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Table 3 Overview of the PPM’s roles and benefits

From: Supporting families and caregivers of children with disabilities through a parent peer mentor (PPM): experiences from a patient-oriented research network

Level

Roles

Benefits

Research team

Receive feedback and suggestions from parent-partners

Identify parent-partners’ needs and issues

Liaise between parent-partners and researchers

Create a safe space

Improvement of research team environment (e.g., meeting schedule and format, clarification of roles)

Immediate connection and trust building through the lived experience

Provision of emotional support

Network

Liaise between parent-partners and the Network

Support community-building

Informal monitoring of engagement

Improvement of Network-level communication and support (e.g., accessible newsletter, compensation)