Participant perspectives of an online co-design process to develop a prevention-focused mental health and well-being platform for primary producers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore participant experiences of an online co-design process to develop a web-based preventative mental health and well-being intervention targeting primary producers in rural Australia.

Setting

Rural Victoria, Australia.

Participants

Participants from a primary producer background, including horticulture, fisheries, animal cultivation and farm consultancy, were eligible for the study if they had participated in both the co-design and beta testing processes for a primary producer platform.

Design

A qualitative study using semi-structured phone-based interviews was undertaken. A reflexive inductive approach to data analysis was employed to develop themes.

Results

Eleven participants were interviewed, with an average age of 51 years, of whic

SUBMITTER: Binder MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087507 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature