NDLI: International youth mental health case study of peer researchers’ experiences

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Spuerck, Inga Stankovic, Milos Fatima, Syeda Zeenat Yilmas, Elmas Morgan, Nicholas Jacob, Jenna Edbrooke-Childs, Julian Vostanis, Panos
Abstract	Background The involvement of young people as peer researchers, especially with lived experience, is increasingly considered important in youth mental health research. Yet, there is variation in the understanding of the role, and limited evidence on its implementation across different research systems. This case study focusses on the barriers and enablers of implementing peer researcher roles within and across majority world countries contexts. Methods Based on an international youth mental health project involving different levels of peer researchers and participants from eight countries, peer researchers and a co-ordinating career researcher reflect on lessons regarding enabling and challenging factors. These reflections are captured and integrated by a systematic insight analysis process. Results Building on existing international networks, it was feasible to actively involve peer researchers with lived experience in a multi-country mental health study, who in turn recruited and engaged young participants. Identified challenges include the terminology and definition of the role, cultural differences in mental health concepts, and consistency across countries and sites. Discussion Peer researchers’ role could be strengthened and mainstreamed in the future through ongoing international networks, training, sufficient planning, and active influence throughout the research process. Trial registration: Not applicable.
Related Links	https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40900-023-00443-4.pdf
Ending Page	11
Page Count	11
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	20567529
DOI	10.1186/s40900-023-00443-4
Journal	Research Involvement and Engagement
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-05-15
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Medicine Public Health Participatory research Peer researcher Youth mental health Lived experience Majority world countries Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Subject	Health Professions Health (social science)

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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