Knowledge Families Hold: Co‐Production and Co‐Research With Mental Health Family Carers in Understanding Experiences During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

• Published in: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. e70093 - n/a
• Main Authors: Walters, Caroline, McDonald, Eileen, Sheers, Carli, Hawkins, Kerry, Solich, Hayley, Anderson, JulieAnne, Simic, Nevena, Moore, Danielle, Stevenson, Tony, Lawn, Sharon, Goodyear, Melinda, Maghidman, Marcelo, Petrakis, Melissa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Advocacy; At risk populations; Australia; Authorship; Averages; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Challenges; Co-design; COVID-19; COVID-19 - psychology; Data collection; Dissemination; Distressed people; Domestic violence; Education; Experience; Experts; families; Family - psychology; Family research; Female; Feminism; Focus groups; Geographical locations; Government; Government policy; Group dynamics; Health services; Hospitals; Humans; Literature reviews; Male; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Mental health care; Mental health services; Mental Health Services - organization & administration; Middle Aged; Original; Pandemics; Personal health; Polls & surveys; Psychological distress; Public health; Public policy; Questions; Recruitment; Researcher subject relations; SARS-CoV-2; Self destructive behavior; Stereotypes; Stigma; Stress; Stress, Psychological; Suicide; Support services; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Well being; Australia; caregivers; COVID‐19; co‐design; families; mental health

ABSTRACT Background Through an in‐depth exploration of mental health family carers' experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia, this co‐produced study identified recommendations for advocacy, practice and policy implications to uphold family carer wellbeing. Government‐enforced restr...