Co-designing suicide prevention research with mothers of suicidal adolescents – applying McKercher’s Model of Care
This is the first paper to outline how McKercher's Model of Care approach was integrated into co-designed suicide prevention research and provides evidence of the benefit achieved following guiding principles in collaboration with co-design practices. This work also suggests that co-design participation may have a therapeutic benefit by supporting post-traumatic growth, both for individuals and their families, when it is conducted in a way which prioritises compassion and capacity building.
Authors
- Katherine Boydell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1464-8532)
- Demee Rheinberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4493-8565)
- Emma Elder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4455-0146)
- Julia Lessing
- Lauren McGillivray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-0274)
- Susanne Oliver Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-4398)
- Fiona Shand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6765-228X)
- Sally Ann Pollard
- Inger Jacob
Institutions
- Black Dog Institute (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Research Involvement and Engagement
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-026-00863-y
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00