scholarly journals Using co-design and qualitative research to develop Niggle: a new app supporting young people on their dynamic journey to wellbeing (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stoyan R Stoyanov ◽  
Oksana Zelenko ◽  
Aleksandra Staneva ◽  
David J Kavanagh ◽  
Calvin Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Personal Recovery

BACKGROUND Adolescence is a life stage characterized by intense development and increased vulnerability. Yet, often due to stigma and embarrassment, young people rarely seek help. Alarmingly, even those who do may not be able to receive it. Wellbeing-focussed interventions offer a protective factor against adversity. Highly-effective innovative, accessible and engaging mHealth interventions which look beyond mental ill-health and towards mental wellbeing are urgently needed. OBJECTIVE This qualitative study aimed to explore how young Australians conceptualize and construct recovery journeys from feeling unwell towards wellbeing and to inform the conceptual design of a youth-led information-, resource- and support-focused mHealth intervention. METHODS Twenty-five young people, aged 12 to 25 years were divided into three age groups to take part in three face-to-face participatory design workshops each. Young people’s understanding and representation of wellbeing, feeling unwell, and the recovery journey in-between was investigated using visual and linguistic data-collection methods of photo elicitation and journey mapping. Thematic analysis was informed by a social constructionist perspective, producing a conceptual model of the recovery journey. A mobile app was co-designed and iteratively developed and tested by young people and a team of psychology, research, design and IT experts, mapping all app functions. RESULTS Young people described a six-stage journey with specific barriers and coping strategies. The findings are then situated within the personal recovery framework in mental health and emphasize the cyclic and iterative model of change. Through co-design, the new app – Niggle – was conceptualized as a visual representation of an amorphous problem, which can be addressed through app functions corresponding to the most helpful strategies young people use to progress through the stages of their recovery journey. CONCLUSIONS ¬Niggle is available to offer support to young people for a range of problems and provides a hot link to counselling services in Australia. This study presents an insight into young people’s understanding of wellbeing and recovery. It elaborates on the process of in-depth qualitative data collection through visual, linguistic methods and co-design. This paper could aid the development of high quality personalizable mHealth interventions and support resources.

scholarly journals Consumption among young activists

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira M. Arif
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Value Priorities ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Approaches To Study

There are two main approaches to study youth consumption. The first one considers consumption as viewed by a group of people of a certain age who differ from other age groups. Cultural differences are not taken into account. In the second approach consumption is seen as one of structure-forming elements of youth communities and practices. In that case, researchers study subcultures and youth leisure activities. However, those young people who are not engaged in subcultures and whose consumption patterns do not define their group identities are poorly studied. The article analyzes the importance of consumption among young persons and examines the ideological vectors of youth solidarity. The database consists of 28 biographical interviews with young activists from St Petersburg. The emphasis is placed on value priorities and the significance of labor for young activists. Thus, the meaning of consumption is considered through the prism of values and labor using the notion of “cultural repertoire of consumption”.  Based on the interview results, five repertoires were singled out: anti-reconsumption, ethical, pro-Soviet, anti-consumption and politicized repertoires. Special attention is given to young activists’ reinterpretation of exclusiveness within the dominant consumption discourse. The analysis provides the grounds for reviewing the content of the solidarity vector and the substitution of “consumption - asceticism” direction for the “critical – internalized consumption”. Acknowledgement. The author expresses gratitude to Elena L. Omelchenko, director of NRU HSE Center for Youth Studies, and Yana N. Krupets, project manager, for the provided materials. Special thanks go to all the colleagues who took part in the tool design and data collection, discussion and analysis.

scholarly journals In the hands of users with Learning Disabilities: Co-Designing Tangible Users Interfaces for Mental Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiman Kanjo ◽  
Kieran Woodward ◽  
Gordon Harold ◽  
Martin McGinnity ◽  
David Brown
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Real World ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Tangible Interfaces ◽  
Design Techniques

Involving and engaging people with learning disabilities on issues relating to their mental wellbeing can bechallenging. This research explores how participatory design techniques and principles can be used to engagepeople with learning disabilities in designing technological solutions relevant to them that could monitorand aid their mental wellbeing. Specifically, we explore methods used in a series of co-design workshopsto engage people with learning disabilities in the use of tangible interfaces for mental wellbeing. A varietyof designs, sensors and interventions were explored during the workshops resulting in the development ofmultiple mental wellbeing interfaces. Furthermore, data collection trials using the developed interfaces havedemonstrated the potential to collect real-world labelled data that can be used to train machine learningclassifiers. The co-design approach adopted for the design of the mental wellbeing tangible interfaces ensuredthat effective and suitable devices have been developed

scholarly journals In the hands of users with Learning Disabilities: Co-Designing Tangible Users Interfaces for Mental Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiman Kanjo ◽  
Kieran Woodward ◽  
Gordon Harold ◽  
Martin McGinnity ◽  
David Brown
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Real World ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Tangible Interfaces ◽  
Design Techniques

