Published on in Vol 8, No 5 (2021): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25528, first published .
Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation

Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation

Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation

Ashleigh Charles   1 , MSc ;   Rebecca Nixdorf   2 , MSc ;   Nashwa Ibrahim   1, 3 , PhD ;   Lion Gai Meir   4 ;   Richard S Mpango   5, 6, 7 , PhD ;   Fileuka Ngakongwa   8, 9 , MD ;   Hannah Nudds   1 , BSc ;   Soumitra Pathare   10 , MD ;   Grace Ryan   11 , MSc ;   Julie Repper   12 , PhD ;   Heather Wharrad   13 , PhD ;   Philip Wolf   14 , MSc ;   Mike Slade   1 , PhD ;   Candelaria Mahlke   2 , PhD

1 School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

3 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Masoura, Egypt

4 Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

5 Butabika National Referral Hospital, Butabika, Uganda

6 School of Health Sciences, Soroti University, Soroti, Uganda

7 MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

8 Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

9 Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

10 Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune, India

11 Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

12 ImROC, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

13 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

14 Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University II, Ulm, Germany

Corresponding Author:

  • Ashleigh Charles, MSc
  • School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health
  • University of Nottingham
  • Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Triumph Road
  • Nottingham
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 (0)115 7484303
  • Email: ashleigh.charles@nottingham.ac.uk