Finding connection "while everything is going to crap": experiences in Recovery Colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recovery Colleges (RCs) are mental health and well-being education centres where people come together and learn skills that support their wellness. Co-production, co-learning and transformative education are fundamental to RCs. People with lived experience are recognized as experts who partner with health professionals in the design and actualization of educational programming. The pandemic has changed how RCs operate by necessitating a shift from in-person to virtual offerings. Given the relational ethos of RCs, it is important to explore how the experiences of RC members and communities were impacted during this time. To date, there has been limited scholarship on this topic.

Methods

In this exploratory phase of a larger project, we used participatory action res

SUBMITTER: Harris H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10485942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature