Dr Joanna Miler's Outputs (3)

“You are helping from the heart not just from the head”: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences of peer workers working with people experiencing homelessness and substance use (2025)
Journal Article
Carver, H., Miler, J. A., Greenhalgh, J., Pauly, B., Ring, N., Booth, H., Dumbrell, J., & Parkes, T. (2025). “You are helping from the heart not just from the head”: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences of peer workers working with people experiencing homelessness and substance use. BMC Public Health, 25, Article 1714

Background: Increasingly, substance use and homelessness services have peer workers, those with lived or living experience of substance use and homelessness, who provide support to those experiencing similar challenges. While research regarding the e... Read More about “You are helping from the heart not just from the head”: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences of peer workers working with people experiencing homelessness and substance use.

What treatment and services are effective for people who are homeless and use drugs? A systematic ‘review of reviews’ (2021)
Journal Article
Miler, J. A., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Parkes, T., Maden, M., Jones, L., & Sumnall, H. (2021). What treatment and services are effective for people who are homeless and use drugs? A systematic ‘review of reviews’. PLOS ONE, 16(7), Article e0254729. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254729

Background
People who experience homelessness and those vulnerably housed experience disproportionately high rates of drug use and associated harms, yet barriers to services and support are common. We undertook a systematic ‘review of reviews’ to in... Read More about What treatment and services are effective for people who are homeless and use drugs? A systematic ‘review of reviews’.

Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review (2020)
Journal Article
Miler, J. A., Carver, H., Foster, R., & Parkes, T. (2020). Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 641. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8407-4

Background
Peer support refers to a process whereby individuals with lived experience of a particular phenomenon provide support to others by explicitly drawing on their personal experience. It has been adopted in a variety of service contexts inclu... Read More about Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review.