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Drinkwater J, Farr M, Hickey G, Van Vliet E, Söderholm Werkö S, Klingmann I, Blackburn S. Series: Public engagement with research. Part 3: Sharing power and building trust through partnering with communities in primary care research. Eur J Gen Pract 2024; 30:2328707. [PMID: 38546448 PMCID: PMC10984225 DOI: 10.1080/13814788.2024.2328707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This article focuses on potential strategies to support primary care researchers in working in partnership with the public and healthcare professionals. Partnership working can potentially to improve the relevance and usefulness of research and ensure better research and health outcomes. DISCUSSION We describe what we mean by partnership working and the importance of reflecting on power and building trusting relationships. To share power in partnership working, it is essential to critically reflect on the multiple dimensions of power, their manifestations, and your own power. Power can influence relationships and therefore, it is essential to build trust with partners. Next, we outline how the context of primary care research and decisions about who you work with and how to work together, are vital considerations that are imbued with power. Lastly, we suggest different ways of working in partnership to address different dimensions of power. We provide examples from primary care research across Europe regarding how to recognise, tackle, and challenge, invisible, hidden and visible power. CONCLUSION We conclude by proposing three calls to actions to encourage researchers working in primary care to consider the multiple dimensions of power and move towards partnership working. First is to use participatory methods to improve the inclusivity of your research. Second is to include patients and the public in decisions about the design, delivery and development of research and its outcomes. Third is to address various systemic and institutional barriers which hinder partnership working.
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- Jessica Drinkwater
- Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Agora Digital Centre, School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
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- The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP), Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Frantzeskaki N, Childers DL, Pickett S, Hoover FA, Anderson P, Barau A, Ginsberg J, Grove M, Lodder M, Lugo AE, McPhearson T, Muñoz-Erickson TA, Quartier M, Schepers S, Sharifi A, van de Sijpe K. A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities. Ambio 2024; 53:871-889. [PMID: 38643343 PMCID: PMC11058736 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-01992-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline-ecology in the city-to an increasingly interdisciplinary field-ecology of the city-to a transdisciplinary, knowledge to action endeavor-an ecology for and with the city. We build on this "prepositional journey" by proposing a transformative shift in urban ecology, and we present a framework for how the field may continue this shift. We conceptualize that urban ecology is in a state of flux, and that this shift is needed to transform urban ecology into a more engaged and action based field, and one that includes a diversity of actors willing to participate in the future of their cities. In this transformative shift, these actors will engage, collaborate, and participate in a continuous spiral of knowledge → action → knowledge spiral and back to knowledge loop, with the goal of co producing sustainable and resilient solutions to myriad urban challenges. Our framework for this transformative shift includes three pathways: (1) a repeating knowledge → action → knowledge spiral of ideas, information, and solutions produced by a diverse community of agents of urban change working together in an "urban sandbox"; (2) incorporation of a social-ecological-technological systems framework in this spiral and expanding the spiral temporally to include the "deep future," where future scenarios are based on a visioning of seemingly unimaginable or plausible future states of cities that are sustainable and resilient; and (3) the expansion of the spiral in space, to include rural areas and places that are not yet cities. The three interrelated pathways that define the transformative shift demonstrate the power of an urban ecology that has moved beyond urban systems science and into a realm where collaborations among diverse knowledges and voices are working together to understand cities and what is urban while producing sustainable solutions to contemporary challenges and envisioning futures of socially, ecologically, and technologically resilient cities. We present case study examples of each of the three pathways that make up this transformative shift in urban ecology and discuss both limitations and opportunities for future research and action with this transdisciplinary broadening of the field.
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- Niki Frantzeskaki
- Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Vening Meinesz Building A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- School of Sustainability, WCPH 442, Arizona State University, POB 877904, Tempe, AZ, 85287-7904, USA
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, NY, 12545, USA
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- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7707, South Africa
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- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, NY, 12545, USA
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- Baltimore Urban Field Station, USDA Forest Service, 5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 350, Baltimore, MD, 21228, USA
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- Dutch Research Institute for Transitions, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burg. Oudlaan 50, Mandeville Building, T16-42, 3062 PA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- International Urban Field Station, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, 1201 Calle Ceiba, Jardín Botánico Sur, Río Piedras, PR, 00926-1115, USA
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, NY, 12545, USA
- Urban Systems Lab, The New School, 79 Fifth Avenue, 16 Fl., New York, NY, 10003, USA
- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- International Urban Field Station, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, 1201 Calle Ceiba, Jardín Botánico Sur, Río Piedras, PR, 00926-1115, USA
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- Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Stadsplein 1, 3600, Genk City, Belgium
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- Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Stadsplein 1, 3600, Genk City, Belgium
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- The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8529, Japan
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- Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Stadsplein 1, 3600, Genk City, Belgium
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Akintola A, Newbury-Birch D, Kilinc S. Bridging the gap between research evidence and its implementation in public health practice: case studies of embedded research model. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1299. [PMID: 38741039 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18727-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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AIM To investigate the potential of embedded research in bridging the gap between research evidence and its implementation in public health practice. METHODS Using a case study methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 4 embedded researchers, 9 public health practitioners, and 4 other stakeholders (2 teachers and 2 students) across four case study sites. Sites and individuals were purposively selected. Sites included two local authorities, one secondary school, and one sports organisation. Thematic data analysis was adopted to analyse the qualitative data. RESULTS Four themes were identified: (1) building and maintaining relationships, (2) working with stakeholders, (3) informing practice, and (4) critical reflection. CONCLUSIONS Embedded researchers build and maintain relationships with practitioners and other stakeholders to produce research. Evidence from the co-produced research informs future practice and research to improve service and delivery rendered to the public. Thus, embedded researchers use their role to bridge the research evidence - implementation gap in public health practice.
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- Abisope Akintola
- School of Health and Life Science, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
- Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- School of School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
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- School of School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
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Windhoffer ED, Carruthers TJB, Henkel J, Gleason JS, Wiebe JJ. Leveraging co-production within ecosystem restoration to maximize benefits to coastal birds. J Environ Manage 2024; 360:121093. [PMID: 38735069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Coastal Louisiana's ecosystems are threatened by anthropogenic factors exacerbated by climate change induced sea-level rise. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in injuries and deaths to coastal birds in Louisiana, and the ongoing loss of habitat has limited the potential for successful nesting of resident birds throughout the coast. Habitat loss is being addressed through increased large-scale ecosystem restoration as a result of settlement funds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. To further inform bird restoration in Louisiana, an avian restoration guidance document (Guidance for Coastal Ecosystem Restoration and Monitoring to Create or Improve Bird-NestingHabitat, 2023) was developed to maximize restoration benefits for coastal breeding birds while also achieving broader habitat restoration objectives. The developed restoration guidance was co-produced by subject-matter experts and professionals, including avian experts, engineers, and coastal restoration project managers. The result of this cross-disciplinary effort was specific and targeted guidance that presents designable habitat features that are in the control of project engineers and are also important high-value bird nesting habitats (e.g., shoreline access, elevation heterogeneity and edge habitat). For the first time in Louisiana, defined nest-site characteristics and monitoring approaches are readily available to inform ecosystem restoration project implementation. The restoration document specifically emphasizes bird species that breed and nest in coastal habitats in Louisiana, and restoration managers can use these guidelines to explicitly incorporate bird nesting habitat features into coastal restoration planning, design, and implementation. In developing this guidance, many knowledge gaps and data needs were identified specific to engineering and project design, enabling the research community to frame research questions around specific coastal restoration questions. The co-production of science model applied here for avian resources is applicable to a wide range of other living marine resources that may benefit from large-scale ecosystem restoration and is an example of the benefits of working relationships, communications, and common goal setting.
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- Eva D Windhoffer
- The Water Institute, 1110 River Road S. Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, USA.
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- The Water Institute, 1110 River Road S. Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, USA.
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- The Water Institute, 1110 River Road S. Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, USA.
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, 16450 NW 31 Place, Chiefland, FL, 32626, USA.
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- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 200 Dulles Drive, Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA.
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Moult A, Aries A, Bailey P, Paskins Z. Reflecting on activities which support public involvement within an evaluation of public involvement reports from facilities funded by the national institute for health and care research: a co-produced commentary. Res Involv Engagem 2024; 10:46. [PMID: 38730485 PMCID: PMC11083799 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00579-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Although including public contributors as members of research teams is becoming common, there are few reflections on how they have been incorporated, and almost none of these reflections are co-produced with public contributors. This commentary, written by both academics and a public contributor, reflects on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) activities when undertaking a framework analysis of PPI sections of annual reports from the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR) funded research centres. The UK Standards for Public Involvement (inclusive opportunities, working together, support and learning, communications, impact and governance) were used to structure our reflections. Key topics of reflection were: how difficult it is, in practice, to incorporate PPI into all aspects of the research cycle, especially when completing a commissioned research project on a short time-frame, and the complexities of incorporating PPI into qualitative analysis. Although useful when reflecting upon our own PPI practices, ways in which the UK Standards for Public Involvement could be improved were suggested. We hope that the co-produced recommendations can be used by other teams engaging with public contributors.
