Kendal, SE, Milnes, L, Welsby, H et al. (1 more author) (2017) Prioritising young people's emotional health support needs through participatory research. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24 (5). pp. 263-271. ISSN 1351-0126
Abstract
Introduction: Youth mental health is a global concern. Emotional health promotes mental health and protects against mental illness. Youth value self-care for emotional health, but we need better understanding of how to help them look after their emotional health. Participatory research is relevant, since meaningful engagement with youth via participatory research enhances the validity and relevance of research findings and supports young people's rights to involvement in decisions that concern them. Aim: We aimed to develop a participatory approach for involving youth in research about their emotional health support preferences. Method: Our team included a young expert-by-experience. We developed a qualitative, participatory research design. Eleven youth (16-18 years) participated in focus groups, followed immediately by a nominal group exercise in which they analysed the data, thus enhancing methodological rigour. Results: This process highlighted youth perspectives on self-care strategies for emotional health. Discussion and Implications for Practice: Our simple participatory research approach generated trustworthy and credible findings, which accurately reflect youth perspectives and are consistent with the literature, endorsing our method. Young people said that they want reassurances of quality and safety when accessing digital mental health resources. These findings can inform future development of youth-oriented digital mental health resources.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kendal, S. E., Pryjmachuk, S., Welsby, H. and Milnes, L. (2017), Prioritising young people's emotional health support needs through participatory research. J. Psychiatr. Ment. Health Nurs..; which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12373. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | Adolescent; Internet; Mental health; Participatory research; Public participation; Self-care |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Child (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2017 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12373 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jpm.12373 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112350 |