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Table 2 Organising codes and thematic categories on positive and negative impacts

From: A qualitative synthesis of the positive and negative impacts related to delivery of peer-based health interventions in prison settings

Thematic category

Organising code

Peer recruitment, training and support

Training and support mechanisms

Recruitment and selection

Retaining peer deliverers

Payment and privileges

Motivation for the role

Organisational support

Partnerships

Institutional ‘buy-in’

Funding and resource

Prisoner relationships

Providing practical support to prisoners

Dependency

Role tensions

Awareness and utilisation

Prison life

Power and risk

Contribution of peers to wider prison workforce and service delivery

Impact on prison ethos and culture

Peer interventions contributing to prison performance targets

Integration of peer interventions into the prison

Location of intervention

Intervention arrangements and monitoring