, 'The Mental Health Implications of COVID-19.' Sign up for the workshop via the link below!
https://t.co/CQFaJApl9u

#nonprofit #charity #COVID19 #mentalhealth

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

We need this everywhere

[NPR @NPR]

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.
https://t.co/qb4WYm6r0C

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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. https://t.co/PC2G41HDG7

[stefanie lyn kaufman-mthimkhulu @stefkaufman]

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.

https://t.co/Sx6GiAL6j9

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Coronavirus: The strangers reaching out to Kyrgyzstan's lonely teenagers https://t.co/uvCUbez34I

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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" https://t.co/8xBglfoKWB

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

"Providing Digital Peer Support Recovery Support Services" virtual event from SAMSHA's BRSS TACS, coming up Thurs April 9 at 2pm ET. Register here: https://t.co/ycza6Ohmqk #peersupport

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

@SusannahFox @wakelet Wow, this is great

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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?

[Susannah Fox @SusannahFox]

@Peers4Progress I've been collecting examples of #peersupport and peer to peer innovation among clinicians, patients, families, etc. on @wakelet https://t.co/h97LzaQAYd

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

In this week's tip, we shared some ideas about starting digital #peersupport pods to care for our communities during a crisis. https://t.co/62FLmpy6Cf If you've been using peer support to tackle the problems caused by #COVID19, we'd love to hear from you.

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

@SusannahFox, have you been tracking stories of #peersupport being mobilized to help communities impacted by #COVID19? We're asking folks to comment on our website or tagging us in a tweet. https://t.co/dMU2SEdkWd

[The CAFE TA Center @CAFETAC]

Check out "Recovery LIVE! Providing Digital Peer Recovery Support Services" Thursday, Apr 9 at 2:00 EDT #peersupport #recovery https://t.co/oqrQrEuum4 @Eventbrite

[Mimi Chapman @MimiVChapman]

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

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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. https://t.co/IWvqU3VGag @inaps4peers

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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

https://t.co/leeRNjGdIk

[Peers for Progress @Peers4Progress]

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

https://t.co/aiDaX7sL7Y