Journal article
A New Podcast for Reducing Stigma Against People Living With Complex Mental Health Issues: Co-design Study
E Carrotte, F Hopgood, M Blanchard, C Groot, L Phillips
Jmir Formative Research | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | Published : 2023
DOI: 10.2196/44412
Abstract
Background: Mental illness stigma refers to damaging stereotypes and emotional responses around the experience of mental health issues. Media-based interventions have the potential to reduce the public’s stigmatizing attitudes by improving mental health literacy, emotional appeal, and the intimacy of address. As audio-based media facilitating storytelling, podcasts show potential for reducing stigma; however, it is unclear what features could make a podcast effective or engaging. Objective: The Co-Design and Anti-Stigma Podcast Research (CASPR) study aimed to collaborate with key target audience members to inform the development of a new podcast. This podcast primarily aims to reduce listene..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research team wishes to thank Benjamin Lee -Bates and Katherine Burnard for focus group facilitation support, Elle Nguyen for contributing to the thematic analysis in part 1.2, and Professor Victoria Palmer for initial advice around the study design. This study was funded by the National Stigma Report Card project, which is led by SANE in partnership with the Melbourne SchoAol of Psychological Sciences with the support of the Paul Ramsay Foundation. The funder had no role in the study design; collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; writing of the paper; and decision to submit the paper for publication.