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- Alice Moult
- Impact Accelerator Unit, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5BG, 0000-0002, 9424-5660, UK.
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- School of Allied Health, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5BG, UK
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- School of Allied Health, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5BG, UK
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- School of Medicine, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5BG, UK
- Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital, Midland Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford, ST5 5BG, UK
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Duan S, Zhang Z, Wang X, Sun Y, Dong Y, Ren L, Geng L, Xiu Z. Co-production of 1,3-propanediol and phage phiKpS2 from the glycerol fermentation by Klebsiella pneumoniae. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2024; 11:44. [PMID: 38722416 PMCID: PMC11082122 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-024-00760-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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As an alternative to antibiotics in response to antimicrobial-resistant infections, bacteriophages (phages) are garnering renewed interest in recent years. However, the massive preparation of phage is restricted using traditional pathogens as host cells, which incurs additional costs and contamination. In this study, an opportunistic pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae used to convert glycerol to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO), was reused to prepare phage after fermentation. The phage infection showed that the fed-batch fermentation broth containing 71.6 g/L 1,3-PDO can be directly used for preparation of phage with a titer of 1 × 108 pfu/mL. Then, the two-step salting-out extraction was adopted to remove most impurities, e.g. acetic acid (93.5%), ethanol (91.5%) and cells (99.4%) at the first step, and obtain 1,3-PDO (56.6%) in the top phase as well as phage (97.4%) in the middle phase at the second step. This integrated process provides a cheap and environment-friendly manner for coproduction of 1,3-PDO and phage.
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- Suyang Duan
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- Department of Respiratory, Affiliated Dalian Municipal Central Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116033, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- Department of Respiratory, Affiliated Dalian Municipal Central Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116033, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road 2, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China.
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Briand C, Giguère CÉ, Macario de Medeiros J, Vallée C, Luconi F, Vachon B, Drolet MJ, Monthuy-Blanc J, Mahroug A, Hakin R. The effectiveness of an online short-format Recovery College model: a co-learning model to support mental health. Int J Ment Health Syst 2024; 18:17. [PMID: 38698411 PMCID: PMC11065681 DOI: 10.1186/s13033-024-00637-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Our societies are facing mental health challenges, which have been compounded by the Covid-19. This event led people to isolate themselves and to stop seeking the help they needed. In response to this situation, the Health and Recovery Learning Center, applying the Recovery College (RC) model, modified its training program to a shorter online format. This study examines the effectiveness of a single RC training course delivered in a shortened online format to a diverse population at risk of mental health deterioration in the context of Covid-19. METHODS This quasi-experimental study used a one-group pretest-posttest design with repeated measures. Three hundred and fifteen (n = 315) learners agreed to take part in the study and completed questionnaires on wellbeing, anxiety, resilience, self-management, empowerment and stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors. RESULTS Analyses of variance using a linear mixed models revealed that attending a RC training course had, over time, a statistically significant effect on wellbeing (p = 0.004), anxiety (p < 0.001), self-esteem/self-efficacy (p = 0.005), disclosure/help-seeking (p < 0.001) and a slight effect on resilience (p = 0.019) and optimism/control over the future (p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to measure participation in a single online short-format RC training course, with a diversity of learners and a large sample. These results support the hypothesis that an online short-format training course can reduce psychological distress and increase self-efficacy and help-seeking. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study was previously approved by two certified ethics committees: Comité d'éthique de la recherche du CIUSSS EMTL, which acted as the committee responsible for the multicenter study, reference number MP-12-2021-2421, and Comité d'éthique avec les êtres humains de l'UQTR, reference number CER-20-270-07.01.
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- Catherine Briand
- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
- Research Center of Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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- Research Center of Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
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- Office for Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Research Center of Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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- Research Center of Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Education, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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- Research Center of Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Research Center of Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Salmiranta E, Areskoug Josefsson K, Ockander M, Augutis M, Masterson D. The voice of caregivers of children and adolescents with spinal cord injuries: A scoping review. J Spinal Cord Med 2024; 47:315-326. [PMID: 36745084 PMCID: PMC11044720 DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2022.2164455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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CONTEXT Participation in SCI research with caregivers of children and adolescents with spinal cord injury (SCI) can occur in a range of different ways. This review explores the extent to which caregivers' participation is connected to what might be called a voice. OBJECTIVES To explore the voice of caregivers by collating available research with the participation of caregivers of children and adolescents with SCI, and synthesizing how the research has been conducted. METHODS The databases CINAHL, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and Scopus were searched for articles published between January 2008 and March 2022. Descriptive and narrative information was extracted and factors describing how caregivers participated were identified using an inductive approach. RESULTS Twenty-nine articles were identified, of which 28 had affiliations connected to the USA, and 25 to Shriners Hospitals for Children. In most of the articles, the caregivers were invited to participate in the research to complete or develop measures. Information from the caregivers was often captured using close-structured questions and summarized quantitatively with little or no exploration of the perspectives of the caregivers. CONCLUSION The voice of caregivers of children and adolescents with SCI in research is limited by representativeness, the pre-determined emphasis, a lack of involvement in the process, and the reported narrative. By reflecting on voice, caregivers can have their experiences and perspectives acted upon to a greater extent to bring change, ultimately leading to improved care and health for children and adolescents with SCI.
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- Elin Salmiranta
- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
- Faculty of Health Science, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
- Department for Behavioural Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden
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- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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Ryan D, Nutting H, Parekh C, Crookes S, Southgate L, Caines K, Dear P, John A, Rehman MA, Davidson D, Abid U, Davidson L, Shire KA, McEachan RRC. Ready, set, co(produce): a co-operative inquiry into co-producing research to explore adolescent health and wellbeing in the Born in Bradford Age of Wonder project. Res Involv Engagem 2024; 10:41. [PMID: 38689373 PMCID: PMC11060965 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00578-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Co-production of research with communities and stakeholders is recognised as best practice, but despite this, transparent reporting and reflective accounts on co-producing research is lacking. Born in Bradford Age of Wonder (AoW) is a large longitudinal health research project, following the health trajectories of up to 30,000 young people across the Bradford district; moreover, AoW has been entirely co-produced with teachers, parents, and young people. This paper describes the co-production of the Born in Bradford Age of Wonder (AoW) project and shares general reflections on co-production from peer researchers involved in co-producing AoW. METHODS A co-operative inquiry (CI) approach was used to gather written reflections on co-production from ten peer researchers (one teacher, one parent, eight young people) involved in co-producing the AoW project. Written reflections were collected and rough "themes" were identified using thematic analysis. RESULTS Four key 'themes' were identified: (1) promoting young people's voice and views (2) identifying impacts of co-production, (3) fostering a collaborative ethos, and (4) suggested improvements to the co-production work in AoW. Peer researchers' reflections highlighted how co-production can positively impact research projects such as AoW, whilst also holding broader benefits including giving young people a voice, facilitating their personal development, and fostering a collaborative ethos both within AoW and with partner organisations. Suggested improvements to AoW co-production included supporting greater numbers of young people and researchers to engage in co-production, organising more regular sessions, and establishing clearer communication channels. CONCLUSIONS Peer researchers' reflections highlight positive impacts of engaging in co-production, both for research projects (including AoW) and for peer researchers' personal and professional development. That said, continued efforts are needed in AoW to meet young people's needs and interests, maintain trusting relationships, and foster sustained growth of co-production efforts within and beyond the AoW project. Evaluation of AoW co-production, along with wider partnership building are key to these efforts.
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- David Ryan
- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK.