Involving and engaging people with learning disabilities on issues relating to their mental wellbeing can bechallenging. This research explores how participatory design techniques and principles can be used to engagepeople with learning disabilities in designing technological solutions relevant to them that could monitorand aid their mental wellbeing. Specifically, we explore methods used in a series of co-design workshopsto engage people with learning disabilities in the use of tangible interfaces for mental wellbeing. A varietyof designs, sensors and interventions were explored during the workshops resulting in the development ofmultiple mental wellbeing interfaces. Furthermore, data collection trials using the developed interfaces havedemonstrated the potential to collect real-world labelled data that can be used to train machine learningclassifiers. The co-design approach adopted for the design of the mental wellbeing tangible interfaces ensuredthat effective and suitable devices have been developed

The past, present and future of food consumption databases

2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (43) ◽  
pp. 1692-1700
Author(s):  
Viktória Szűcs ◽  
Erzsébet Szabó ◽  
Diána Bánáti
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
Food Consumption Data ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Collection Methods ◽  
The Eu

Results of the food consumption surveys are utilized in many areas, such as for example risk assessment, cognition of consumer trends, health education and planning of prevention projects. Standardization of national consumption data for international comparison is an important task. The intention work began in the 1970s. Because of the widespread utilization of food consumption data, many international projects have been done with the aim of their harmonization. The present study shows data collection methods for groups of the food consumption data, their utilization, furthermore, the stations of the international harmonization works in details. The authors underline that for the application of the food consumption data on the international level, it is crucial to harmonize the surveys’ parameters (e.g. time of data collection, method, number of participants, number of the analysed days and the age groups). For this purpose the efforts of the EU menu project, started in 2012, are promising. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 1692–1700.

Students’ Attitudes Towards Starting a Business, on the Example of Students at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów (Poland)

e-Finanse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-103
Author(s):  
Karolina Palimąka ◽  
Jacek Rodzinka
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Starting A Business

AbstractEntrepreneurship understood as a manifestation of economic activity is an issue widely discussed in literature, especially in the field of economics. Today, a large part of society is involved in establishing and running a business, hence the shaping of entrepreneurial behaviors gains importance among all age groups, especially young people. The main objective of the conducted research was to examine the interest in starting their own business by students and to verify whether the direction of their studies or role in the group affects the students’ willingness to start a business and whether a family member runs a business influences this interest and moreover, whether capital and the idea are the two main criteria conditioning the decision.. The conclusions were based on a study, i.e. (mainly) the cross-analysis of data collected as part of a survey conducted among students of the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.

The Relationship Between Highly Visual Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health: A Scoping Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alanna McCrory
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
The Impact

UNSTRUCTURED Users of highly visual social media (HVSM), such as Snapchat and Instagram, share their messages through images, rather than relying on words. A significant proportion of people that use these platforms are adolescents. Previous research reveals mixed evidence regarding the impact of online social technologies on this age group’s mental wellbeing, but it is uncertain whether the psychological effects of visual content alone differ from text-driven social media. This scoping review maps existing literature that has published evidence about highly visual social media, specifically its psychological impact on young people. Nine electronic databases and grey literature from 2010 until March 2019 were reviewed for articles describing any aspect of visual social media, young people and their mental health. The screening process retrieved 239 articles. With the application of eligibility criteria, this figure was reduced to 25 articles for analysis. Results indicate a paucity of data that exclusively examines HVSM. The predominance of literature relies on quantitative methods to achieve its objectives. Many findings are inconsistent and lack the richness that qualitative data may provide to explore the reasons for theses mixed findings.

Where the Millennials Will Take Us

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Risman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Gender Categories ◽  
The Individual ◽  
New Research ◽  
Fourth Wave

In this book Barbara J. Risman uses her gender structure theory to tackle the question about whether today’s young people, Millennials, are pushing forward the gender revolution or backing away from it. In the first part of the book, Risman revises her theoretical argument to differentiate more clearly between culture and material aspects of each level of gender as a social structure. She then uses previous research to explain that today’s young people spend years in a new life stage where they are emerging as adults. The new research presented here offers a typology of how today’s young people wrestle with gender during the years of emerging adulthood. How do they experience gender at the individual level? What are the expectations they face because of their sex? What are their ideological beliefs and organizational constraints based on their gender category? Risman suggests there is great variety within this generation. She identifies four strategies used by young people: true believers in gender difference, innovators who want to push boundaries in feminist directions, straddlers who are simply confused, and rebels who sometimes identify as genderqueer and reject gender categories all together. The final chapter offers a utopian vision that would ease the struggles of all these groups, a fourth wave of feminism that rejects the gender structure itself. Risman envisions a world where the sex ascribed at birth matters has few consequences beyond reproduction.

scholarly journals Measurement invariance of the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and latent mean differences (SWEMWBS) in young people by current care status

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Anthony ◽  
Graham Moore ◽  
Nicholas Page ◽  
Gillian Hewitt ◽  
Simon Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Living Situation ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Children In Care

