With funding from One Door Mental Health, we tested these resources with 38 people who were using mental health services in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. The resources were presented to participants by their peer workers. Overall, participants reported extremely positive experiences with the resources. For example, 93% of participants in the anonymous evaluation survey (28/30) described their experience of participating in the study as “quite positive” or “very positive” and 50% of respondents had shared their knowledge of lived experience research with other people. A majority of participants found each of the resources interesting, easy to understand, and helpful. Between 85 and 100% said that they would recommend each of the resources to other people.
For more information about the research and its findings, see the links below.
A presentation about the project at the One Door Research Symposium.
A brief summary of findings for participants
Published papers.
Honey, A., Boydell, K, Coniglio, F., Do, T.T., Dunn, L., Gill, K., Glover, H., Hines, M., Scanlan, J., & Tooth, B. (2020). Lived experience research as a resource for recovery: A mixed methods study. BMC Psychiatry, 20(456). doi: 0.1186/s12888-020-02861-0. Available at https://rdcu.be/b7xat
Boydell, K, Honey, A., Glover, H., Gill, K., Tooth, B., Coniglio, F., Hines, M., Dunn, L., & Scanlan, J. (2021). Making lived experience research accessible: A design thinking approach to co-creating knowledge translation resources based on evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9250). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179250. Available at https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/17/9250
Honey, A., Boydell, K, Clissold, N., Coniglio, F., Do, T.T., Dunn, L., Fuller, C., Gill, K., Glover, H., Hines, M., Scanlan, J., Tooth, B., & Wagner, D. (early online). Peer workers disseminating lived experience research: A perfect match? Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-02-2021-0017
the steller project 