Dumbrell, Josh
Carver, Hannah
Foster, Rebecca
Pauly, Bernie
Steele, Wez
Roy, Michael
Parkes, Tessa
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (TA 16/153/14, TA 16/153/14, TA 16/153/14, TA 16/153/14, TA 16/153/14, TA 16/153/14)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2024
Accepted: 14 October 2024
First Online: 28 October 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the University of Stirling’s NHS, Invasive and Clinical Research ethics committee (NICR 17/18 Paper 35) in April 2018 and by The Ethics Subgroup of the Research Coordinating Council of The Salvation Army in June 2018 (no reference). A subsequent amendment was granted by NICR in November 2022 to provide access to the data presented in this paper to author JD, who was one of the Peer Navigators on the SHARPS study. Explicit consent was also obtained from the three former Peer Navigators to use their data for the purpose of this article.
: Consent to publish was collected from the participants as part of the informed consent procedure. Explicit consent was also obtained from the former Peer Navigators to use their data for the purpose of this article.
: The authors declare no competing interests.