Implementing Peer Support in Health and Social Care Systems: Ecological Considerations

Abstract

Implementing any evidence-based practice into complex systems is hugely difficult. Implementing peer support is very much at an early stage in most systems around the world. This chapter examines the implementation of peer work into health and social care systems by drawing on an ecological perspective. The wider sociocultural context is considered, while the organisational context and how this shapes both the peer and service delivered is further explored. Some tips are provided across the ecology of factors that the research describes as being important to implementation.

Citation

Mahon, D. (2024), "Implementing Peer Support in Health and Social Care Systems: Ecological Considerations", Mahon, D. (Ed.) Peer Support Work, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-018-220241012