**Content/trigger warning: mental health; substance use; domestic violence; abuse**

In this first episode, host and Fuse Public Partner, Victoria Bartle, speaks with Cassey Muir, Fuse and NIHR School for Public Health Research doctoral student, about her research.

Cassey talks with Victoria about children and young people’s mental health and resilience in cases of parental substance use. She shares the impacts this can have on young people, including stigma. Cassey outlines some of the key changes she made to her research after hearing from young people with lived experience. She explores the role that the justice system, education system, and society in general have in supporting children and young people with the lived experience of parental substance use.

Areas for further research are discussed and Cassey answers the big question: "If you had one message for our listeners to take away, what would it be?" Listen now to find out.

Cassey Muir is a doctoral researcher based at Newcastle University. Her research aims to improve both health and social needs of vulnerable children and families. She is interested in co-production and intervention development linked to adverse childhood experiences, mental health, resilience, and stigma. 

Victoria Bartle is this episode's host. She is a public partner who has collaborated closely with Fuse and the wider public partner-led podcast planning group in creating the 'Public Health Research & Me' podcast. Victoria has been involved with research from a patient and public perspective since she had to stop working in 2016 due to multiple long-term health conditions. Victoria is passionate about health and social care research, and feels that the input from every public partner makes research more focused and beneficial to all.

Resources and further information

Fuse

NIHR School for Public Health Research

Adfam

PROPS Family Recovery Service

With special thanks to the Fuse podcast group (Emma Adams, Keith Aungiers, Victoria Bartle, David Black, Cheryl Blake, Mandy Cheetham, Lesley Haley, Fiona Ling, Cassey Muir, John O’Shea, Laura Ritson, Viola Rook, Cheryl Wiscombe), David Winter (editing) and Shaun O'Boyle (training). Produced by Ella Anderson and Mark Welford. Music: Tuesday (Glitch Soft Hip-hop) by amaksi.

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