Engaging young people within a collaborative knowledge mobilization network: Development and evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is critical that mental health systems place a focus on prevention and early intervention focused on young people while integrating youth voice to guide priority directions.

Objective

This study was designed to better understand how youth advisories can be utilized to influence strategic directions within integrated knowledge mobilization networks operating within the youth mental health system.

Design

To support this objective, we reviewed the detailed stages of development in establishing a youth advisory within a national network designed to support the integration of youth services. We also engaged the advisory in a participatory evaluation process that examined the extent to which the network had created processes to include youth voice in decision-

SUBMITTER: Halsall T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957748 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature