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The Role of Peer Support in HIV Prevention and Treatment
Presenters:
Eric Scharf, Advocacy AdvisorDepression and Bipolar Support Alliance
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AGENDA
•What Is Peer Support?•What Are Support Group Meetings?•What Are Peer Support Services?•Understanding the Need•How We Can Address the Need
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Senior Strength Demonstration Project: Overview – A DBSA Pilot Program
• Integrate peer support services to increase patient engagement with PCP and care teams’ whole health plan for the patient
• Integrate certified peer support specialist as key member of the care team
• Provide one-on-one peer support, wellness tools, and senior support group meeting to support patient in identifying and making progress towards peer-defined wellness goals
• Improve overall health outcomes of seniors at risk for depression who are being seen by primary care physicians (PCPs)Goal
Strategies
Measurements• Improved PHQ-9 score• Continued engagement with PCP and care team• Identification of peer-defined wellness goals• Progress towards peer-identified wellness goals
Clinician referred, community-based peer support
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National Practice Guidelines Core Values1.Peer support is voluntary 2.Peer supporters are hopeful 3.Peer supporters are open minded (nonjudgmental) 4.Peer supporters are empathetic5.Peer supporters are respectful 6.Peer supporters facilitate change7.Peer supporters are honest and direct 8.Peer support is mutual and
reciprocal9.Peer support is equally shared power 10.Peer support is strengths-focused11.Peer support is transparent 12.Peer support is person-driven
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SOURCES:
The Washington Post, A Third of Americans Now Show Signs of Clinical Anxiety or Depression, Census Bureau Finds Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, May 26, 2020.
Dr. Roger McIntyre, Chair, DBSA Scientific Advisory Board
13
of Americansnow show signs ofclinical depressionor anxiety. 7,000
We can expectapproximately
additional lives lost to suicide.
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If you have HIV, it's important to take care of both your physical health and your mental health.
Mental health conditions are treatable, and people with mental health problems can recover.
People living with HIV are twice as likely to have depression as people who do not have HIV.
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Eric ScharfAdvocacy Advisor
ThankYou
Slides available upon request