Journal article
'People Just Need to Try It to Be Converted!': A Picture of Consumer Mental Health Research in Australia and New Zealand
Issues in mental health nursing, Vol.42(3), pp.249-255
11/08/2020
PMID: 32790538
Metrics
3 Record Views
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: InCites
Abstract
A range of barriers that impede collaborations between consumer researchers and other researchers have been identified, despite clear acknowledgement of the benefits of this approach in the literature. Recent research has questioned whether the costs of collaborative research outweigh the benefits. The overarching aim of the current study is to better understand non-consumer researchers' attitudes to, and issues concerning, engagement with consumer researchers. Non-consumer researchers from mental health disciplines were invited to participate in the cross-sectional Consumers as Researchers in Mental Health survey, and to respond to open-ended questions about their experiences of collaborative research with consumer researchers. The findings demonstrate a range of benefits associated with collaborations with consumer researchers - including increased relevance and credibility of research, and greater translation of research findings into changes in health policy, service, research and education. Collaborations were found to be varied and not limited by research design, decision-making styles, or research topic. Understanding these benefits within the context of identified barriers can make an important contribution to the proliferation of mental health consumer researcher roles.
Details
- Title
- 'People Just Need to Try It to Be Converted!': A Picture of Consumer Mental Health Research in Australia and New Zealand
- Creators
- Brett Scholz - Australian National UniversityBrenda Happell - University of Newcastle AustraliaSarah Gordon - University of OtagoTerri Warner - University of Newcastle AustraliaCath Roper - University of MelbournePete Ellis - Department of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of OtagoShifra Waks - University of Newcastle AustraliaChris Platania-Phung - Australian College of Applied Psychology
- Publication Details
- Issues in mental health nursing, Vol.42(3), pp.249-255
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Identifiers
- 991013036382702368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article