'Co-Production Is Caring': Young People's Reflections on Responsible and Dialogic Co-Production in Youth Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While co-production is increasingly emphasised in youth mental health research, few studies have explored how young people themselves conceptualise and evaluate responsible and dialogic co-production. Understanding young people's perspectives is essential to ensure that participation is meaningful and protective, rather than tokenistic or exploitative. This paper offers a retrospective reflection on a 3-year UK youth mental health programme that embedded youth involvement and co-production from the outset, at multiple levels (research participation, advisory and leadership).

Objective

This study examines how young people involved in a UK youth mental health research articulate, from their own perspective, what counts as 'meaningful co-production', centring its res

SUBMITTER: Mendes JAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature