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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 which 7 were female. Five main themes were developed. These included: (1) participant diversity, (2) impact of online delivery on co-design participation, (3) experiences of the co-design process, (4) maintaining a shared vision and goals and (5) acting on the co-design recommendations. Use of online methods was a clear enabler to engage participants who were geographically dispersed and offers an alternative to more conventional approaches to co-design using face-to-face methods. Some aspects of participant engagement may need a greater focus when conducted online compared with face-to-face.

Conclusions

Using an online co-design method to develop a preventative mental health and well-being web-based platform for primary producers was novel. Findings address a gap in the literature around the experience of participants engaging in a co-design process and identify opportunities to improve participant engagement and experience with the online format.

SUBMITTER: Binder MJ

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Binder Marley J MJ Beks Hannah H Versace Vincent L VL Macdonald Joanna J Mckay Claire C Cunningham Sally S Wall Gavin G Barnes Kelly K Cornell Sarah S Cock Malcolm M Kennedy Alison A Namara Kevin Mc KM

The Australian journal of rural health 20220826 6

<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Setting</h4>Rural Victoria, Australia.<h4>Participants</h4>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 f ...[more]

PMID: 36018893

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

Objective

Setting

Participants

Design

Results

Conclusions

Publications

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

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