The Stepped Care Solutions team is proud to share that a new article on co-design written by SCS team members has been published in the journal ‘Discover Psychology’. “Populating the model: the SC2.0 approach to co-design for mental health and substance use health system transformation” is now available in the latest edition of the journal.
Stepped Care 2.0’s ‘Populating the Model Series’ brings co-design to a system level, moving beyond individual and group-level health interventions. The development and ongoing refinement of this methodology, rooted in co-design, is an important part of transforming mental health and substance use health systems into inclusive and equitable ones. Involving diverse perspectives deepens the understanding of what prevents people from getting help when they need it, where gaps lie and the existing strengths of the system. Understanding the full system from different perspectives supports the implementation of various aspects of the SC2.0 model in any context.
Populating the Model embraces and puts the SC2.0 Guiding Principles into practice by recognizing that professionals don’t have all the answers, communities already have existing strengths and capacities, and that social justice is key to any equitable system. Distributing power and including many voices are important elements when implementing SC2.0 and we are excited to share our methodology that can help organizations, jurisdictions and post-secondary settings put this into practice.
Read the article at Springer’s website:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44202-024-00254-y
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Article Authors
Karen Young, Alexa Bol, Melanie S. Hood, Alexia Jaouich, AnnMarie Churchill, Stepped Care Solutions
Mary Bartram, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
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If you are interested in learning more about the Populating the Model Series and our work to transform mental health and substance use health systems, contact us to start a conversation.