Youth experiences of co-designing a well-being intervention: reflections, learnings and recommendations

Vella-Brodrick, Dianne; Patrick, Kent; Jacques-Hamilton, Rowan; Ng, Amanda; Chin, Tan‐Chyuan; O’Connor, Meredith; Rickard, Nikki; Cross, Donna; Hattie, John

doi:10.1080/03054985.2023.2194621

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‘I want to scream it from the rooftops now […] there are other pathways’: What young people learned from a co-designed post-secondary transition programme

Ryan,

Luguetti,

Eckersley

et al. 2024

Aust. Educ. Res.

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This paper uses the framework of transition as becoming to explore what young people learned from participating in a post-secondary transition program that was co-designed by young people. The 9-week youth participatory action research (YPAR) involved six staff collaborators (SCs) and seven youth collaborators (YCs). Data comprised recordings of weekly group meetings, group interviews, reflections and artefacts such as planning documents, graphic organisers and writing. We discuss the findings using two themes that we identified together as a team of YCs and SCs. The first represents how YCs became aware of and vocalised understandings of life after secondary school as a diverse and fluid process. The second describes and interrogates how YCs became more confident and empowered, showing the importance of critical consciousness, reflection and action in seeking transformation. We conclude that conceptualising transition as becoming enables us to collectively make sense of the diverse ways we co-construct life experiences and directions.

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‘I want to scream it from the rooftops now […] there are other pathways’: What young people learned from a co-designed post-secondary transition programme

Ryan,

Luguetti,

Eckersley

et al. 2024

Aust. Educ. Res.

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Effects of a positive education programme on secondary school students’ mental health and wellbeing; challenges of the school context

Rickard

Chin

Cross

et al. 2023

Oxford Review of Education

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Co-designing strategies to support children and young people’s mental health in Newham and Northern Devon

de Lima,

Potter,

Preece

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Background: Rates of poor mental health among children and young people (CYP) are increasing and wellbeing is declining, despite rising investment in treatment services. The argument for greater investments in prevention is well-established, with growing calls to address the social determinants of CYP’s mental health. However, there is a gap between this rhetoric and the knowledge required to design and implement such approaches locally. Methods: This paper outlines the methods and approaches used in two distinct local communities where CYP, community partners, and system leaders collaborate to co-design contextually relevant and prevention-focused solutions to improve CYP’s mental health and wellbeing. Results and Conclusions: This paper examines the benefits, inherent tensions, and limitations of this approach. Youth-centred co-design approaches have value and potential, but to address the social determinants of mental health, it is crucial to maintain this focus and ensure that those with the power to effect structural and systemic change are integral members of co-design teams.

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Youth experiences of co-designing a well-being intervention: reflections, learnings and recommendations

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

‘I want to scream it from the rooftops now […] there are other pathways’: What young people learned from a co-designed post-secondary transition programme

‘I want to scream it from the rooftops now […] there are other pathways’: What young people learned from a co-designed post-secondary transition programme

Effects of a positive education programme on secondary school students’ mental health and wellbeing; challenges of the school context

Co-designing strategies to support children and young people’s mental health in Newham and Northern Devon

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