Sarah Munce (Canada)
KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Dr. Sarah Munce, PhD is a health services and implementation science/knowledge translation researcher. She is a Scientist in the LIFEspan Service at KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network. She is also an Assistant Professor (status) in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, and Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Broadly, her program of research relates to the development, implementation, and evaluation of transitional care interventions, including peer support and self-management, for individuals with neurological conditions. To carry out this program of research, she uses knowledge synthesis, mixed methods research, and co-design approaches. Her research has been funded by several national and international funding agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

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Best and Promising Practices for Peer Support Post Stroke

Session Name
0850 - Peer Led Interventions for Stroke Recovery and Support (ID 4)
Session Type
SSO Session
Date
29.10.2021, Friday
Session Time
15:15 - 16:45
Room
SSO SESSIONS
Presenter
Lecture Time
15:15 - 15:35

Abstract

Abstract Body

There is recent evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of peer support in terms of self-managing a chronic condition. Peer support in the context of chronic disease self-management refers to ‘support for a person with a chronic condition from someone with the same condition or similar circumstances’. Individuals providing peer support generally offer three types of support based on personal knowledge: emotional, informational, and appraisal. Emotional support involves caring, empathy and encouragement; informational support involves advice, suggestions with alternative actions and factual feedback relevant to a particular topic; and appraisal support involves affirming feelings, thoughts and behaviours and thus is motivational, encouraging the individual to continue with problem-solving attempts despite challenges. The current session will provide background information on the use of peer support for individuals post-stroke and other acquired brain injuries, the effectiveness of peer support interventions for individuals post-stroke as well as patient and provider perspectives on the use of peer support, including barriers and facilitators to implementation, and recommendations for improvement and areas of future research and methods for evaluating such programs. Collectively, this information will provide the basis for a framework of best and promising practices for peer support post stroke.
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