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Reflections on developing a blended learning recovery programme for family carers of people who experience mental ill-health

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posted on 2023-08-30, 15:29 authored by Joanna Fox, Anne Marie Smith, Lizzie Kenedler, George Evangelinos
Purpose: This paper reflects on the development of a recovery-oriented training programme for mental health care-givers. It considers the effectiveness of using participatory research methods that promote involvement of people with diverse expertise to co-produce this programme. It presents a rationale for developing recovery-oriented training, which employs blended learning, comprising face-to-face and e-learning. Design: A small advisory group consisting of professionals, experts-by-experience (service users) and -by-caring (care-givers), and an academic, developed a blended learning programme about the recovery approach for mental health carer-givers. This paper details the participatory approach supported by an action research cycle that contributed to the design of the programme, and the specific impact of experiential knowledge on its development. Findings: Reflections on the advisory group process are described that led to the co-production of the course. This leads to consideration of the value of using this research approach to develop a carer-focused programme. The content of the recovery-oriented training programme is presented which adopts blended learning. This leads to discussion of potential of this format to improve carers’ access to training. Originality: It is proposed that this recovery-oriented course, building on a previous study, has the potential to positively influence outcomes for the training programme participants (the care-givers) and the person they support. It is suggested that blended learning may in part overcome some of the barriers carers experience to accessing and participating in traditional interventions. Reflections on the process of co-production underline the value of participatory research in designing this recovery-oriented course for carers.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

13

Issue number

5

Page range

283-294

Publication title

Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice

ISSN

2042-8707

Publisher

Emerald

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2018-07-17

Legacy creation date

2018-07-13

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care

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