Happell Brenda, Warner Terri, Whitaker Louise, Foley Kitty-Rose, Joffee-Kohn Nina, Roper Cath, Stott Sam Brhaspati
Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia.
Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2025 Jul;34(4):e70108. doi: 10.1111/inm.70108.
Coproduction has emerged as an important means of effective mental health service delivery. Unfortunately, this term is commonly misunderstood, with tokenistic participation too often presented as coproduction. Funding and resourcing have been identified as significant, and often insurmountable, barriers to achieving coproduction. This paper presents findings from a cooperative inquiry project, addressing ideas and strategies for working towards coproduction within an academic unit. Three consumer/lived Experience academics and three nonconsumer academics (from Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Social Work) participated in a series of in-depth conversations to consider and identify potential strategies to advance the faculty's progress towards coproduction. Conversations were transcribed and analysed using a thematic approach. Five main themes were identified: importance of coproduction; preparing for coproduction; barriers to coproduction; the need for university transformation; and power. A belief in the inherent value of coproduction was shared among the group, and strategies were identified to clarify the level of participation. Radical transformation of universities, aligned with contemporary industry practice, is essential to achieving coproduction. Strategies such as allocating vacant academic positions for health professionals to consumer academics are indicative of measures required for genuine aspirations for coproduction to be realised and to address the seemingly insurmountable funding issues. Universities must recognise power differences and remain honest about their position according to participation ladders. These findings provide guidance for academics who acknowledge the value of coproduction to address the commonly identified barriers to its implementation.
共同生产已成为有效提供心理健康服务的一种重要方式。不幸的是，这个术语常常被误解，象征性参与常常被当作共同生产。资金和资源已被视为实现共同生产的重大且往往难以克服的障碍。本文介绍了一个合作探究项目的研究结果，探讨了在一个学术单位内朝着共同生产努力的理念和策略。三位有消费者/亲身经历的学者和三位非消费者学者（来自护理、职业治疗和社会工作领域）参与了一系列深入对话，以思考和确定推动该学院在共同生产方面取得进展的潜在策略。对话内容被转录并采用主题分析法进行分析。确定了五个主要主题：共同生产的重要性；为共同生产做准备；共同生产的障碍；大学转型的必要性；以及权力。该小组成员都认同共同生产的内在价值，并确定了一些策略来明确参与程度。与当代行业实践相一致的大学激进转型对于实现共同生产至关重要。诸如为健康专业人员向有消费者经历的学者分配空缺学术职位等策略，表明了实现真正的共同生产愿望以及解决看似难以克服的资金问题所需的措施。大学必须认识到权力差异，并根据参与阶梯诚实地看待自己的立场。这些研究结果为认可共同生产价值的学者提供了指导，以应对其实施过程中普遍存在的障碍。
