Co-Creation of Mental Health Intervention for Adolescents: A Social Hackathon Approach
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Background/Objectives: Adolescent mental health problems emerge early, remain undertreated, and are shaped by diverse contextual stressors. In response to calls for more youth-centered prevention, school-based health promotion, and participatory intervention design, this study explored which mental health-related problems internationally mobile adolescents prioritize and which solution ideas they generate in a structured co-creation setting, including where movement- and sport-related elements are embedded. Methods: A qualitative, participatory study was conducted during a 24 h social hackathon embedded in the Youth Empowerment Seminar for exchange students. Hackathon materials from 43 projects were analyzed using content-structuring qualitative content analysis following Kuckartz. Results: Adolescents most frequently framed problems in terms of self-image, stress and anxiety, belonging, and harassment. Solutions clustered around low-threshold group formats, while implementation segments focused strongly on staffing, funding, barriers, and feasibility. Cross-domain analyses suggested recurring problem-solution matches, such as loneliness with hobby or interest groups. Conclusions: Social hackathons can surface adolescent-prioritized mental health concerns and translate them into context-sensitive prevention ideas. The findings mainly point to social and psychosocial solution pathways, while some proposals additionally positioned shared activity or movement contexts as potentially supportive for well-being. These results provide a starting point for subsequent school-based prototyping and feasibility work.
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- Authors
- Baumann, H., & Ksiezarczyk, A.-M.
- Affiliations
- German Sport University Cologne (DE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Baumann, Hannes
- ORCID
- Baumann, Hannes
- Venue
- Healthcare
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1315
- ISSN
- 2227-9032 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC13205654
- OpenAlex
- W7160924023
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 9.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Healthcare (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- European Union Erasmus+ funding
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
- Keywords
- adolescent mental health, co-creation, participatory intervention design, school health promotion, self-image, stress and anxiety, sense of belonging, harassment, loneliness, hobby groups, exchange students
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