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- AllStar, Park View Court, St Pauls Road, Shipley, BD18 3DS, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- AllStar, Park View Court, St Pauls Road, Shipley, BD18 3DS, UK
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- AllStar, Park View Court, St Pauls Road, Shipley, BD18 3DS, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, New Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, Bradford, BD18 3LD, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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Cook L, Coffey A, Brown Wilson C, Boland P, Stark P, Graham M, McMahon J, Tuohy D, Barry HE, Murphy J, Birch M, Tierney A, Anderson T, McCurtin A, Cunningham E, Curran GM, Mitchell G. Co-design and mixed methods evaluation of an interdisciplinary digital resource for undergraduate health profession students to improve the prevention, recognition, and management of delirium in Ireland: a study protocol. BMC Med Educ 2024; 24:475. [PMID: 38689311 PMCID: PMC11061903 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05468-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Delirium is a common symptom of acute illness which is potentially avoidable with early recognition and intervention. Despite being a growing concern globally, delirium remains underdiagnosed and poorly reported, with limited understanding of effective delirium education for undergraduate health profession students. Digital resources could be an effective approach to improving professional knowledge of delirium, but studies utilising these with more than one profession are limited, and no evidence-based, interdisciplinary, digital delirium education resources are reported. This study aims to co-design and evaluate a digital resource for undergraduate health profession students across the island of Ireland to improve their ability to prevent, recognise, and manage delirium alongside interdisciplinary colleagues. METHODS Utilising a logic model, three workstreams have been identified. Workstream 1 will comprise three phases: (1) a systematic review identifying the format, methods, and content of existing digital delirium education interventions for health profession students, and their effect on knowledge, self-efficacy, and behavioural change; (2) focus groups with health profession students to determine awareness and experiences of delirium care; and (3) a Delphi survey informed by findings from the systematic review, focus groups, and input from the research team and expert reference group to identify resource priorities. Workstream 2 will involve the co-design of the digital resource through workshops (n = 4) with key stakeholders, including health profession students, professionals, and individuals with lived experience of delirium. Lastly, Workstream 3 will involve a mixed methods evaluation of the digital resource. Outcomes include changes to delirium knowledge and self-efficacy towards delirium care, and health profession students experience of using the resource. DISCUSSION Given the dearth of interdisciplinary educational resources on delirium for health profession students, a co-designed, interprofessional, digital education resource will be well-positioned to shape undergraduate delirium education. This research may enhance delirium education and the self-efficacy of future health professionals in providing delirium care, thereby improving practice and patients' experiences and outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION Not applicable.
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- Lana Cook
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Center for Implementation Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
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Saikia S, Gogoi I, Oloo A, Sharma M, Puzari M, Chetia P. Co-production of metallo-β-lactamase and OXA-type β-lactamases in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in North East India. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 40:167. [PMID: 38630176 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-03977-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii poses a significant threat to public health globally, especially due to its ability to produce multiple carbapenemases, leading to treatment challenges. This study aimed to investigate the antibiotic resistance pattern of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii isolates collected from different clinical settings in North East India, focusing on their genotypic and phenotypic resistance profiles. A total of 172 multidrug-resistant A. baumannii isolates were collected and subjected to antibiotic susceptibility test using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Various phenotypic tests were performed to detect extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), metallo-β-lactamase (MBL), class C AmpC β-lactamase (AmpC), and carbapenem hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase (CHDL) production among the isolates. Overexpression of carbapenemase and cephalosporinase genes was detected among the isolates through both phenotypic and genotypic investigation. The antibiotic resistance profile of the isolates revealed that all were multidrug-resistant; 25% were extensively drug-resistant, 9.30% were pan-drug-resistant, whereas 91.27% were resistant to carbapenems. In the genotypic investigation, 80.81% of isolates were reported harbouring at least one metallo-β-lactamase encoding gene, with blaNDM being the most prevalent at 70.34%, followed by blaIMP at 51.16% of isolates. Regarding class D carbapenemases, blaOXA-51 and blaOXA-23 genes were detected in all the tested isolates, while blaOXA-24, blaOXA-48, and blaOXA-58 were found in 15.11%, 6.97%, and 1.74% isolates respectively. Further analysis showed that 31.97% of isolates co-harboured ESBL, MBL, AmpC, and CHDL genes, while 31.39% of isolates co-harboured ESBL, MBL, and CHDL genes with or without ISAba1 leading to extensively drug-resistant or pan drug-resistant phenotypes. This study highlights the complex genetic profile and antimicrobial-resistant pattern of the isolates circulating in North East India, emphasizing the urgent need for effective infection control measures and the development of alternative treatment strategies to combat these challenging pathogens.
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- Shyamalima Saikia
- Molecular Plant Taxonomy and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 786004, India
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- Molecular Plant Taxonomy and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 786004, India
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- Molecular Plant Taxonomy and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 786004, India
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- Integrated Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory (BSL-2), District Hospital Tuensang, Tuensang, Nagaland, 798612, India
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- Molecular Plant Taxonomy and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 786004, India
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- Molecular Plant Taxonomy and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 786004, India.
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Gronholm PC, Kline S, Lamba M, Lempp H, Mahkmud A, Morales Cano G, Vashisht K, Vera San Juan N, Sunkel C. Exploring perspectives of stigma and discrimination among people with lived experience of mental health conditions: a co-produced qualitative study. EClinicalMedicine 2024; 70:102509. [PMID: 38444431 PMCID: PMC10912051 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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Background Efforts to understand the mechanisms and consequences of mental health-related stigma and discrimination need to center the perspectives of people affected by these negative impacts, through research efforts that are led or co-led by people with lived experience (PWLE) of mental health conditions. Methods This study used co-production principles to explore global perspectives of stigma and discrimination among people meeting the inclusion criteria of identifying as PWLEs and being willing to share their experiences of stigma and discrimination resulting from a diagnosis of a mental health condition, and who had also participated in anti-stigma activities. Participants were recruited online via a self-selecting snowball sampling method. Qualitative data were collected from respondents via an anonymous global online survey conducted between 12/01/2021 and 02/28/2022. The main outcomes assessed were open-ended, qualitative responses to questions exploring experiences of stigma and discrimination, experiences regarding diagnoses, language/terminology related to mental health, impact of stigma and discrimination, and involvement with anti-stigma interventions. Data were synthesised through digital text network analysis and thematic content analysis. Findings A total of 198 respondents from over 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania were included in the study. The results reflected five themes: 1) the role of language and words; 2) the role of media in perpetuating and reducing stigma; 3) societal reactions to mental health conditions and strategies to cope with these; 4) knowledge about activities to reduce stigma and discrimination and their impact; and 5) personal involvement in activities to reduce stigma and discrimination. Interpretation The findings highlight that people with mental health conditions are aware of and experience stigma and discrimination across core domains of daily life. The importance of recognising the key role PWLEs can play in efforts to reduce stigma and discrimination was highlighted, and how they can be appropriately supported to contribute and have their experiential expertise recognised. Meaningful and authentic collaborations between PWLEs and other stakeholders can enhance the quality and relevance of strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination. This is, to our knowledge, the first study of its kind to use a co-production approach to explore experiences and reflections of stigma and discrimination related to mental health from a global perspective. However, the results are not broadly representative of the general PWLE population or suggestive of globally uniform experiences of stigma and discrimination. Funding None.
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- Petra C. Gronholm
- Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Global Mental Health Peer Network, Southeast Asia, Delhi, India
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- Centre for Rheumatic Disease, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Global Mental Health Peer Network, America's Region, TX, USA
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- Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
- Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL), University College London, London, UK
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Langford R, Brockman R, Banks J, Jago R, Gillison F, Coulman K, Moore T, Nobles J. Co-designing adult weight management services: a qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators, and considerations for future commissioning. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:778. [PMID: 38475750 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18031-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Weight management services have not always benefitted everyone equally. People who live in more deprived areas, racially minoritised communities, those with complex additional needs (e.g., a physical or mental disability), and men are less likely to take part in weight management services. This can subsequently widen health inequalities. One way to counter this is to co-design services with under-served groups to better meet their needs. Using a case study approach, we explored how co-designed adult weight management services were developed, the barriers and facilitators to co-design, and the implications for future commissioning. METHODS We selected four case studies of adult weight management services in Southwest England where co-design had been planned, representing a range of populations and settings. In each case, we recruited commissioners and providers of the services, and where possible, community members involved in co-design activities. Interviews were conducted online, audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS We interviewed 18 participants (8 female; 10 male): seven commissioners, eight providers, and three community members involved in co-designing the services. The case studies used a range of co-design activities (planned and actualised), from light-touch to more in-depth approaches. In two case studies, co-design activities were planned but were not fully implemented due to organisational time or funding constraints. Co-design was viewed positively by participants as a way of creating more appropriate services and better engagement, thus potentially leading to reduced inequalities. Building relationships- with communities, individual community members, and with partner organisations- was critical for successful co-design and took time and effort. Short-term and unpredictable funding often hindered co-design efforts and could damage relationships with communities. Some commissioners raised concerns over the limited evidence for co-design, while others described having to embrace "a different way of thinking" when commissioning for co-design. CONCLUSIONS Co-design is an increasingly popular approach to designing health in services but can be difficult to achieve within traditional funding and commissioning practices. Drawing on our case studies, we present key considerations for those wanting to co-design health services, noting the importance of building strong relationships, creating supportive organisational cultures, and developing the evidence base.
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- Rebecca Langford
- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, BS1 2NT, Bristol, UK.
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS, Bristol, UK.
