It's a Mindset Revolution! Co-creating inclusive spaces of participation on youth mental health
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.The Mindset Revolution project empowered youth to shape mental health policy through participatory democracy and action research. Sustainable change requires inclusive, community-led approaches, not top-down designs.
Area Of Science
- Social Sciences
- Public Health
- Youth Studies
Background
- Youth mental health policy and practice often lack youth input.
- Structural inequities (racism, sexism, ableism, etc.) impact institutional mental health services.
- Top-down approaches fail to address the complex needs of young people.
Purpose Of The Study
- To strengthen youth voice in mental health policy and practice.
- To explore participatory democracy and action research (ART) for social transformation.
- To advocate for context-specific, emergent, and inclusive participation.
Main Methods
- Co-creation of digital and in-person participatory spaces with diverse youth.
- Integration of play, art, and creativity to challenge power dynamics.
- Application of an assemblage perspective to understand relational and situated practices.
Main Results
- Participatory democracy and action research are relational and situated, requiring flexible, long-term engagement.
- Barriers to policy impact include limited time, resources, and trust-building opportunities.
- Sustainable social change necessitates community ownership and radically inclusive participation.
Conclusions
- Transformative change in youth mental health requires co-creation and ownership by young people and their communities.
- Flexible, long-term, and community-embedded participation is crucial for policy impact.
- Emergent, context-specific practices are more effective than rigid, top-down designs.
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