Mental Health Family Carer Coresearchers: Coproduction Principles to Elevate Lived-Expertise in Research.
Purpose: Few studies demonstrate approaches to working with mental health family carers in research, service change or system reform. This article formulates participatory principles for co-research with mental health family carers. Method: Twenty-three members of a Project Steering Group, with diff...
| Publicado en: | Research on Social Work Practice Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 588 - 598 |
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Jul2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=194393096&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 194393096 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10497315 RSW jtl: Research on Social Work Practice issn: 10497315 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 36 iid: 5 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 194393096 10.1177/10497315251316833 ppf: 588 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Mental Health Family Carer Coresearchers: Coproduction Principles to Elevate Lived-Expertise in Research. aug: au: Walters, Caroline Lawn, Sharon Maghidman, Marcelo Solich, Hayley McDonald, Eileen Stevenson, Tony Sheers, Carli Simic, Nevena Harms, Jonathan Petrakis, Melissa Goodyear, Melinda affil: Department of Social Work, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Lived Experience Australia, Melbourne, Australia College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Melbourne, Australia National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Canberra, Australia Bipolar Australia, Canberra, Australia Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, Brisbane, Australia Embrace Multicultural Mental Health, Mental Health Australia, Canberra, Australia Mental Health Carers NSW, Sydney, Australia Mental Health Service, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia School of Rural Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Emerging Minds, Hilton, Australia su: Australia Psychiatry Interprofessional relations Conversation Resource allocation Feminism Qualitative research Leadership Families Participant-researcher relationships Caregivers Experience Family attitudes Action research Theory of knowledge Research funding Reflection (Philosophy) Judgment sampling Experimental design Thematic analysis Research Ontologies (Information retrieval) Data analysis software Caregiver attitudes Time sug: subj: Psychiatry Interprofessional relations Conversation Resource allocation Feminism Qualitative research Leadership Families Participant-researcher relationships Caregivers Experience Family attitudes Action research Theory of knowledge Australia Research funding Reflection (Philosophy) Judgment sampling Experimental design Thematic analysis Research Ontologies (Information retrieval) Data analysis software Caregiver attitudes Time keyword: caregivers coproduction principles coresearch lived-experience leadership mental health caregivers coproduction principles coresearch lived-experience leadership mental health ab: Purpose: Few studies demonstrate approaches to working with mental health family carers in research, service change or system reform. This article formulates participatory principles for co-research with mental health family carers. Method: Twenty-three members of a Project Steering Group, with different levels of experience in research and advocacy, were invited to participate in one of two focused-conversations, to reflect upon a 9-month national coproduced research study. Participants assisted with analysing the transcriptions, understanding findings and coauthored this article. Results: Principles that promoted partnership were: family carer leadership and inclusion from the beginning, power sharing within the research partnerships, researching with people and not on or about them, valuing the process of coproduction in research through time and resource allocation, and recognizing and valuing lived-expertise and coresearchers within research processes. Discussion: Adopting these principles will elevate mental health family carer expertise when codesigning and coproducing research, service change or system reform. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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