YWSUD: Enhancing the voice of young women journeying through and beyond problematic substance use: Reverse innovation insights from India to the UK

在英国，16-24岁的人群中问题药物使用（PSU）最高，最近估计每年有6.9%的女性使用非法药物。患有PSU的年轻女性是一个长期得不到充分服务和研究的群体。妇女的治疗需求是独特的，然而，缺乏提供和很少研究的PSU妇女想从服务中得到什么。我的使命是提高在PSU学习和毕业的年轻女性的声音。我将从我对印度类似人口结构使用的视觉方法中获得见解，并将在研究、英国政策和服务发展中嵌入女性视角。这项工作建立在与英国最大的药物和酒精治疗提供者之一的人类慈善机构的伙伴关系之上。目标1：提高心理，社会和文化的见解，以风险的经验，弹性和恢复有关的年轻女性PSU在英国。这将通过系统的研究审查和对12-15名年龄在18-30岁的妇女进行康复之旅的不同样本的研究来实现。数据将使用可视化方法——知情访谈——生成，并通过主题分析进行分析。目标2：促进年轻女性在PSU方面的声音，以提高公众意识，并为英国的政策提供信息。这将通过制作5部联合制作的电影、公众参与和宣传政策简报来实现。目标3：调整视觉方法，以加强为患有PSU的年轻女性提供的服务。这将通过在人类组织的安排来实现，其重点是与服务使用者和提供者进行知识交流，并编写一份关于对患有PSU的年轻妇女使用视觉方法的培训手册。科学影响包括了解支持PSU恢复的创新解决方案的基础。社会影响包括中断代际贫困循环。考虑到花在药物治疗上的每一英镑可以节省未来费用的2.5倍，经济影响可能是巨大的。

UK problematic substance use (PSU) is highest in 16-24 year olds with a recent estimate that 6.9% of women consume illegal substances each year. Young women with PSU are a chronically-underserved, under-researched demographic. Women's treatment needs are unique, however there is a dearth of provision and little research on what women with PSU want from services. My mission is to enhance the voice of young women journeying through and beyond PSU. I bring insights from my use of visual methods with a similar demographic in India and will embed women's perspectives in research, UK policy, and service development. This work builds on a partnership with Humankind Charity, one of the UK's largest drug and alcohol treatment providers. Aim 1: To enhance psychological, social and cultural insights into the experience of risk, resilience and recovery with regard to young women with PSU in the UK. This will be achieved through a systematic research review and a research study with a diverse sample of 12-15 women aged 18-30 years on their recovery journey. Data will be generated using visual methods-informed interviews and analysed with Thematic Analysis. Aim 2: To promote young women's voice with respect to PSU to raise public awareness and inform policy in the UK. This will be achieved through creating 5 co-produced films, public engagement, and promoting a policy brief. Aim 3: To adapt visual methods to enhance service provision for young women with PSU. This will be achieved through a placement with Humankind focused on knowledge exchange with service users and providers, and the creation of a training manual on using visual methods with young women with PSU. Scientific impacts include understanding the basis of an innovative solution to supporting the recovery from PSU. Social impacts include interrupting the intergeneration cycle of deprivation. Economic impacts are potentially enormous given that every pound spent on drug treatment saves 2.5 times that in future costs.