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- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, BS1 2NT, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS, Bristol, UK
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- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, BS1 2NT, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS, Bristol, UK
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- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, BS1 2NT, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS, Bristol, UK
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, BS8 2BN, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Motivation and Health Behaviour Change, Department for Health, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, Bath, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, BS8 1NU, Bristol, UK
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- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, BS1 2NT, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS, Bristol, UK
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- Health, Nutrition & Environment, Leeds Beckett University, Calverley Building, City Campus, LS1 3HE, Leeds, UK
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Soklaridis S, Harris H, Shier R, Rovet J, Black G, Bellissimo G, Gruszecki S, Lin E, Di Giandomenico A. A balancing act: navigating the nuances of co-production in mental health research. Res Involv Engagem 2024; 10:30. [PMID: 38454473 PMCID: PMC10921621 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00561-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND In the context of mental health research, co-production involves people with lived expertise, those with professional or academic expertise, and people with both of these perspectives collaborating to design and actualize research initiatives. In the literature, two dominant perspectives on co-production emerge. The first is in support of co-production, pointing to the transformative value of co-production for those involved, the quality of services developed through this process, as well as to broader system-level impacts (e.g. influencing changes in health system decision making, care practices, government policies, etc.). The second stance expresses scepticism about the capacity of co-production to engender genuine collaboration given the deeply ingrained power imbalances in the systems in which we operate. While some scholars have explored the intersections of these two perspectives, this body of literature remains limited. MAIN TEXT This paper contributes to the literature base by exploring the nuances of co-production in health research. Using our mental health participatory action research project as a case example, we explore the nuances of co-production through four key values that we embraced: 1. Navigating power relations together 2. Multi-directional learning 3. Slow and steady wins the race 4. Connecting through vulnerability CONCLUSIONS: By sharing these values and associated principles and practices, we invite readers to consider the complexities of co-production and explore how our experiences may inform their practice of co-production. Despite the inherent complexity of co-production, we contend that pursuing authentic and equitable collaborations is integral to shaping a more just and inclusive future in mental health research and the mental health system at large.
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- Sophie Soklaridis
- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada.
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada
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AbuKoura R, Checchi F, Abdalla O, Ibrahim O, Hemeadan AT, Eldirdiri AAA, Mohamed DI, Ahmed A, Ahmed AE, Abdelmagid N, Pepe P, Dahab M. Population mortality before and during the COVID-19 epidemic in two Sudanese settings: a key informant study. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:701. [PMID: 38443885 PMCID: PMC10916139 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Population mortality is an important metric that sums information from different public health risk factors into a single indicator of health. However, the impact of COVID-19 on population mortality in low-income and crisis-affected countries like Sudan remains difficult to measure. Using a community-led approach, we estimated excess mortality during the COVID-19 epidemic in two Sudanese communities. METHODS Three sets of key informants in two study locations, identified by community-based research teams, were administered a standardised questionnaire to list all known decedents from January 2017 to February 2021. Based on key variables, we linked the records before analysing the data using a capture-recapture statistical technique that models the overlap among lists to estimate the true number of deaths. RESULTS We estimated that deaths per day were 5.5 times higher between March 2020 and February 2021 compared to the pre-pandemic period in East Gezira, while in El Obeid City, the rate was 1.6 times higher. CONCLUSION This study suggests that using a community-led capture-recapture methodology to measure excess mortality is a feasible approach in Sudan and similar settings. Deploying similar community-led estimation methodologies should be considered wherever crises and weak health infrastructure prevent an accurate and timely real-time understanding of epidemics' mortality impact in real-time.
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- Rahaf AbuKoura
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK.
- Sudan COVID-19 Research Group, Khartoum, Sudan.
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK
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- Y-Peer, Khartoum, Sudan
- Sudan COVID-19 Research Group, Khartoum, Sudan
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK
- Sudan COVID-19 Research Group, Khartoum, Sudan
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK
- Sudan COVID-19 Research Group, Khartoum, Sudan
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Guala MM, Bikic A, Bul K, Clinton D, Mejdal A, Nielsen HN, Stenager E, Søgaard Nielsen A. "Maze Out": a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial using a mix methods approach exploring the potential and examining the effectiveness of a serious game in the treatment of eating disorders. J Eat Disord 2024; 12:35. [PMID: 38429839 PMCID: PMC10908122 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-024-00985-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Eating Disorders (ED) are severe and costly mental health disorders. The effects of existing treatment approaches are limited and there is a need to develop novel interventions, including digital strategies that can increase engagement and effectiveness. Maze Out is a new serious game coproduced by patients and ED therapists, which allows patients to "play" with the reality of an ED and reflect on associated challenges. OBJECTIVES The present study has two main objectives: (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of adding Maze Out to treatment as usual (TAU) in a randomised controlled trial (RCT); and (2) to examine in depth the potential of Maze Out by examining how it is perceived and used in the context of an RCT. METHODS Participants will be recruited from mental health care services, endocrinology departments or Community Centres offering treatment for ED. Patients suffering from ED (N = 94) will be randomised to either TAU or TAU plus Maze Out. Primary outcome will be measured in terms of changes in self-efficacy, measured by a 5-item self-efficacy questionnaire (5-item SE_ED). Secondary outcome measures will include feelings of ineffectiveness and self-image, as measured by Eating Disorder Inventory, version 3 (EDI-3), Brief INSPIRE-O and Structural Analysis of Social Behaviour Intrex Questionnaire (SAS-B). Data will be collected at baseline (enrolment in the study), and subsequently 8 and 15 weeks after inclusion. Experiences of playing Maze Out will be examined in a sub-sample of participants, utilising both quantitative user analytics and qualitative interview data of patients, interview data of significant others, and healthcare professionals to explore the possible impact of Maze Out on disorder insight, communication patterns between patients and therapists and understanding of their disorder. DISCUSSION To our knowledge Maze Out is the first serious game coproduced by patients and therapists. It is a novel and theoretically grounded intervention that may significantly contribute to the healing process of ED. If found effective, the potential for wide-spread impact and scalability is considerable. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05621018.
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- Maria Mercedes Guala
- Psychiatric Research Unit, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsløws Vej 18, 5000, Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services Southern Jutland, Region of Southern Denmark, Aabenraa, Denmark
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- Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), Centre for Eating Disorders Innovation (CEDI), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Psychiatric Research Unit, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsløws Vej 18, 5000, Odense, Denmark
- Open Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Research Unit, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsløws Vej 18, 5000, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Research Unit, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsløws Vej 18, 5000, Odense, Denmark
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Connolly DJ, Thayne B, Bayliss J, Hughes X, Holloway Z, O'Callaghan S, Davies E. Transgender and non-binary people's experiences with alcohol reduction in the UK: A cross-sectional study. J Subst Use Addict Treat 2024; 158:209246. [PMID: 38072383 DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Transgender (trans) and non-binary people experience disproportionate harm from alcohol use, have a greater likelihood of developing dependence, and experience exclusion from both clinical and peer-based support systems. This study aimed to understand experiences with and preferences for alcohol reduction support among UK-based transgender and non-binary people. METHODS The study team and community stakeholders co-produced a cross-sectional survey and administered it to a purposive sample of trans and non-binary people from 1st February to 31st March 2022. The study recruited participants through social media, mailing lists, blog posts, and news articles. Participants (n = 565) had a lifetime history of alcohol use, were in one of five gender categories, and were classified as people who drink or formerly drank alcohol. Open- and closed-ended questions measured motivations for alcohol reduction and views surrounding various support modalities. RESULTS More than 15 % of the sample no longer drink alcohol and reported long-term abstinence, achieved without support, and were motivated by a loss of control over drinking behaviour and a desire to improve both physical and mental health. Mental illness, gender dysphoria, and a culture of alcohol excess were common antecedents of alcohol use. Thirty percent of participants who drink alcohol wanted to reduce their consumption. They suggested that this could be achieved with self-help tools, specialist trans and non-binary or LGBT+ services, access to both gender-affirming medical services, and sober queer social spaces. CONCLUSIONS UK-based trans and non-binary people face unique gender minority-related stressors which contribute to patterns of alcohol use that are perceived to be out of control and harmful to health. While many wanted access to self-help tools, there was interest in the availability of specialist alcohol reduction services and more inclusive general services. Conducting needs assessments to inform Needs assessments should inform the development of such services and trans-affirmative training should be mandated for all who provide support with alcohol reduction.
