Galway University Hospitals, Jigsaw Galway and Young Adult Panel

• Public and patient involvement (co-design and co-production).
• Systematic Review.
• Intervention development using Behaviour Change Wheel and Medical Research Council’s framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions.
• YAP members participated in different stages of the research process:
  • They were represented on the research study steering group and attended research meetings.
  • They developed research materials (topic guides for interviews and focus groups, Participant Consent Forms), reviewed and interpreted research findings and helped develop the on-line platform to enhance engagement between young adults and their diabetes healthcare providers.
  • They contributed to an international consensus conference on health services delivery for young adults with T1D, were keynote speakers at three national conferences and wrote specific sections of a further grant application to test out the new intervention.

The outputs are as follows:

• The D1 Now intervention protocol for young adults living with T1D.
• Peer reviewed journal articles, conference participation and associated media coverage.

The outcomes are as follows:

• As a direct result of the YAP, a meaningful dialogue has opened up between healthcare providers and young adults within D1 Now research team. Their involvement has led to a better understanding of what needs to be achieved in order to improve health service delivery.
• They have been active members in co-designing a health behaviour change intervention to improve engagement between young adults with T1D and healthcare providers, which will be evaluated in future research.
• The successful trial of a stakeholder model to develop effective interventions for young adults living with T1D.

• Health and Well-Being
• Professional and Public Services
• Policy and/ or Product Development
• Capacity Building