PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sujit D Rathod
AU  - Andrew Guise
AU  - PJ Annand
AU  - Paniz Hosseini
AU  - Elizabeth Williamson
AU  - Alec Miners
AU  - Kate Bowgett
AU  - Martin Burrows
AU  - Robert W Aldridge
AU  - Serena Luchenski
AU  - Dee Menezes
AU  - Alistair Story
AU  - Andrew Hayward
AU  - Lucy Platt
TI  - Peer advocacy and access to healthcare for people who are homeless in London, UK: a mixed method impact, economic and process evaluation protocol
AID  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050717
DP  - 2021 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Open
PG  - e050717
VI  - 11
IP  - 6
4099  - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e050717.short
4100  - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e050717.full
SO  - BMJ Open2021 Jun 01; 11
AB  - Introduction People who are homeless experience higher morbidity and mortality than the general population. These outcomes are exacerbated by inequitable access to healthcare. Emerging evidence suggests a role for peer advocates—that is, trained volunteers with lived experience—to support people who are homeless to access healthcare.Methods and analysis We plan to conduct a mixed methods evaluation to assess the effects (qualitative, cohort and economic studies); processes and contexts (qualitative study); fidelity; and acceptability and reach (process study) of Peer Advocacy on people who are homeless and on peers themselves in London, UK. People with lived experience of homelessness are partners in the design, execution, analysis and dissemination of the evaluation.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval for all study designs has been granted by the National Health Service London—Dulwich Research Ethics Committee (UK) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Ethics Committee (UK). We plan to disseminate study progress and outputs via a website, conference presentations, community meetings and peer-reviewed journal articles.