Peers for Progress

@HalfwayPost Projection!!!

BREAKING: George Santos told Fox News that Barack Obama's fake birth certificate is what turned him into a Republican.

#peersupport reaches those in need — depressed mood #depression , low #social support , and number contacts predicts improved #diabetes blood sugar — it’s not magic but it works! New paper in Annals Beh Med @BehavioralMed at doi:10.1093/abm/kaab114

Announcing the latest Professors Without Borders online workshop, 'The Mental Health Implications of COVID-19.' Sign up for the workshop via the link below! bit.ly/2N3589d #nonprofit #charity #COVID19 #mentalhealth

We need this everywhere

Calling all certified #peerspecialists : Do you a minute to complete this national survey initiated by Dartmouth? This study will help them understand the organizational structure of #peersupport services. ow.ly/x3UN50BDp6F

As a DJ organizer with lived experience of neurodivergence/incarceration in psych units, I wrote this piece on why we can’t reform cops into social workers, why psych hospitals aren't the answer, and why abolition + peer support is the only way forward. tinyurl.com/yc5cly67

Coronavirus: The strangers reaching out to Kyrgyzstan's lonely teenagers bbc.in/3dewFMw

We hope you're not feeling webinar exhaustion just yet b/c there is a great one coming up. Free @CDCgov webinar for #CHWs "What CHWs need to know about COVID-19 and their roles during emergency response efforts" ow.ly/P5Fq50zlFn5

"Providing Digital Peer Support Recovery Support Services" virtual event from SAMSHA's BRSS TACS, coming up Thurs April 9 at 2pm ET. Register here: ow.ly/acKm50z6D1M #peersupport

@SusannahFox @wakelet Wow, this is great

@Peers4Progress I've been collecting examples of #peersupport and peer to peer innovation among clinicians, patients, families, etc. on @wakelet wke.lt/w/s/HwARoI

We’ve seen a few cases where #peersupport has been mobilized to help communities impacted by #COVID19, but we think that’s a fraction of the unrecognized work that people are doing. How your group been using PS to help during this public health crisis?

In this week's tip, we shared some ideas about starting digital #peersupport pods to care for our communities during a crisis. ow.ly/X9hT50z2tuV If you've been using peer support to tackle the problems caused by #COVID19, we'd love to hear from you.

@SusannahFox, have you been tracking stories of #peersupport being mobilized to help communities impacted by #COVID19? We're asking folks to comment on our website or tagging us in a tweet. ow.ly/rtzO50z2tfE

Check out "Recovery LIVE! Providing Digital Peer Recovery Support Services" Thursday, Apr 9 at 2:00 EDT #peersupport #recovery eventbrite.com/e/recovery-liv… @Eventbrite

Our @UNC_SSW doc students r teaching us about support during stressful times. Here's the "virtual doc suite" to mimic the informal support that happens in the physical doc suite.Thx to @hcdawes 4 getting this up &running! #AcademicTwitter #SocialDistancing #selfcare #phdpandemic

As #peersupport programs move online for the foreseeable future, go check out the tips for virtual peer support from the InterNational Association of Peer Supporters website. inaops.org @inaps4peers

I remember being inspired by Surgeon General Koop during the early days of AIDS -- with all sorts of nonsense swirling around him, he had a clear focus: saving lives. Dr. Fauci is COVID's Dr. Koop. #supportfauci #savelives

Check out our #TuesdayTip - A dissemination toolkit from CHANGE: Carolina Heart Alliance Networking for Greater Equity which uses community health workers to reduce #CVD risk in #rural & medically underserved communities. #healthequity #CHW #hearthealth change.web.unc.edu/tools-and-reso…

Today's #TuesdayTip is "Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment" in @Health_Affairs #CHW #SDOH #ROI pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32011942-evide…