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Jun
24 2020

Using a peer research approach to evaluate women-led peer support

Peer research not only enriched the findings from the Women Side by Side evaluation, but it also brought mutual benefits to everyone involved, says Tanya MacKay

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Jun
16 2020

Women Side by Side has helped raise awareness of mental health in a BAME community

Evaluating and facilitating a women-led peer support programme as a peer meant that Fozia Haider was able to experience the benefit of the approach first-hand

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Jun
9 2020

Overcoming imposter syndrome as a peer researcher

Our blogger reveals how her experiences of observing women-led peer support groups during the Women Side by Side evaluation helped dispel fears of feeling like a fraud

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Jun
2 2020

Women Side by Side shows what can happen if women are given the space to grow

Naima Iqbal shares her experiences of evaluating a women-led peer support programme, including how spending time with the women helped her own confidence to grow

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Feb
8 2020

Involving peers can enrich research when it’s done right

What factors are important for peer researchers to have in common with research participants? We asked Sarah Markham, an advisory group member, about her involvement in the evaluation of Women Side by Side

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Jan
21 2020

It is time to close the mental health gap that autistic women experience

Autistic people deserve good mental health just as much as their non-autistic peers. Jenn Layton Annable, an autistic woman and master’s student, explains why good quality co-produced research is needed to address this

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Oct
16 2019

What can women’s peer support projects teach us about being gender responsive and trauma-informed?

Andreja Mesaric, the project lead at McPin, outlines how we are evaluating a peer support programme for women who experience multiple disadvantage

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