At ISBNPA, Lea Rahel Delfmann and Janneke de Boer, alongside Danique Heemskerk, shared insights on co-creating school-based sleep interventions in a symposium titled “Let us sleep! Promoting adolescent sleep health in Belgium and the Netherlands.”
Lea’s presentation centred on a co-creation process, wherein she collaborated with students to adapt a school-based sleep intervention. To make co-creation more accessible and less resource consuming, she conducted a shortened co-creation process. In this presentation, Lea provided insights into the experiences of adolescents throughout this co-creation process. Findings highlighted that a condensed co-creation process, aimed at adapting interventions, can yield comparable benefits to a more extended co-creation process.
Janneke’s presentation focused on the co-creation of an implementation plan for this school-based sleep intervention with teachers. Emphasizing the significance of implementation is crucial, given its frequent challenges. Janneke detailed the experiences of teachers during this co-creation journey, revealing that job demands pose a significant barrier to active participation in the process. Importantly, her findings underscored the necessity for universal teacher support to ensure the intervention’s adequate implementation.