Peer research in action II

The complexity of many peer researchers’ cir- “Imagining” the Position of Peer Researchers on the cumstances requires that training remain flexible, with Team: The first step in any peer research initiative opportunities for peer researchers to catch up (or for new should be for the team to ‘imagine’ the possibilities of peer researchers to be integrated and brought to the same working collaborati [...] The coordinator The dearth of data on peer research in practice has should have the autonomy and authority to make meant that questions remain regarding the authen- changes to timelines and schedules, and to bal- ticity of community participation, how power differ- ance the time needed for support and supervision. [...] The participation of community this series we consider Models of Practice; Manage- members in research is believed to enhance the validity ment, Support and Supervision, and Ethical Issues as of research findings and assist in ensuring that research they surface in the context of Peer Research in Action. [...] Moreover, contracts may offer assurance teach … and they have to believe in the project … for the peer, and serve to demonstrate employment and they have to have a certain inherent respect readiness in the future: for the people they are going to be interviewing … and they have to be able to work well with others, [P]eople have been excited by contracts, because and … show some recent history of b [...] We chose to discuss support and supervision together because many study participants spoke about them as being interconnected, and linked them to other aspects of the project: [Y]ou talk about providing support, and part of that support is the training, and talking about what’s happening with the work, and what’s going The Perspectives of the Key on, and then each stage there’s a refresher, ok, St