lessons learned from the ME-WE Project
Francesco Barbabella (Avtor), Lennart Magnusson (Avtor), Licia Boccaletti (Avtor), Giulia Casu (Avtor), Valentina Hlebec (Avtor), Irena Bolko (Avtor), Feylyn Mercedies Lewis (Avtor), Sara Santini (Avtor), Agnes Leu (Avtor), Elena Guggiari (Avtor), Saul Becker (Avtor), Elizabeth Hanson (Avtor)

Povzetek

Young carers provide a substantial amount of care to family members and support to friends, yet their situation has not been actively addressed in research and policy in many European countries or indeed globally. Awareness of their situation by professionals and among children and young carers themselves remains low overall. Thus, young carers remain a largely hidden group within society. This study reports and analyses the recruitment process in a multi-centre intervention study offering psychosocial support to adolescent young carers (AYCs) aged 15–17 years. A cluster- randomised controlled trial was designed, with recruitment taking place in Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom exploiting various channels, including partnerships with schools, health and social services and carers organisations. In total, 478 AYCs were recruited and, after screening failures, withdrawals and initial dropouts, 217 were enrolled and started the intervention. Challenges encountered in reaching, recruiting and retaining AYCs included low levels of awareness among AYCs, a low willingness to participate in study activities, uncertainty about the prevalence of AYCs, a limited school capacity to support the recruitment; COVID-19 spreading in 2020–2021 and related restrictions. Based on this experience, recommendations are put forward for how to better engage AYCs in research.

Ključne besede

young carers;adolescent young carers;recruitment;co-design;psychosocial support;cluster-randomised controlled trial;intervention study;

Podatki

Jezik: Angleški jezik
Leto izida:
Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UL FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
UDK: 364-47-053.6
COBISS: 145119235 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 1660-4601
Št. ogledov: 9
Št. prenosov: 4
Ocena: 0 (0 glasov)
Metapodatki: JSON JSON-RDF JSON-LD TURTLE N-TRIPLES XML RDFA MICRODATA DC-XML DC-RDF RDF

Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: Dolgotrajna oskrba;Najstniki;Socialna psihologija;Covid-19;Evropa;
Vrsta dela (COBISS): Članek v reviji
Strani: str. 1-20
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ20
Zvezek: ǂissue ǂ6, [article no.] 5074
Čas izdaje: Mar. 2023
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20065074
ID: 18264588
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, results of the European Union funded “ME-WE” online survey study on adolescent young carers in Switzerland
, ǂan ǂumbrella review of intervention studies