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Effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: The use of peer support programmes to help workers experiencing potentially traumatic events (PTE) has increased in high-risk organisations in the last decades. However, the scientific evidence of its effectiveness is still very limited. This paper aims to describe the protocol of a pr...

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Autores principales: Guay, Stephane, Tremblay, Nicole, Goncalves, Jane, Bilodeau, Henriette, Geoffrion, Steve
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28647721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014405
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author Guay, Stephane
Tremblay, Nicole
Goncalves, Jane
Bilodeau, Henriette
Geoffrion, Steve
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description INTRODUCTION: The use of peer support programmes to help workers experiencing potentially traumatic events (PTE) has increased in high-risk organisations in the last decades. However, the scientific evidence of its effectiveness is still very limited. This paper aims to describe the protocol of a prospective cohort study that assesses the efficacy of a peer support programme among youth social services employees exposed to a PTE at work on psychological well-being, work functioning and needs of support. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a mixed-methods prospective study that will examine workers' evolution four times over a 12-month period in Canada. This study involves: (1) quantitative data obtained through self-administrated questionnaires among 222 workers, and (2) qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of 45 workers. This study will compare findings from a cohort who received the support of a peer following a PTE (peer support–experimental protocol) as part of the experimental protocol of the Montreal Youth Social Services-University Institute (MYSS-UI), the second group of workers did not ask for the peer support (no peer support-experimental protocol) but was part of MYSS-UI, and the third group received standard organisational support from the Monteregie Youth Social Services (MYSS) (standard organisational protocol). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The protocol and informed consent form complied with the ethics guidelines of the MYSS-UI. The Research Ethics Board of MYSS-UI and MYSS reviewed and accepted the protocol as required. The results of the study will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at research and general public conferences, disseminated via a public report for the institute that funded the project and for all workers. Results of this study will influence decision making regarding intervention policies following PTE and peer support interventions may be expanded throughout the youth social services in Canada and worldwide.
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spelling pubmed-56233802017-10-10 Effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study Guay, Stephane Tremblay, Nicole Goncalves, Jane Bilodeau, Henriette Geoffrion, Steve BMJ Open Mental Health INTRODUCTION: The use of peer support programmes to help workers experiencing potentially traumatic events (PTE) has increased in high-risk organisations in the last decades. However, the scientific evidence of its effectiveness is still very limited. This paper aims to describe the protocol of a prospective cohort study that assesses the efficacy of a peer support programme among youth social services employees exposed to a PTE at work on psychological well-being, work functioning and needs of support. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a mixed-methods prospective study that will examine workers' evolution four times over a 12-month period in Canada. This study involves: (1) quantitative data obtained through self-administrated questionnaires among 222 workers, and (2) qualitative in-depth interviews with a subsample of 45 workers. This study will compare findings from a cohort who received the support of a peer following a PTE (peer support–experimental protocol) as part of the experimental protocol of the Montreal Youth Social Services-University Institute (MYSS-UI), the second group of workers did not ask for the peer support (no peer support-experimental protocol) but was part of MYSS-UI, and the third group received standard organisational support from the Monteregie Youth Social Services (MYSS) (standard organisational protocol). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The protocol and informed consent form complied with the ethics guidelines of the MYSS-UI. The Research Ethics Board of MYSS-UI and MYSS reviewed and accepted the protocol as required. The results of the study will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at research and general public conferences, disseminated via a public report for the institute that funded the project and for all workers. Results of this study will influence decision making regarding intervention policies following PTE and peer support interventions may be expanded throughout the youth social services in Canada and worldwide. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5623380/ /pubmed/28647721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014405 Text en © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Geoffrion, Steve
Effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study
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title_fullStr Effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study
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title_short Effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study
title_sort effects of a peer support programme for youth social services employees experiencing potentially traumatic events: a protocol for a prospective cohort study
topic Mental Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623380/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014405
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