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Susan Magasi1, Kathryn Smith1, Ocean Jerriel Bolocon2
1University of Illinois Chicago, USA.
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Peer support interventions complement traditional rehabilitation services and contribute to improving physical and mental health and community living outcomes in diverse disability populations. Yet, little is known about the impact that being a peer support worker has on people with physical disabilities who take on these roles. Peer health navigators (PHN) are a type of peer support worker specifically trained to help other people with disabilities breakdown barriers to health, healthcare, and social participation. This qualitative study explored identity transformations experienced by people with physical disabilities after adopting a PHN role in a community-based participatory research intervention study. Specifically, we used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the lived experiences of peer health navigators from the Our Peers-Empowerment Navigational Support study. Participants identified that serving as a PHN had a transformative impact on their disability experience through relational processes of co-creation of a positive disability identity and reciprocal empowerment. Occupational therapy practitioners can facilitate peer support through intentional skill and community building.
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