@article{ref1,
title="A qualitative evaluation of a co-design process involving young people at risk of suicide",
journal="Health expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy",
year="2024",
author="Kehoe, Michelle and Whitehead, Rick and De Boer, Kathleen and Meyer, Denny and Hopkins, Liza and Nedeljkovic, Maja",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="e13986-e13986",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Co-design is becoming common practice in the development of mental health services, however, little is known about the experience of such practices, particularly when young people are involved. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to conduct a process evaluation of the co-design which was undertaken for the development of an intervention for youth and adolescents at risk of suicide. This paper briefly outlines the co-design process undertaken during a COVID-19 lockdown and then focuses on a qualitative evaluation of the experience of taking part in a co-design process.   SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The evaluation involved young consumers of a public youth mental health service, their carers/parents and service delivery staff who had taken part in the co-design process. <br><br>METHOD: This study used follow-up semistructured interviews with the co-design participants to explore their experience of the co-design process. Inductive thematic analysis was used to draw out common themes from the qualitative data. <br><br>RESULTS: It was found that despite the practical efforts of the project team to minimise known issues in co-design, challenges centred around perceptions regarding power imbalance, the need for extensive consultation and time constraints still arose. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Despite these challenges, the study found that the co-design provided a human-centred, accessible and rewarding process for young people, parents and staff members, leaving them with the feeling that they had made a worthwhile contribution to the design of the new service, as well as contributing to changing practice in service design. <br><br>CONCLUSION: With sensitivity and adaptation to usual practice, it is possible to include young people with suicidal ideation, their parents/carers and professional staff in a safe and effective co-design process.   PATIENT AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: The authors would like to thank and acknowledge the young people with a lived experience and their carers who participated in the co-design process and research evaluation component of this study. We also wish to thank the clinical staff, peer workers and family peer workers who participated in this research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-6513",
doi="10.1111/hex.13986",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13986"
}