“Ngany Kamam, I Speak Truly”: First-Person Accounts of Aboriginal Youth Voices in Mental Health Service Reform

Citation:
Culbong H, Ramirez-WaThe Kidsns A, ……. Pearson G, Lin A, Wright M. “Ngany Kamam, I Speak Truly”: First-Person Accounts of Aboriginal Youth Voices in Mental Health Service Reform. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(11)

Keywords:
Aboriginal youth; First Nations; Indigenous; co-design; consumer participation; lived experience; mental health service; wellbeing; youth leadership; youth voice

Abstract:
Aboriginal young people are experts in their own experience and are best placed to identify the solutions to their mental health and wellbeing needs. Given that Aboriginal young people experience high rates of mental health concerns and are less likely than non-Indigenous young people to access mental health services, co-design and evaluation of appropriate mental health care is a priority.