Thai Jessica Ngoc, Le Craig William, Fisher Jaom, Chambers Mary
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Imperial College London, London, England, UK.
Wellcome Open Res. 2024 Feb 19;9:87. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20491.1. eCollection 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a rise of mental health issues amongst Vietnamese communities in Vietnam and the diaspora. However, there were few resources and no directory of services available for people seeking mental health support in Vietnam. In response to this need, we initiated an engagement project to improve Vietnamese communities' access to mental health support. This project aimed to involve stakeholders in the development of a directory of resources in order to ensure that it met local needs. The phases of development included: (1) reviewing desk research findings; (2) reviewing the list of mental health support services that we could find; (3) verifying the first draft of the directory; (4) helping disseminate the directory; and (5) updating the directory. In February 2022 the first edition of the mental health directory for Vietnamese and foreigners living in Vietnam was published. In this paper we describe the iterative approach taken to developing a resource that would have maximum utility for the target communities. We describe the process of partnering with people with lived experience, community members and expert stakeholders in this process, and reflect on how this strengthened the outcomes in terms of the relevance of the output, the research uptake and the access for the wider community. We believe that it is important to publish examples of community engagement projects in order to demonstrate good practise and promote increased involvement of communities in research.
新冠疫情导致越南国内及海外越南裔社区的心理健康问题增多。然而，在越南，寻求心理健康支持的人几乎没有相关资源，也没有服务目录。为满足这一需求，我们启动了一个参与项目，以改善越南社区获得心理健康支持的状况。该项目旨在让利益相关者参与资源目录的制定，以确保其满足当地需求。开发阶段包括：（1）审查案头研究结果；（2）审查我们能找到的心理健康支持服务清单；（3）核实目录初稿；（4）协助传播目录；（5）更新目录。2022年2月，面向居住在越南的越南人和外国人的心理健康目录第一版发布。在本文中，我们描述了为开发一种对目标社区具有最大效用的资源所采用的迭代方法。我们描述了在此过程中与有生活经历的人、社区成员和专家利益相关者合作的过程，并反思这如何在产出的相关性、研究成果的采用以及更广泛社区的获取方面加强了成果。我们认为，公布社区参与项目的实例很重要，以便展示良好做法并促进社区更多地参与研究。
