Process of co-production of mental health service plans for refugee children in Turkey

Abstract

Refugee children and young people have high levels of unmet mental health needs. A trauma-informed service transformation framework was applied with 14 professionals in Turkey. Through participatory focus groups, professionals co-produced service plans and considered enabling and challenging factors for implementation. Data were analysed through a thematic codebook approach. Established themes suggested that implementation should concurrently address societal barriers, agency fragmentation, lack of contextual interventions and sustainability. These led to the development of a Theory of Change. A trauma-informed and scaled service model of collaborative care can holistically meet refugee children and young people's complex needs, while maximising sparse resources.