Abstract Purpose Studying mental wellbeing requires the use of reliable, valid, and practical assessment tools, such as the Short version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS). Research on the mental wellbeing of children in care is sparse. The current study aims to: (1) examine the unidimensionality of SWEMWBS; (2) assess measurement invariance of SWEMWBS across children and young people in care compared to their peers not in care; and (3) investigate the latent factor mean differences between care status groups. Methods We used data from the 2017 School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW) survey, completed by 103,971 students in years 7 to 11 from 193 secondary schools in Wales. The final data include a total of 2,795 participants (46% boys), which includes all children in care and a sub-sample of children not in care who completed the SWEMWBS scale fully and answered questions about their living situation. Results Confirmatory factor analysis supported the unidimensionality of SWEMWBS. The SWEMWBS is invariant across groups of young people in foster, residential and kinship care compared to children and young people not in care at configural, metric and scalar levels. Findings from latent mean comparisons showed that young people in care reported lower mental wellbeing than their peers, with those in residential care reporting the lowest scores. Conclusions Findings suggest that SWEMWBS is a valid scale for measuring differences in mental wellbeing for young people in care similar to the population.

scholarly journals Mental health and wellbeing implications of the COVID-19 quarantine for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people: evidence from a cross-cultural study in Zambia and Sierra Leone

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren Sharpe ◽  
Mohsen Rajabi ◽  
Clement Chileshe ◽  
Sitali Mayamba Joseph ◽  
Ibrahim Sesay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Children And Young People

Abstract Background The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantining on children and young people (CYP) living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has yet to be fully comprehended. CYP in LMICs are at utmost risk, given the COVID-19-related restrictions and social distancing measures, resulting in reduced access to school-based services for nutritional and mental health needs. This study examined mental health of CYP during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Zambia and Sierra Leone. Method A total of 468 disabled and disadvantaged CYP aged 12 to 25 completed a planning tool that comprised the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS), as well as open-ended questions covering social connectedness, physical distancing and educational challenges during the lockdown. The community coaches screened individuals and families who could be eligible to receive emergency aid, and based on a convenience sample following distribution of aid, recipients were invited to complete the planning tool. Results The data showed that participants in the global south have increasing anxieties and fears centred on accessing offline educational resources and income loss in the family effecting food security and their ability to return to education. Mean (SD) SWEMWBS scores for all participants in Zambia and Sierra Leone, were 19.61 (3.45) and 21.65 (2.84), respectively. Mental well-being scores were lower in females, children aged 12–14 and participants with two or more disabilities. Factors significantly associated with poor mental wellbeing in the sample were: type of disability, nationality, peer relationships, connection to others during the pandemic, knowledge about COVID-19, worry about the long-term impact of COVID-19, and the types of self-isolating. Conclusion The study shows that participants who self-reported low levels of COVID-19 health literacy also scored low on the mental wellbeing self-assessment. Yet, despite undoubted limited resources, these CYP are doing well in identifying their needs and maintaining hope in the face of the problems associated with COVID-19 in countries where stigma persists around mental ill-health.

scholarly journals Incidence of childhood injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: a multistage, cluster-randomised, population-based, household survey

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e039243
Author(s):  
Adam Gyedu ◽  
Barclay T Stewart ◽  
Easmon Otupiri ◽  
Kajal Mehta ◽  
Peter Donkor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Sampling Weights ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Childhood Injuries ◽  
Rural Ghana

ObjectiveWe aimed to describe the incidence of childhood household injuries and prevalence of modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana to inform prevention initiatives.Setting357 randomly selected households in rural Ghana.ParticipantsCaregivers of children aged <5 years.Primary and secondary outcome measuresChildhood injuries that occurred within 6 months and 200 metres of the home that resulted in missed school/work, hospitalisation and/or death. Sampling weights were applied, injuries were described and multilevel regression was used to identify risk factors.ResultsCaregivers from 357 households had a mean age of 35 years (SD 12.8) and often supervised ≥2 children (51%). Households typically used biomass fuels (84%) on a cookstove outside the home (79%). Cookstoves were commonly <1 metre of the ground (95%). Weighted incidence of childhood injury was 542 per 1000 child-years. Falls (37%), lacerations (24%), burns (12%) and violence (12%) were common mechanisms. There were differences in mechanism across age groups (p<0.01), but no gender differences (p=0.25). Presence of older children in the home (OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.24; adjusted OR (aOR) 0.26, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.54) and cooking outside the home (OR 0.28, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.42; aOR 0.25, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.49) were protective against injury, but other common modifiable risk factors (eg, stove height, fuel type, secured cabinets) were not.ConclusionsChildhood injuries occurred frequently in rural Ghana. Several common modifiable household risk factors were not associated with an increase in household injuries. Presence of older children was a protective factor, suggesting that efforts to improve supervision of younger children might be effective prevention strategies.

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