OSCA in Bradford
To date, OSCA co-design and research activities have been concentrated in London and the Southeast. Care has been taken to engage young people from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. However, it is important to understand if and how OSCA can be implemented nationally and particularly in regions that have been under-represented so far. In line with this, OSCA in Bradford is a recent Oxford Health BRC-funded collaboration with the Adolescent Mental Health Collaboratory (Ruth Wadman, University of York) and the Bradford Healthy Minds Apprentices (aged 16 to 25 years) which aims to understand how young people in Bradford (from groups under-represented to date) find OSCA and to learn if further adaptations are needed to ensure it is acceptable.
In the course of three coproduction workshops, the Apprentices worked through and reviewed OSCA. The Apprentices provided very positive feedback on the intervention and noted how different modules and activities were relevant to their experiences of feeling socially anxious. They provided guidance on the appearance and format of the OSCA webpages, tips to improve accessibility and highlighted sections that were too text heavy. They were particularly keen that young people’s voices and experience were made more prominent throughout.