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- Dean J Connolly
- Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom; Mortimer Market Centre, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
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- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kalocsai C, Agrawal S, de Bie L, Beder M, Bellissimo G, Berkhout S, Johnson A, McNaughton N, Rodak T, McCullough K, Soklaridis S. Power to the people? A co-produced critical review of service user involvement in mental health professions education. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2024; 29:273-300. [PMID: 37247126 DOI: 10.1007/s10459-023-10240-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Meaningful service user involvement in health professions education requires integrating knowledge held by "lay" people affected by health challenges into professional theories and practices. Involving service users redefines whose knowledge "counts" and implies a shift in power. Such a shift is especially significant in the mental health field, where power imbalances between health professionals and service users are magnified. However, reviews of the literature on service user involvement in mental health professional education do little to explore how power manifests in this work. Meanwhile critical and Mad studies scholars have highlighted that without real shifts in power, inclusion practices can lead to harmful consequences. We conducted a critical review to explore how power is addressed in the literature that describes service user involvement in mental health professions education. Our team used a co-produced approach and critical theories to identify how power implicitly and explicitly operates in this work to unearth the inequities and power structures that service user involvement may inadvertently perpetuate. We demonstrate that power permeates service user involvement in mental health professional education but is rarely made visible. We also argue that by missing the opportunity to locate power, the literature contributes to a series of epistemic injustices that reveal the contours of legitimate knowledge in mental health professions education and its neoliberal underpinnings. Ultimately, we call for a critical turn that foregrounds power relations to unlock the social justice-oriented transformative potential of service user involvement in mental health professions education and health professions education more broadly.
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- Csilla Kalocsai
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Clinical Ethics, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Independent service user educator researcher, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Wilson Centre for Research in Education at University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Michener Institute of Education at University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Bennett SE, Gooberman-Hill R, Clark EM, Paskins Z, Walsh N, Drew S. Improving patients' experiences of diagnosis and treatment of vertebral fracture: co-production of knowledge sharing resources. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2024; 25:165. [PMID: 38383386 PMCID: PMC10880218 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-024-07281-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteoporosis involves changes to bones that makes them prone to fracture. The most common osteoporotic fracture is vertebral, in which one or more spinal vertebrae collapse. People with vertebral fracture are at high risk of further fractures, however around two-thirds remain undiagnosed. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends bone protection therapies to reduce this risk. This study aimed to co-produce a range of knowledge sharing resources, for healthcare professionals in primary care and patients, to improve access to timely diagnosis and treatment. METHODS This study comprised three stages: 1. In-depth interviews with primary care healthcare professionals (n = 21) and patients with vertebral fractures (n = 24) to identify barriers and facilitators to diagnosis and treatment. 2. A taxonomy of barriers and facilitators to diagnosis were presented to three stakeholder groups (n = 18), who suggested ways of identifying, diagnosing and treating vertebral fractures. Fourteen recommendations were identified using the nominal group technique. 3. Two workshops were held with stakeholders to co-produce and refine the prototype knowledge sharing resources (n = 12). RESULTS Stage 1: Factors included lack of patient information about symptoms and risk factors, prioritisation of other conditions and use of self-management. Healthcare professionals felt vertebral fractures were harder to identify in lower risk groups and mistook them for other conditions. Difficulties in communication between primary and secondary care meant that patients were not always informed of their diagnosis, or did not start treatment promptly. Stage 2: 14 recommendations to improve management of vertebral fractures were identified, including for primary care healthcare professionals (n = 9) and patients (n = 5). Stage 3: The need for allied health professionals in primary care to be informed about vertebral fractures was highlighted, along with ensuring that resources appealed to under-represented groups. Prototype resources were developed. Changes included help-seeking guidance and clear explanations of medical language. CONCLUSIONS The study used robust qualitative methods to co-produce knowledge sharing resources to improve diagnosis. A co-production approach enabled a focus on areas stakeholders thought to be beneficial to timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment. Dissemination of these resources to a range of stakeholders provides potential for substantial reach and spread.
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- Sarah E Bennett
- Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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- Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom
- Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Health and Clinical Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Johnson S, Birken M, Nyikavaranda P, Kular A, Gafoor R, Parkinson J, Hutchings-Hay C, Gant T, Molai J, Rivera J, Fenwick J, Bendall C, Blakley L, Bacarese-Hamilton T, White VC, Holden MK, Seale J, Hardy J, Fraser KL, Mitchell L, Lay B, Mbeah-Bankas H, McCrone P, Freemantle N, Wood L, Lobban F, Lloyd-Evans B. A crisis planning and monitoring intervention to reduce compulsory hospital readmissions (FINCH study): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2024; 10:35. [PMID: 38378694 PMCID: PMC10877855 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-024-01453-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Rates of compulsory (also known as involuntary) detention under mental health legislation have been rising over several decades in countries including England. Avoiding such detentions should be a high priority given their potentially traumatic nature and departure from usual ethical principles of consent and collaboration. Those who have been detained previously are at high risk of being detained again, and thus a priority group for preventive interventions. In a very sparse literature, interventions based on crisis planning emerge as having more supporting evidence than other approaches to preventing compulsory detention. METHOD We have adapted and manualised an intervention previously trialled in Zürich Switzerland, aimed at reducing future compulsory detentions among people being discharged following a psychiatric admission that has included a period of compulsory detention. A co-production group including people with relevant lived and clinical experience has co-designed the adaptations to the intervention, drawing on evidence on crisis planning and self-management and on qualitative interviews with service users and clinicians. We will conduct a randomised controlled feasibility trial of the intervention, randomising 80 participants to either the intervention in addition to usual care, or usual care only. Feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and trial procedures will be assessed through process evaluation (including rates of randomisation, recruitment, and retention) and qualitative interviews. We will also assess and report on planned trial outcomes. The planned primary outcome for a full trial is repeat compulsory detention within one year of randomisation, and secondary outcomes include compulsory detention within 2 years, and symptoms, service satisfaction, self-rated recovery, self-management confidence, and service engagement. A health economic evaluation is also included. DISCUSSION This feasibility study, and any subsequent full trial, will add to a currently limited literature on interventions to prevent involuntary detention, a goal valued highly by service users, carers, clinicians, and policymakers. There are significant potential impediments to recruiting and retaining this group, whose experiences of mental health care have often been negative and traumatising, and who are at high risk of disengagement. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN, ISRCTN11627644. Registered 25th May 2022, https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN11627644 .
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- Sonia Johnson
- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK.
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
- Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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- Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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- Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK
- Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 6Th Floor, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK
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Lewis KB, Smith M, Stacey D, Carley M, Graham ID. Evaluation of an integrated knowledge translation approach used for updating the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids: a pre-post mixed methods study. Res Involv Engagem 2024; 10:21. [PMID: 38331835 PMCID: PMC10854135 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00550-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND When people who can use or benefit from research findings are engaged as partners on study teams, the quality and impact of findings are better. These people can include patients/consumers and clinicians who do not identify as researchers. They are referred to as "knowledge users". This partnered approach is called integrated knowledge translation (IKT). We know little about knowledge users' involvement in the conduct of systematic reviews. We aimed to evaluate team members' degree of meaningful engagement and their perceptions of having used an IKT approach when updating the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids. METHODS We conducted a pre-post mixed methods study. We surveyed all team members at two time points. Before systematic review conduct, all participating team members indicated their preferred level of involvement within each of the 12 steps of the systematic review process from "Screen titles/abstracts" to "Provide feedback on draft article". After, they reported on their degree of satisfaction with their achieved level of engagement across each step and the degree of meaningful engagement using the Patient Engagement In Research Scale (PEIRS-22) across 7 domains scored from 100 (extremely meaningful engagement) to 0 (no meaningful engagement). We solicited their experiences with the IKT approach using open-ended questions. We analyzed quantitative data descriptively and qualitative data using content analysis. We triangulated data at the level of study design and interpretation. RESULTS Of 21 team members, 20 completed the baseline survey (95.2% response rate) and 17/20 (85.0% response rate) the follow-up survey. There were 11 (55%) researchers, 3 (15%) patients/consumers, 5 (25%) clinician-researchers, and 1 (5%) graduate student. At baseline, preferred level of involvement in the 12 systematic review steps varied from n = 3 (15%) (search grey literature sources) to n = 20 (100%) (provide feedback on the systematic review article). At follow-up, 16 (94.1%) participants were totally or very satisfied with the extent to which they were involved in these steps. All (17, 100%) agreed that the process was co-production. Total PEIRS-22 scores revealed most participants reported extremely (13, 76.4%) or very (2, 11.8%) meaningful degree of engagement. Triangulated data revealed that participants indicated benefit to having been engaged in an authentic research process that incorporated diverse perspectives, resulting in better and more relevant outputs. Reported challenges were about time, resources, and the logistics of collaborating with a large group. CONCLUSION Following the use of an IKT approach during the conduct of a systematic review, team members reported high levels of meaningful engagement. These results contribute to our understanding of ways to co-produce systematic reviews.
