Designing a library of lived experience for mental health (LoLEM): protocol for integrating a realist synthesis and experience based codesign approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with lived expertise in managing mental health challenges can be an important source of knowledge and support for other people facing similar challenges, and for carers to learn how best to help. However, opportunities for sharing lived expertise are limited. Living libraries support people with lived expertise to be 'living books', sharing their experiences in dialogue with 'readers' who can ask questions. Living libraries have been piloted worldwide in health-related contexts but without a clear model of how they work or rigorous evaluation of their impacts. We aim to develop a programme theory about how a living library could be used to improve mental health outcomes, using this theory to codesign an implementation guide that can be evaluated across different

SUBMITTER: Lobban F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008385 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature