Published on in Vol 7, No 7 (2020): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/20429, first published .
Strategies to Increase Peer Support Specialists’ Capacity to Use Digital Technology in the Era of COVID-19: Pre-Post Study

Strategies to Increase Peer Support Specialists’ Capacity to Use Digital Technology in the Era of COVID-19: Pre-Post Study

Strategies to Increase Peer Support Specialists’ Capacity to Use Digital Technology in the Era of COVID-19: Pre-Post Study

Journals

  1. Kleinman M, Felton J, Johnson A, Magidson J. “I have to be around people that are doing what I'm doing”: The importance of expanding the peer recovery coach role in treatment of opioid use disorder in the face of COVID-19 health disparities. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2021;122:108182 View
  2. Wong A, Ahmed R, Ray J, Khan H, Hughes P, McCoy C, Auerbach M, Barach P. Supporting the Quadruple Aim Using Simulation and Human Factors During COVID-19 Care. American Journal of Medical Quality 2021;36(2):73 View
  3. Fortuna K, Myers A, Ferron J, Kadakia A, Bianco C, Bruce M, Bartels S. Assessing a digital peer support self-management intervention for adults with serious mental illness: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness. Journal of Mental Health 2022;31(6):833 View
  4. Gavine A, Shinwell S, Buchanan P, Farre A, Wade A, Lynn F, Marshall J, Cumming S, Dare S, McFadden A. Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022;2022(10) View
  5. Collins-Pisano C, Velez Court J, Johnson M, Mois G, Brooks J, Myers A, Muralidharan A, Storm M, Wright M, Berger N, Kasper A, Fox A, MacDonald S, Schultze S, Fortuna K. Core Competencies to Promote Consistency and Standardization of Best Practices for Digital Peer Support: Focus Group Study. JMIR Mental Health 2021;8(12):e30221 View
  6. Collins-Pisano C, Johnson M, Mois G, Brooks J, Myers A, Mazina D, Storm M, Wright M, Berger N, Kasper A, Fox A, MacDonald S, Schultze S, Bohm A, Hill J, Fortuna K. Introduction to the Coproduction of Supervision Standards for Digital Peer Support: Qualitative Study. JMIR Human Factors 2023;10:e40607 View
  7. Gavine A, Marshall J, Buchanan P, Cameron J, Leger A, Ross S, Murad A, McFadden A. Remote provision of breastfeeding support and education: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2022;18(2) View
  8. Fortuna K, Solomon P, Rivera J. An Update of Peer Support/Peer Provided Services Underlying Processes, Benefits, and Critical Ingredients. Psychiatric Quarterly 2022;93(2):571 View
  9. Fortuna K, Brooks J, Myers A, Sivakumar B, Lebby S. Effectiveness of a Digital Peer Support Training Program Designed for Rapid Uptake Among Peer Support Specialists Pilot Study. Psychiatric Quarterly 2022;93(3):783 View
  10. Myers A, Mbao M, Kadakia A, Collings S, Fortuna K. Experiences of Community Members Engaged in eCPR (Emotional Connecting, Empowering, Revitalizing) Training: Qualitative Focus Group Study. JMIR Formative Research 2022;6(6):e32219 View
  11. Fortuna K, Brooks J, Myers A, Sivakumar B, Lebby S. Effectiveness of a Digital Peer Support Training Program Designed for Rapid Uptake Among Peer Support Specialists Pilot Study. Psychiatric Quarterly 2022;93(3):883 View
  12. Fortuna K, Wright A, Mois G, Myers A, Kadakia A, Collins-Pisano C. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Utility of Peer-supported Ecological Momentary Assessment Among People with Serious Mental Illness: a Pilot Study. Psychiatric Quarterly 2022;93(3):717 View
  13. Ellis L, Meulenbroeks I, Churruca K, Pomare C, Hatem S, Harrison R, Zurynski Y, Braithwaite J. The Application of e-Mental Health in Response to COVID-19: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis. JMIR Mental Health 2021;8(12):e32948 View
  14. Venegas M, Brooks J, Myers A, Storm M, Fortuna K. Peer Support Specialists and Service Users’ Perspectives on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Digital Mental Health. IEEE Pervasive Computing 2022;21(2):41 View
  15. Collins-Pisano C, Leggett A, Gambee D, Fortuna K. Usability, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Peer-Delivered and Technology-Supported Mental Health Intervention for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Field Usability Study. JMIR Human Factors 2024;11:e41202 View
  16. Soklaridis S, Chowdhury M, Turco M, Tremblay M, Mazmanian P, Williams B, Besa R, Sockalingam S. Pivoting Continuing Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Scoping Review of Adaptations and Innovations. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2024;44(4):e22 View
  17. Mirbahaeddin E, Chreim S. Transcending technology boundaries and maintaining sense of community in virtual mental health peer support: a qualitative study with service providers and users. BMC Health Services Research 2024;24(1) View
  18. Fortuna K, Divatia S, Raue P, Crowe-Cumella H, Hill J, Lohman M, Heller R, Walker R. Certified Older Adult Peer Support Specialist-Delivered Telephonic Self-Management Intervention in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population with Serious Mental Illness. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice 2025;5:47 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Fruitman K. Technology-Assisted Interventions for Substance Use Disorders. View