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- Krystina B Lewis
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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- Knowledge User, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Cochrane Consumer, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Crooks J, Flemming K, Shulman C, Casey E, Hudson B. Involving people with lived experience of homelessness in palliative and end of life care research: key considerations from experts in the field. Res Involv Engagem 2024; 10:16. [PMID: 38291483 PMCID: PMC10826236 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00549-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Co-production of research aims to include people with lived experience of a phenomena throughout the research process. People experiencing homelessness often experience advance ill-health at a young age, yet access palliative care services at a disparately low rate to the level of palliative care need. The voices of people experiencing homelessness are infrequently heard throughout palliative care research, despite the complexities and intricacies of the area. AIM To explore the experiences of experts in the field to identify key context considerations for involving people with lived experience of homelessness in palliative and end of life care research. METHODS Qualitative study comprising two data collection streams: interviews with professionals with experience of involving people experiencing homelessness in their work, and focus groups with people with lived experience (PWLE) of homelessness. Data were analysed using iterative, reflexive thematic analysis. Patient and Public Involvement contributors gave feedback on themes. RESULTS A total of 27 participants took part in semi-structured interviews (N = 16; professionals) or focus groups (N = 11; PWLE homelessness). Key considerations of involving people experiencing homelessness in palliative and end of life care research were developed into four key themes: complexity of lived experience of homelessness; representation of homelessness within experts by experience; professionalising lived experience; and methods for involvement. CONCLUSIONS Involvement of people with lived experience of homelessness is important in developing palliative care research. This paper begins to outline some contextual considerations for promoting involvement in a complex and intricate field of research.
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- Pathway, London, UK
- Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK
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- Marie Curie, London, UK
- Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK
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Sturgeon K, Judd A, Burke T, Foster C, Gibb DM, Le Prevost M, Mhizha W, Tweed CD. Disseminating the research findings from the adolescents and adults living with Perinatal HIV (AALPHI) study: an approach from young people living with HIV. Res Involv Engagem 2024; 10:9. [PMID: 38238837 PMCID: PMC10797962 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00541-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND The Adolescents and Adults Living with Perinatal HIV (AALPHI) study is one of only three cohort studies worldwide evaluating the impact of HIV on young people living with perinatal HIV (PLHIV) relative to a comparable group of HIV negative young people in close relationship with an HIV positive individual, for example, their mother, sibling or partner. This project aimed to engage young people with the AALPHI study findings, help them take ownership, and decide how they would disseminate the key messages to both study participants and to the wider community. METHODS In brief, 318 PLHIV and 100 HIV negative adolescents participated in AALPHI, where they each were interviewed twice, around two years apart. They were asked a wide range of psychosocial and risk behaviour questions and their cognitive function was assessed. We invited three AALPHI participants and seven members of the Youth Trials Board at the Children's HIV Association (CHIVA) to attend up to four workshops. They were provided with the key AALPHI research findings and asked to develop them into a format that was accessible and understandable for young people. Some who had not participated before formed a group in the fourth dissemination workshop that confirmed the most important concepts and results. RESULTS The young people decided to develop a film and a leaflet about the AALPHI findings and co-produced them with a film maker and graphic designer. Challenges included working with the film maker and the venue for the first three dissemination workshops was an office space which was not ideal. CONCLUSION Engaging young people in the dissemination of the AALPHI findings ensured the results were communicated in a way that was more likely to be relevant, accessible and useful to those affected by the study. This project demonstrates how young people in potentially stigmatised areas of care, such as HIV, can be involved in research dissemination.
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- Kate Sturgeon
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London, UK.
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London, UK
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- Youth Trials Board, London, UK
- Children's HIV Association (CHIVA), Bristol, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London, UK
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Di Fant V, del Pozo M, Gulikers J, Paparrizos S. ' Conceptualizations and implementation of user engagement in Weather and climate services: A climateservicesproviders' perspective by Di Fant, V., del Pozo, M., Gulikers, J. and Paparrizos, S. Heliyon 2024; 10:e22940. [PMID: 38187344 PMCID: PMC10770519 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Weather and Climate Information Services are increasingly used worldwide to facilitate the provision of information to their intended users. Despite this, the definition, classification and evaluation of climate services remains highly debated, particularly regarding user engagement. High forms of user engagement like co-production and co-creation are the least understood. This study looks at three case studies to clarify the current understanding of user engagement in climate services. The research identifies explicit and implicit conceptualizations of user engagement by service providers and characterizes their implementation. The study confirms the current lack of clarity for providers regarding the terminology used to describe user engagement in climate services, which calls for a different understanding of user engagement that allows to better embrace its complexity. Furthermore, our findings reveal that the highest form of user engagement occurred in the case study where there was a shared understanding of how service providers conceptualized user engagement. This conceptualization was aligned with the actual user engagement strategies implemented in the project. This stresses the importance of a shared understanding of user engagement terminology. Finally, the same service is often found to have implemented different user engagement levels at different stages and for different elements of the products. This brings up the issue of how to best describe user engagement in such situations. We recommend embracing the multi-faceted nature of user engagement in climate services by characterizing different elements and stages differently.
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- Valeria Di Fant
- Deltares (Delft, the Netherlands)
- Wageningen University & Research – Environmental Sciences group, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research – Environmental Sciences group, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research – Social Sciences group, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research – Environmental Sciences group, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Terrado M, Pérez-Zanón N, Bojovic D, González-Reviriego N, Versteeg G, Octenjak S, Martínez-Botí A, Joona T. Climate change adaptation stories: Co-creating climate services with reindeer herders in Finland. Sci Total Environ 2024; 908:168520. [PMID: 37963523 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Reindeer husbandry in the Arctic region is strongly affected by the local climate. Reindeer herders are used to coping with adverse weather, climate, and grazing conditions through autonomous adaptation. However, today's rapidly changing Arctic environment poses new challenges to the management of herding activities. Finding means for combining traditional and scientific knowledge without depriving any of the systems of its fundamental strengths is hence deemed necessary. In this work, we apply a transdisciplinary framework for knowledge co-production involving international researchers and reindeer herders from different cooperatives in northern Finland. Through 'climate change adaptation stories', we co-explore how climate predictions can inform herders' decision making during the herding season. Relevant decisions include the anticipation of summer harvest time, the inopportune periods of cold weather in spring, and insect harassment in summer. Despite their potential benefits for climate-sensitive decisions, climate predictions have seen limited uptake, mainly due to their probabilistic nature and lower quality compared with shorter-term weather forecasts. The analysis of two different adaptation stories shows that seasonal predictions of temperature for May and June can successfully advise about the likelihood of having an earlier than normal harvest. This information can be obtained up to three months in advance, helping herders to better arrange their time for other activities. Likewise, sub-seasonal predictions of temperature during April and May can be useful to anticipate the occurrence of backwinter episodes, which can support herders in deciding whether to feed reindeer in pens for longer, avoiding putting the survival of calves at risk. This study, which would benefit from co-evaluation in real world settings and consideration of additional adaptation stories, sets the basis for a successful co-production of climate services with Arctic reindeer herders. This research shows the potential to enhance the resilience of Polar regions, offering opportunities for adaptation while supporting the sustainability and culture of traditional practices of Arctic communities.
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- Marta Terrado
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Pohjoisranta 4, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland.
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Conte KP, Laycock A, Bailie J, Walke E, Onnis LA, Feeney L, Langham E, Cunningham F, Matthews V, Bailie R. Producing knowledge together: a participatory approach to synthesising research across a large-scale collaboration in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Health Res Policy Syst 2024; 22:3. [PMID: 38172892 PMCID: PMC10765661 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-01087-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite that stakeholder participation in evidence synthesis could result in more useful outcomes, there are few examples of processes that actively involve them in synthesis work. Techniques are needed that engage diverse stakeholders as equal partners in knowledge co-production. The aims of this paper are to describe an innovative participatory process of synthesising a large body of academic research products and compare the findings of the participatory process against two traditional approaches to synthesis: a rapid review and a structured review. METHODS First, a rapid synthesis of all research outputs (n = 86) was conducted by researchers with in-depth knowledge of the collaboration's research. Second, a team of researchers and service providers conducted a structured synthesis of seventy-eight peer-reviewed articles and reports generated by the collaboration. Fifty-five publications were brought forward for further synthesis in part three, a facilitated participatory synthesis. Finally, we explored the value added by the participatory method by comparing findings generated across the three synthesis approaches. RESULTS Twelve researchers and 11 service providers/policy partners-8 self-identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander-participated in two facilitated workshops (totalling 4 h). Workshop activities engaged participants in reviewing publication summaries, identifying key findings, and evoked review, discussion and refinement. The process explicitly linked experiential knowledge to citations of academic research, clearly connecting the two knowledge types. In comparing the findings generated across all three methods we found mostly consistencies; the few discrepancies did not contradict but gave deeper insights into statements created by the other methods. The participatory synthesis generated the most, detailed, and unique findings, and contextual insights about the relevance of the key messages for practice. CONCLUSION The participatory synthesis engaged stakeholders with diverse backgrounds and skillsets in synthesising a large body of evidence in a relatively short time. The participatory approach produced findings comparable to traditional synthesis methods while extending knowledge and identifying lessons most relevant for the participants who, ultimately, are the end users of the research. This process will interest other large-scale research collaborations seeking to engage stakeholders in evidence synthesis.
