Peer Leadership

Certified peer support specialists (CPSS) are used as a paraprofessional workforce to engage hard-to-reach populations, including people experiencing homelessness. COFindings from this study may have implications for the value of lived and learned knowledge coexisting in organizations serving those who experience homelessness.
Peer and lay health worker programs aim to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for PEH by building trust and empowering community-based workers.
The authors argue that lived experience can inform sharp critique and offer an innovative window on aspects of the ‘shared typical’.