W3 Framework

Understanding, demonstrating, and improving the impact of peer work in public health

W3 Framework: Understanding, demonstrating, and improving the impact of peer work in public health

Whether you are a peer worker or you work alongside peer workers in mainstream settings, the W3 Framework can support you to improve the quality and impact of your work with marginalised and vulnerable communities.

The W3 Project (funded by the Australian Government Department of Health) is a collaboration between researchers from La Trobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) and peer researchers from community organisations working in Australia’s public health response to HIV and hepatitis C.

Since 2013, we have been working together to improve our understanding of the role and impact of peer-led responses within this public health response. The work resulted in the development of the W3 Framework, which can used to help peer responses better understand, evaluate, and improve the impact of their work.

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Key information

Essentials to help you understand and use the W3 Framework, and information about our research

Communities and health responses

Content published about specific peer communities or public health responses

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Key information

Essential guides

Our essential guides aim to give you all the basic information you need to understand and use the W3 Framework

Our research

Find out more about the research that led to the W3 Framework and other related past and ongoing research projects

Written publications

Find plain-English information and commentaries from peer co-authors about some of our research publications

Presentations

Explore recordings and overviews of some of the W3 Project’s key seminar and conference presentations

Communities and health responses

People living with HIV

People living with HIV (PLHIV) are central to the public health response to HIV, and this series is about their peer work

Living Positive Victoria’s anti-stigma campaign ‘ENUF’ 2012-2018
Living Positive Victoria’s anti-stigma campaign ‘ENUF’ 2012-2018

People who use drugs

People who use/inject drugs (PWUD/PWID) are central to public health responses to issues that impact their health, and this series is about their peer work

Hepatitis C response

This series is about peer work within the hepatitis C response

ACON Port Macquarie’s Valentine’s Day event 2014
ACON Port Macquarie’s Valentine’s Day event 2014

HIV response

This series is about peer work within the HIV response

Other topics

COVID-19

This three-part series focuses on how the Australian HIV and hepatitis C sectors adapted to the shock of COVID-19 during 2020

Systems thinking

These posts are about (or related to) systems thinking, the approach used to develop the W3 Framework