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- Kathleen P Conte
- University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
- Oregon Health Sciences University-Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland State University, Portland, USA.
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- University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
- School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
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- University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Australia
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- University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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Feng J, Techapun C, Phimolsiripol Y, Phongthai S, Khemacheewakul J, Taesuwan S, Mahakuntha C, Porninta K, Htike SL, Kumar A, Nunta R, Sommanee S, Leksawasdi N. Utilization of agricultural wastes for co-production of xylitol, ethanol, and phenylacetylcarbinol: A review. Bioresour Technol 2024; 392:129926. [PMID: 37925084 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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Corn, rice, wheat, and sugar are major sources of food calories consumption thus the massive agricultural waste (AW) is generated through agricultural and agro-industrial processing of these raw materials. Biological conversion is one of the most sustainable AW management technologies. The abundant supply and special structural composition of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin could provide great potential for waste biological conversion. Conversion of hemicellulose to xylitol, cellulose to ethanol, and utilization of remnant whole cells biomass to synthesize phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) are strategies that are both eco-friendly and economically feasible. This co-production strategy includes essential steps: saccharification, detoxification, cultivation, and biotransformation. In this review, the implemented technologies on each unit step are described, the effectiveness, economic feasibility, technical procedures, and environmental impact are summarized, compared, and evaluated from an industrial scale viewpoint.
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- Juan Feng
- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Department of Biotechnology, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Thanjavur 613403, India.
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Division of Food Innovation and Business, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Lampang Rajabhat University, Lampang 52100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Agro Bio-Circular-Green Industry (Agro BCG), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand; Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.
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Brotherdale R, Berry K, Branitsky A, Bucci S. Co-producing digital mental health interventions: A systematic review. Digit Health 2024; 10:20552076241239172. [PMID: 38665886 PMCID: PMC11044797 DOI: 10.1177/20552076241239172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Objective Smartphone apps (apps) are widely recognised as promising tools for improving access to mental healthcare. However, a key challenge is the development of digital interventions that are acceptable to end users. Co-production with providers and stakeholders is increasingly positioned as the gold standard for improving uptake, engagement, and healthcare outcomes. Nevertheless, clear guidance around the process of co-production is lacking. The objectives of this review were to: (i) present an overview of the methods and approaches to co-production when designing, producing, and evaluating digital mental health interventions; and (ii) explore the barriers and facilitators affecting co-production in this context. Methods A pre-registered (CRD42023414007) systematic review was completed in accordance with The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Five databases were searched. A co-produced bespoke quality appraisal tool was developed with an expert by experience to assess the quality of the co-production methods and approaches. A narrative synthesis was conducted. Results Twenty-six studies across 24 digital mental health interventions met inclusion criteria. App interventions were rarely co-produced with end users throughout all stages of design, development, and evaluation. Co-producing digital mental health interventions added value by creating culturally sensitive and acceptable interventions. Reported challenges included resource issues exacerbated by the digital nature of the intervention, variability across stakeholder suggestions, and power imbalances between stakeholders and researchers. Conclusions Variation in approaches to co-producing digital mental health interventions is evident, with inconsistencies between stakeholder groups involved, stage of involvement, stakeholders' roles and methods employed.
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- Rebecca Brotherdale
- Division of Psychology & Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, UK
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Psychology & Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, UK
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Psychology & Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, UK
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Dobe J, Gustafsson L, Walder K, Bower K, Lachman R. Co-creation of self-management support during inpatient stroke rehabilitation. PEC Innov 2023; 3:100191. [PMID: 37521957 PMCID: PMC10371841 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Objective This study aimed to identify priority self-management skills and behaviours in partnership with stroke survivors, and to co-create approaches to support self-management during inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Methods Three stroke survivors and two communication partners participated in the three-stage Participatory Action Research project with embedded co-design processes after undertaking inpatient rehabilitation at a metropolitan tertiary hospital. Results Participants identified key factors influencing self-management during inpatient rehabilitation including motivation, emotional well-being, and fatigue. Three approaches to support people to self-manage post-stroke were co-created. (1) A health professional concierge and early family meeting. (2) A peer support person. (3) Adapting the hospital environment. Conclusion Findings suggest post-stroke self-management support should commence during inpatient rehabilitation to optimise its research-informed benefits. This support should focus on empowering stroke survivors and their key support people through active involvement in decision-making, and provision of multi-modal individualised education. The impact of hospital environments on emotional-wellbeing and self-management post-stroke also requires further investigation. Innovation The identification of a health professional concierge as a co-designed solution to the current challenges with self-management support is an innovative recommendation for practice. The findings support changes to the traditional processes of rehabilitation towards a consumer and family-led practices.
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- Joshua Dobe
- Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
- Occupational Therapy Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
- The Hopkins Centre, Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
- Occupational Therapy Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Lazurko A, Haider LJ, Hertz T, West S, McCarthy DDP. Operationalizing ambiguity in sustainability science: embracing the elephant in the room. Sustain Sci 2023; 19:595-614. [PMID: 38404522 PMCID: PMC10891248 DOI: 10.1007/s11625-023-01446-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Ambiguity is often recognized as an intrinsic aspect of addressing complex sustainability challenges. Nevertheless, in the practice of transdisciplinary sustainability research, ambiguity is often an 'elephant in the room' to be either side-stepped or reduced rather than explicitly mobilized in pursuit of solutions. These responses threaten the salience and legitimacy of sustainability science by masking the pluralism of real-world sustainability challenges and how research renders certain frames visible and invisible. Critical systems thinking (CST) emerged from the efforts of operational researchers to address theoretical and practical aspects of ambiguity. By adapting key concepts, frameworks, and lessons from CST literature and case studies, this paper aims to establish (1) an expansive conceptualization of ambiguity and (2) recommendations for operationalizing ambiguity as a valuable means of addressing sustainability challenges. We conceptualize ambiguity as an emergent feature of the simultaneous and interacting boundary processes associated with being, knowing, and intervening in complex systems, and propose Reflexive Boundary Critique (RBC) as a novel framework to help navigate these boundary processes. Our characterization of ambiguity acknowledges the boundary of a researcher's subjective orientation and its influence on how ambiguity is exposed and mediated in research (being), characterizes knowledge as produced through the process of making boundary judgments, generating a partial, contextual, and provisional frame (knowing), and situates a researcher as part of the complexity they seek to understand, rendering any boundary process as a form of intervention that reinforces or marginalizes certain frames and, in turn, influences action (intervening). Our recommendations for sustainability scientists to operationalize ambiguity include (1) nurturing the reflexive capacities of transdisciplinary researchers to navigate persistent ambiguity (e.g., using our proposed framework of RBC), and (2) grappling with the potential for and consequences of theoretical incommensurability and discordant pluralism. Our findings can help sustainability scientists give shape to and embrace ambiguity as a fundamental part of rigorous sustainability science.
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- Anita Lazurko
- School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W, N2L 3G1 Waterloo, Canada
- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP UK
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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- School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W, N2L 3G1 Waterloo, Canada
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Reed H, Murphy S, Evans R. Optimising a co-production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school-based Research Action Groups. Health Res Policy Syst 2023; 21:133. [PMID: 38098091 PMCID: PMC10720185 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-01086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Existing frameworks for developing public health interventions have limited guidance for researchers on how to work with stakeholders to co-produce context-specific interventions. To address this, a promising framework for the co-production of public health interventions was developed through a previous review of school-based co-production. The present study aimed to optimise this co-production framework through applying and testing it in real-world secondary school contexts. Within schools, Research Action Groups (RAGs) were established with multiple school stakeholders supported by an external facilitator to use school data to produce school-specific mental health and wellbeing interventions. A mixed method process evaluation of two contextually diverse case study secondary schools in the UK was used to optimise the co-production framework. The process evaluation sought the views of those involved (students, school staff, school Senior Management Team (SMT) members, and the external co-production facilitator/researcher) on the co-production functions they were involved in so they could be modified, if needed. Data collected for the process evaluation during co-production were a researcher diary (n = 45 entries), and observations of student photography (n = 21) and RAG meetings (n = 8). Post co-production, interviews, and surveys with RAG students (n = 18) and staff (n = 8), and two school-specific SMT focus groups (n = 10) were conducted. The study identified four recommendations to optimise and integrate co-production into real world practice. They include the need to: assess schools for their readiness to undertake co-production; more effectively communicate the necessity to have stakeholders from the whole system involved; work with SMTs throughout co-production functions; involve stakeholders outside the school to support producing solutions to change school mental health and wellbeing priorities. The framework is intended to be used by researchers to integrate stakeholders into a shared decision-making process to develop interventions that meet the needs and contexts of individual schools. It could be transferred to other settings to support the development of public health interventions for other health areas, and populations. Further evaluation to test its use in other settings is needed.
