Engaging young carers in public health research through online lyric writing workshops during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tseliou, Foteini, Gunter, Jonathan, Vougioukalou, Sofia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0788-0373 and Ashfield-Watt, Pauline 2024. Engaging young carers in public health research through online lyric writing workshops during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 29 (1) , 2387102. 10.1080/02673843.2024.2387102

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Abstract

Understanding and effectively communicating population health research findings require engagement with the lived experiences of study participants, particularly when working with under-represented groups like young carers. This challenge was amplified during the COVID-19 lockdowns. To address this, we undertook a feasibility study, involving 46 young carers across 24 online creative lyric-writing workshops. Our approach combined narrative storytelling with rhythm and poetry (RAP) to co-produce creative outputs such as lyrics, aiming to engage participants with health and wellbeing research findings. Observations and interviews collected using bricolage methodology were used to capture professional and participant perspectives. The data were analysed using grounded theory. Our finding revealed that co-production and lyric-writing served as effective tools in communicating epidemiological data. We identified four key enablers in this process: connectedness, accomplishment, self-expression and societal engagement. This study underscores the potential of skills-based lyric-writing in enhancing science communication and public engagement with under-represented groups.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: open-access
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	0267-3843
Funders:	Wellcome Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 August 2024
Date of Acceptance:	26 July 2024
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2024 16:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/171308

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