Workshop length: Half-day

Presenters

Camilla Babbage, PhD
MindTech, University of Nottingham, UK

Joanne Gregory, MA
Academic Unit of Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 

Joanna Lockwood, PhD
Academic Unit of Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Rebecca Woodcock, MSc
Academic Unit of Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 

Ayan Mahamud
Sprouting Minds Young Person’s Advisory Group
NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Jennifer Martin, PhD
Academic Unit of Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Bethany Teachman, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA  
Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Nancy Deutsch, PhD
Department of Education & Human Development, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA  
Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA 

Description

This workshop is ideal for those who want to deepen their skills in meaningful Community Engagement, also known as Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) and are keen to delve into some of the challenges and opportunities when navigating the complexities of user-centered design in digital mental health research and interventions. 
 
Through a rotating set of interactive challenge stations, participants will explore how to build authentic partnerships; collaborate effectively with industry and innovators; support creativity while grounding ideas in evidence; and navigate the “messy” realities of lived experience involvement. You’ll have opportunities to network, share challenges, and learn practical resources alongside an international group of peers. 
 
The session brings together an international group of community engagement/PPIE researchers with extensive experience of collaborative, cross-institutional work, alongside contributions from young people with expertise through their lived experience of mental health challenges. Further, the approaches and challenges discussed will be relevant across many forms of PPIE, and community engagement, and participants working with any population are warmly welcomed. 
 
You will leave the workshop with new ideas to leverage co-design opportunities, engage potential users’ creativity, approach ongoing challenges, and help shape an international conversation around high quality, inclusive design in digital health research and interventions. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this pre-conference workshop, participants will be able to:

• Learn about the background of PPIE and community engagement
• Share and learn how to navigate common co-design and community engagement challenges in digital intervention research and development
• Develop a network of international peers who foster innovative methods to enhance co-design and community engagement
• Practical takeaways – guidance sheets from each challenge will be shared and built upon during the session