Table 6Components for Literature Screening and Information Gathering

Criteria Description
Population Youth (aged between 12 and 25 years) support users with mental health concerns (including but not limited to depression, anxiety, suicidality, eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder) either self-identified or formally diagnosed; trained peer support workers
Intervention Formal peer support programsa
Settings Settings of care including health care facilities and community-based care programs in rural, remote, and urban areas in Canada
Types of information
  • Information on identified completed program evaluations and guidelines used to inform evaluation methodology in Canada and internationally
  • Information on the description of the components and characteristics of identified program evaluations and method guidelines, including information on evaluation measurements in Canada and internationally
  • Information on the findings of completed program evaluations in Canada
a

Formal peer support programs are those delivered by formal community- or health care–based organizations that offer peer support to peer service users by trained peer support workers who share lived experience relating to mental health.

From: Peer Support Programs for Youth Mental Health

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