The Coproduced Youth Priorities Project: Australian Youth Priorities for Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention Research

IF 3 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Expectations Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI:10.1111/hex.70274

Kate Ross, Jessica Houston, Emma Barrett, Felicity Duong, Tanya Dearle, Smrithi Ravindra, Cheryl Ou, Kirsty Rowlinson, Marlee Bower, Louise Birrell, Katrina Prior, Lucinda Grummitt, Chloe Conroy, Anna Grager, Maree Teesson, Catherine Chapman

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Abstract

Background

New approaches to mental health and substance use prevention, that bridge research and diagnostic silos are urgently needed to address rising trends in mental illness amongst young people. Engaging diverse stakeholders, including young people, in setting research priorities could aid the development of innovative responses, enhance research and improve translation. While previous activities have identified priorities for Australian mental health and substance use prevention research, none have centred young people as a primary stakeholder. The current study is a critical next step to understand youth perspectives.

Methods

This Youth Priorities Project was coproduced with members of The Matilda Centre and PREMISE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence Youth Advisory Board. The project involved three iterative stages: (1) an online survey; (2) consultations via focus groups and (3) a final consensus workshop to summarise key recommendations for principles, priorities and actions.

Results

A diverse group of young people aged 16–25 were recruited for Stage 1 (n = 653), Stage 2 (n = 7) and Stage 3 (n = 3). Youth participants emphasised the need for increased investment in prevention research targeting a broad range of social determinants and health behaviours and their intersecting effects on youth mental ill health. There were strong calls to government to address economic drivers of mental health, to increase timely access to subsidised mental health support, and to better equip schools to support student wellbeing and mental health.

Conclusion

Young people had valuable and unique insights on how research and policy responses regarding youth mental health and substance use could be improved.

Public Contribution

A coproduction Research Team (CPRT) was established, including two youth researchers who guided all stages of the research from conceptualisation, ethics approval, survey and study design, analysis and write-up. A Youth Advisory Board was also consulted.

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共同制定的青年优先项目：澳大利亚青年精神健康和预防药物使用研究优先项目

背景急需新的心理健康和药物使用预防方法，弥合研究与诊断之间的隔阂，以应对青少年精神疾病不断上升的趋势。让包括年轻人在内的不同利益相关者参与到研究重点的确定中来，有助于开发创新对策、加强研究和改进转化工作。虽然以前的活动已经确定了澳大利亚心理健康和药物使用预防研究的优先事项，但都没有将年轻人作为主要利益相关者。本研究是了解青少年观点的关键一步。方法该青年优先事项项目是与明德中心和 PREMISE NHMRC 卓越研究中心青年顾问委员会的成员共同发起的。该项目包括三个迭代阶段：(1) 在线调查；(2) 通过焦点小组进行咨询；(3) 举办最后的共识研讨会，总结有关原则、优先事项和行动的主要建议。结果第 1 阶段（n = 653）、第 2 阶段（n = 7）和第 3 阶段（n = 3）招募了 16-25 岁的各类青年。青年参与者强调，有必要增加对预防研究的投资，以广泛的社会决定因素和健康行为及其对青少年心理不健康的交叉影响为目标。他们强烈呼吁政府解决导致心理健康的经济因素，增加及时获得心理健康支持补贴的机会，并让学校更好地为学生的幸福和心理健康提供支持。结论青少年对如何改进有关青少年心理健康和药物使用的研究和政策应对提出了宝贵而独特的见解。公众贡献成立了一个共同制作研究小组（CPRT），其中包括两名青年研究人员，他们指导了从构思、伦理审批、调查和研究设计、分析到撰写的所有研究阶段。此外，还征求了青年咨询委员会的意见。

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Health Expectations 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

251

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Health Expectations promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in health and social care, health policy and health services research including: • Person-centred care and quality improvement • Patients'' participation in decisions about disease prevention and management • Public perceptions of health services • Citizen involvement in health care policy making and priority-setting • Methods for monitoring and evaluating participation • Empowerment and consumerism • Patients'' role in safety and quality • Patient and public role in health services research • Co-production (researchers working with patients and the public) of research, health care and policy Health Expectations is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, review articles and critical commentaries. It includes papers which clarify concepts, develop theories, and critically analyse and evaluate specific policies and practices. The Journal provides an inter-disciplinary and international forum in which researchers (including PPIE researchers) from a range of backgrounds and expertise can present their work to other researchers, policy-makers, health care professionals, managers, patients and consumer advocates.