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The Youth LIVES project brought together young people and researchers to co-create mental health research studies. This report documents activities in three phases of the project: expert Q&As where young people asked questions about mental health topics of interest; young people working with mental health researchers to co-write research proposals, and an evaluation phase where the youth co-researchers and research professionals reflected on what they had learnt over the course of the project.
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Youth LIVES used citizen science methods to work with young people aged 14-21 with lived experience of mental health, enabling them to co-create the mental health research that they wanted to see.
The report shares details of expert Q&As as young people directed the lines of questioning across a wide range of mental health-related topics. It then shares in detail how the young people voted on which areas of research interest they wanted to pursue. The youth co-researchers prioritized four areas:
The teams then worked to synthesize existing evidence in these areas and co-write research proposals around these topics, presented in written, audio and illustrated formats. The project team hope to see the proposals taken up by mental health research professionals. They encourage those who use the work to let the Youth LIVES team know and to consider the use of participatory approaches with young people in the research.
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