["Change Agents" Or "Peer Washing": Can Peer Support Workers Contribute To The Transformation Of Psychiatric Institutions?].

Objective: Peer support workers (=PSW) are expected to change the culture of a care facility. It is examined whether and how they can implement such a change mandate.

Methods: The material is based on two sub-studies of the ImpPeer-Psy5 study, investigating the implementation of PSW in the German psychiatric care system.

Implementing peer support work in mental health care in Germany: The methodological framework of the collaborative, participatory, mixed-methods study (ImpPeer-Psy5).

Background: Starting in the 1990s in the United States, individuals with lived experience of mental health crises and recovery have been employed as peer support workers (PSWs) internationally. However, the implementation of PSW in clinical contexts remains challenging.

Methods: This manuscript presents and discusses the methodological framework of the ImpPeer-Psy5 study on the PSW implementation in the German mental healthcare sector.

Mycoplasma genitalium in pregnancy, including specific co-infections, is associated with lower birthweight: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Mycoplasma genitalium infection in pregnancy is increasingly reported at similar frequencies to other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Knowledge on its contribution to adverse pregnancy outcomes is very limited, especially relative to other STIs or bacterial vaginosis (BV). Whether M.

Increased syphilis testing and detection of late latent syphilis among women after switching from risk-based to opt-out testing strategy in an urban Australian sexual health clinic: a retrospective observational study.

Background: The Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) implemented an opt-out syphilis test for women in December 2017. We aimed to examine the differences in syphilis testing uptake and confirmed syphilis cases among women after switching from risk-based to opt-out testing strategies.

Methods: This was a retrospective study examining all women attending the MSHC for the first time in periods of risk-based testing (2015-2017) and opt-out testing (2018-2020).