A new practical guide developed through collaboration between MEDViEW partner University of Maribor (UM), University Medical Centre Maribor (UKC Maribor) and the CERTAIN project provides a structured approach for involving children, adolescents and parents in the co-creation of digital mental-health tools.
The guide translates MEDViEW’s human-centred knowledge valorisation and co-creation approach into a safe, age-appropriate and repeatable workshop model. It is designed for researchers, healthcare professionals, designers, developers and facilitators working with young people in digital mental health. The workshops explore key issues such as trust and transparency, fairness and bias, privacy, data control and human oversight, while ensuring that participants can meaningfully influence how future AI-supported tools should work.
A central aim of the methodology is to turn participant feedback into actionable design requirements for technical, clinical and ethics teams. By treating children and adolescents as contributors rather than test subjects, the guide offers a practical model for more responsible, inclusive and user-centred innovation. Read the full guide on Zenodo.
