Talk About Self-Harm (TASH): participatory action research with young people, GPs and practice nurses to explore how the experiences of young people who self-harm could be improved in GP surgeries

Family Practice
Di BaileyGabriella Mutale

Abstract

The incidence of self-harm in young people in primary care is increasing dramatically, and many young people who self-harm visit their GP surgery as a first point of contact for help. To explore with young people, GPs and practice nurses (PNs): (i) why young people present with self-harm to primary care and (ii) whether young people, GPs and PNs can take steps to have more helpful consultations about self-harm in GP surgeries that include self-help materials developed by young people being used to support such consultations to take place. Participatory action research with GPs, PNs and young people employed mixed methods to collect statistical and narrative data. Statistics from 285 young people's medical records were captured, including more detailed analyses of a random sample of 75 of these records. A series of 24 focus groups with a total of 45 GPs, PNs and young people, with an average number of eight participants in each group, was conducted. Statistical data were subject to descriptive and inferential analyses, and thematic analysis was applied to the transcripts from the focus groups. The type of self-harm young people presented with influenced whether they would see a GP or PN. While self-help materials were welcomed a...Continue Reading

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Jan 19, 2019·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Stephen Armstrong
Jun 19, 2019·The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners·Louis S LeveneAndrew Wilson
May 6, 2021·The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners·Faraz MughalCarolyn A Chew-Graham

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