Introduction

• This community-university partnership has been involved in a process to identify important outcomes of SCI peer support programs and services with the goal of co-creating a SCI peer support evaluation tool.

Reports

• This 2023 report outlines the progress of the SCI Peer Support Community-University partnership over the last 5 years while providing avenues for next steps.

2023 Partnership Report

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• This video shows the development process of the evaluation tool.听

Infographic

We crafted graphs and infographics to summarize different aspects of the development of the SCI peer support evaluation tool.

Outreach

• featured our community-university partnership听in their seasonal magazine, highlighting our latest accomplishments in developing the SCI Peer Support Evaluation Tool:听 117214-spinal-cord-injury-parascope.pdf
• Dr. Shane Sweet gave a presentation about the SCI peer support evaluation tool in french, at the 'journ茅es qu茅b茅coises des l茅sions m茅dullaires' on September 26, 2023:听memo-qc_-_presentation_sur_levaluation_sept_26_2023.pdf

The Evaluation Tool

The final version of the SCI Peer Support Evaluation Tool

(In progress)

Relevant Citations

• Shi, Z., Michalovic, E., McKay, R., Gainforth, H. L., McBride, C. B., Clarke, T., Casemore, S., Sweet, S. N. (2023). Outcomes of spinal cord injury peer mentorship: A community-based Delphi consensus approach. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 66, 101678. Doi:听.
• Rocchi, M. A., Shi. Z., Shaw, R. B., McBride, C. B., & Sweet, S. N. (2022). Identifying the outcomes of participating in peer mentorship for adults living with spinal cord injury: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Psychology and Health, 37, 523-544.
• Sweet, S.N., Hennig, L., Shi, Z., Clarke, T., Flaro, H., Hawley, S., Schaefer, L., Gainforth, H.L. (2021) Outcomes of peer mentorship for people living with spinal cord injury: perspectives from members of Canadian community-based SCI organizations. Spinal Cord, 59, 1301-1308. doi: 10.1038/s41393-021-00725-2.