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## Abstract ## Background Across Europe, young carers (YCs) and their need for support receive limited attention in the media, policy and empirical research, even though, similar to adult carers, they also provide care to ill family members. The Delphi study, a qualitative research methodology, which provides the focus for this article, had the overall aim of exploring existing successful strategies to support YCs. Compared to YCs, even less is known about adolescent young carers (AYCs), a group that is in a critical life transition phase. The study forms part of an EU Horizon 2020 funded research project on AYCs aged 15–17 years old. ## Methods A two-round Delphi study was conducted with 66 experts on YCs from 10 European countries. Topics included: (i) visibility and awareness-raising of YCs at local, regional, and national levels, (ii) current interventions to support YCs, and (iii) future strategies to support YCs. ## Results Experts reported a lack of visibility and awareness about YCs in general, and AYCs in particular. Although awareness is slowly increasing in most countries, with the UK ranked highest, experts acknowledged that it remains challenging to identify YCs in man

Author

Nap, Henk Herman; Hoefman, Renske; de Jong, Nynke; Lovink, Lieke; Glimmerveen, Ludo; Lewis, Feylyn; Santini, Sara; DâAmen, Barbara; Socci, Marco; Boccaletti, Licia; Casu, Giulia; Manattini, Alessandra; Brolin, Rosita; Sirk, Karina; Hlebec, Valentina; Rakar, Tatjana; Hudobivnik, Tjasa; Leu, Agnes; Berger, Fabian; Magnusson, Lennart; Hanson, Elizabeth

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1472-6963)

Published

2020

Language

EN