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Attitudes of Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations Towards Health Homes: Recommendations for Policy and Practice

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This study examined peer-run organizations’ attitudes towards collaborating in health homes. Data were drawn from the 2012 National Survey of Peer-Run Organizations. Multinomial logistic regression modeled the association between organizational willingness to participate in a health home and salient factors. Current efforts (OR = 5.05; p < 0.05), planned efforts (OR = 4.27; p < 0.05) to encourage physical healthcare, and staff size (OR = 1.09; p < 0.05) were associated with willingness to collaborate in health homes. Some organizations were concerned about power dynamics with potential medical collaborators. Relationships with medical providers, staffing capacity, and concerns about coercion should be considered when integrating peer-run organizations and health homes.

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NIMH T32MH019545, Social Security Administration DRC12000001-01-00, and a mini-grant from the Johns Hopkins Center for Mental Health Initiatives.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0622, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0901, USA

    Elizabeth Siantz

  2. Live & Learn, Inc., 785 Quintana Road, Suite 219, Morro Bay, CA, 93442, USA

    Laysha Ostrow

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Siantz, E., Ostrow, L. Attitudes of Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations Towards Health Homes: Recommendations for Policy and Practice. Community Ment Health J 55, 420–427 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00366-z

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