Our partnership creates various resources to highlight our research on the implementation of peer support programs.

Relevant Citations

  • Shi, Z., Gainforth, H. L., Thomas, A., Bloom, G. A., & Sweet, S. N. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to implementing peer mentorship programs for individuals with spinal cord injury into rehabilitation hospitals: a multiple case study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(20), 5250–5259.
  • Sweet, S.N., Hennig, L., Pastore, O.L. et al. Understanding peer mentorship programs delivered by Canadian SCI community-based organizations: perspectives on mentors and organizational considerations. Spinal Cord 59, 1285–1293 (2021). 
  • Shaw, R. B., Sweet, S. N., McBride, C. B., Adair, W. K., & Martin Ginis, K. A. (2019). Operationalizing the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to evaluate the collective impact of autonomous community programs that promote health and well-being. BMC public health19(1), 803. 
  • Shi Z, Comeau J, Bloom GA, Gainforth H, Thomas A and Sweet SN (2023) Delivery of a community-based peer mentorship program for people with spinal cord injury at a rehabilitation center. Front. Rehabil. Sci. 4:1296505. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1296505
  • Sweet, S. N., Noreau, L., Leblond, J., & Martin Ginis, K. A. (2016). Peer support need fulfillment among adults with spinal cord injury: relationships with participation, life satisfaction and individual characteristics. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(6), 558-565.
  • Chemtob, K., Caron, J. G., Fortier, M. S., Latimer-Cheung, A. E., Zelaya, W., & Sweet, S. N. (2018). Exploring the peer mentorship experiences of adults with spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 63(4), 542
  • Sweet, S.N., Michalovic, E., Latimer-Cheung, A.E., Fortier, M., Noreau, L., Zelaya, W., Martin Ginis, K.A. (2018). Spinal cord injury peer mentorship: Applying self-determination theory to explain quality of life and participation outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99, 468-476. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.08.487
  • Rocchi, M., Zeleya, W., & Sweet, S. N. (2018). Peer mentorship for adults with spinal cord injury: a static group comparison between mentees and non-mentees' reported coping strategies. Spinal Cord, 56, 1102-1109.