Duara, R, Chowdhury, D, Dey, R et al. (2 more authors) (Cover date: August 2022) Using cocreated visually informed community mental health education in low- and middle-income countries: A case study of youth substance misuse in Assam, India. Health Expectations, 25 (4). pp. 1930-1944. ISSN 1369-6513
Abstract
Introduction
Our aim is to evaluate the visually informed community mental health education materials cocreated in our research on youth substance misuse in Assam, India, and to reflect on what we might learn for similar initiatives in low- and middle-income countries.
Methods
Materials consist of: (i) images participants brought to the interview; (ii) 30 posters cocreated by participants to convey key messages from their interview; (iii) six short films on the implications of addiction, and (iv) an animation of our Pathways to Recovery model. We also created a community education package that incorporated these materials. We analyse feedback from three groups of events and a social media campaign, which drew variably across our materials and engaged a range of audiences.
Results
Outcomes indicate the cocreation process and focus on the visual was successful in promoting young people's voice, increasing awareness and has potential for stigma reduction. Our educational package was deemed useful in increasing awareness and has potential for prevention and treatment.
Conclusions
Our case study offers insights into community mental health education in low- and middle-income countries, confirming the importance of cocreation, the usefulness of visual materials and the potential of social media campaigns while acknowledging the importance of local context in health messaging, particularly for stigmatized topics.
Patient or Public Contribution
Service users were involved in the cocreation of the materials evaluated in this study and contributed as presenters in one of the events reported. Members of the public took part in events in which the materials were shared and provided us with the feedback analysed in this article.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | community education; LMIC; mental health; visual methods; youth; substance abuse |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/S00047X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2022 13:41 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:00 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/hex.13550 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187625 |