- Title
- Very useful, but do carefully: mental health researcher views on establishing a mental health expert consumer researcher group
- Creator
- Scholz, Brett; Platania-Phung, Chris; Gordon, Sarah; Ellis, Pete; Roper, Cath; Bocking, Julia; Happell, Brenda
- Relation
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Vol. 26, Issue 9-10, p. 358-367
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12547
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Introduction: Contemporary mental health policy identifies consumers as active participants in all aspects of mental health services from design to evaluation. Consumer researchers should be actively involved in mental health research and contribute to quality service delivery. Aim: To gain a snapshot of mental health researcher views on strategies for increasing research by or with consumers in mental health through the establishment of an Expert Consumer Researcher Group (ECRG). Methods: Cross-sectional survey of 41 non-consumer mental health researchers from Australia or New Zealand. Results: The introduction of an ECRG was considered an effective strategy for linking consumer and non-consumer researchers and providing specialist advice on research design and methodology. The most suitable location for this group was identified as within consumer advocacy agencies (71%), universities (66%) or research funding bodies (66%). Participants rated their likelihood of seeking advice from the ECRG as high. Discussion: Research participants supported the value of an ECRG. They emphasized the importance of ensuring the group reflected a diversity of views and offered specialized expertise related to the specific topic. The ECRG could benefit both individual researchers and larger research organizations. Implications for practice: An ECRG could facilitate collaborations with consumer researchers and in turn enhance the quality of mental health research.
- Subject
- attitudes; consumer; expert reference group; mental health; partnerships; research
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1417403
- Identifier
- uon:37204
- Identifier
- ISSN:1351-0126
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Scholz, B., Platania-Phung, C. & Gordon, S. et al. (2019) Very useful, but do carefully: mental health researcher views on establishing a mental health expert consumer researcher group, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 26 (9-10) p358-367 which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12547. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- Language
- eng
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