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- Hayley Reed
- DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Spark, Maindy Rd, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom.
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- DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Spark, Maindy Rd, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom
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- DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Spark, Maindy Rd, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom
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Parnell T, Fiske K, Stastny K, Sewell S, Nott M. Lived experience narratives in health professional education: educators' perspectives of a co-designed, online mental health education resource. BMC Med Educ 2023; 23:946. [PMID: 38087347 PMCID: PMC10717857 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04956-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Meaningful involvement of people with lived experience is an invaluable approach to education that facilitates the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes for collaborative, compassionate and person-centred healthcare practice. The purpose of this evaluation was to gain health professional educators' perspectives of an online learning resource that presents the lived experiences of people who have been consumers of the Australian mental health system. METHODS A cross sectional study design was used to survey educators who had registered to use the online education resource. Data were collected using an online survey and follow-up interviews. Two lived experience researchers were involved in the research. Quantitative survey data were analysed descriptively, and qualitative data were analysed thematically. FINDINGS The Listening to Voices online education resource is being used in a range of settings. Educators perceived the content facilitated achievement of learning outcomes related to understanding the experiences of people with mental health issues. The free, online, and flexible design of the resource promoted access and helped overcome barriers to including lived experience experts in education. The powerful impact of the resource and importance of creating safe learning environments when using the resource were highlighted. Suggestions for future developments were provided. CONCLUSION Involving people with lived experience in education of healthcare students and professionals can assist in developing skills for collaborative, compassionate, and person-centred care. Implementation of co-design principles and the use of creative pedagogical approaches can contribute to the development of impactful educational resources that foreground lived experience. Making these resources flexible and freely available online improves their utility.
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- Tracey Parnell
- School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789, Albury, NSW, 2640, Australia.
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- Gateway Health, 155 High Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
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- Intervoice, 21 Warwick Road, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
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- Listening to Voices, C/- 155 High Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
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- Three Rivers Department of Rural Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia
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Johnstone AM, Lonnie M. Tackling diet inequalities in the UK food system: is food insecurity driving the obesity epidemic? (The FIO Food project). Proc Nutr Soc 2023:1-9. [PMID: 38058191 DOI: 10.1017/s0029665123004871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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By 2050 the number of adults living with obesity in the UK will rise with approximately one in four in the adult population. This rising trend is not equitable, with higher prevalence in socially disadvantaged groups. There is an apparent paradox of not being able to provide food for the family to eat, a feature of food insecurity and living with obesity. With the current cost-of-living crisis, there is a challenge to afford both food and fuel bills. Environmentally sustainable and healthy diets are proposed to improve public health and reduce the impact of the food system on the environment, while also improving diet quality. However, healthier foods tend to be nearly three times more expensive than unhealthy foods, and this provides a challenge for citizens on low incomes. In this review, we explore some of the evidence for solutions in the retail food environment to support the UK food system to be safe, nutritious, environmentally friendly and fair for all. We highlight the value of co-production in research, to give value and power to the lived experience to address these inequalities. Our multidisciplinary research approach within the FIO Food research grant will generate new insights into modifiable and potentially impactful changes to the UK food system, specifically for the retail food sector. We believe that the co-creation, design and delivery of research with those living with obesity and food insecurity will help to transform the UK food system for health and the environment in this vulnerable group.
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- Alexandra M Johnstone
- The Rowett Institute, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- The Rowett Institute, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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Papageorgiou V, Dewa LH, Bruton J, Murray KK, Hewlett N, Thamm W, Hamza H, Frumiento P, Steward R, Bradshaw M, Brooks-Hall E, Petretti S, Ewans S, Williams M, Chapko D. 'Building bridges': reflections and recommendations for co-producing health research. Res Involv Engagem 2023; 9:113. [PMID: 38057931 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00528-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Co-produced research is when all stakeholders, including experts by experience and researchers, work together to conceptualise, design, deliver and disseminate research to enhance understanding and knowledge. This type of participatory inquiry is being increasingly used across health research; however, it continues to be a complex area to navigate given existing institutional structures. MAIN BODY We collaborated across three independent co-produced research studies to share insights, reflections, and knowledge of our work in the fields of HIV, mental health, and disability research. We co-designed and delivered a three-hour online workshop at a conference to share these reflections using the metaphor of 'building bridges' to describe our co-production journey. We generated key principles of co-production from our different experiences working in each individual research project as well as together across the three projects. Our principles are to: (1) be kind, have fun and learn from each other; (2) share power (as much as you can with people); (3) connect with people you know and don't know; (4) remain connected; and (5) use clear and simple language. CONCLUSION We recommend that co-produced research needs additional funding, resource, and flexibility to remain impactful and ethical. Co-produced research teams need to be mindful of traditional power structures and ensure that the process is transparent, fair, and ethical. Addressing equality, diversity, and inclusion of traditionally underrepresented groups in research is essential as are the skills, expertise, and experiences of all members of the co-production team.
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- Vasiliki Papageorgiou
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Patient Experience Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Patient Experience Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Berry K, Matheson C, Schofield J, Dumbrell J, Parkes T, Hill D, Kilonzo M, MacLennan G, Stewart D, Ritchie T, Turner M. Development of an intervention to manage benzodiazepine dependence and high-risk use in the context of escalating drug related deaths in Scotland: an application of the MRC framework. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:1205. [PMID: 37925423 PMCID: PMC10625279 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10201-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Scotland has the highest rate of drug related deaths (DRD) in Europe. These are deaths in people who use drugs such as heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids. It is a feature of deaths in Scotland that people use combinations of drugs which increases the chance of a DRD. Many deaths involve 'street' benzodiazepines, especially a drug called etizolam. Many of the 'street' benzodiazepines are not licensed in the UK so come from illegal sources. People who use opiates can be prescribed a safer replacement medication (e.g., methadone). While guidance on management of benzodiazepines use highlights that there is little evidence to support replacement prescribing, practice and evidence are emerging. AIM To develop an intervention to address 'street' benzodiazepines use in people who also use opiates. METHODS The MRC Framework for Complex Interventions was used to inform research design. Co-production of the intervention was achieved through three online workshops with clinicians, academics working in the area of substance use, and people with lived experience (PWLE). Each workshop was followed by a PWLE group meeting. Outputs from workshops were discussed and refined by the PWLE group and then further explored at the next workshop. RESULTS After these six sessions, a finalised logic model for the intervention was successfully achieved that was acceptable to clinicians and PWLE. Key components of the intervention were: prescribing of diazepam; anxiety management, sleep, and pain; and harm reduction resources (locked box and a range of tips), personal safety conversations, as well as a virtual learning environment. CONCLUSION A co-produced intervention was developed for next stage clinical feasibility testing.
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Grants
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
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- HIPS/20/09 Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
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Yang Q, Tang W, Ma C, He YC. Efficient co-production of xylooligosaccharides, furfural and reducing sugars from yellow bamboo via the pretreatment with biochar-based catalyst. Bioresour Technol 2023; 387:129637. [PMID: 37549711 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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The research on the efficient use of biomass to produce chemical products has received extensive attention. In this work, a novel heterogeneous biocarbon-based heterogeneous catalyst AT-Sn-YB was prepared using yellow bamboo (YB) as a carrier, and its physical properties were proved to be good by various characterization and stability experiments. In the γ-valerolactone/water (3:1, v/v) medium containing 100 mM CuCl2, the use of AT-Sn-YB (3.6 wt%) under 170 °C for 20 min was applied to catalyze YB into furfural (80.3% yield), accompanied with 2.8 g/L xylooligosaccharides. The YB solid residue obtained from treatment was efficiently saccharified to reducing sugars (17.2 g/L). Accordingly, comprehensive understanding of efficiently co-producing xylooligosaccharides, furfural and reducing sugars from YB was demonstrated via the pretreatment with biochar-based catalyst. This study innovatively used a new type of solid acid to complete the efficient co-production of chemical products, and realized the value-added utilization of yellow bamboo.
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- Qizhen Yang
- School of Pharmacy & School of Biological and Food Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- School of Pharmacy & School of Biological and Food Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- School of Pharmacy & School of Biological and Food Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China; State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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Oliver S, Dickson K, Bangpan M. Academic contributions to the development of evidence and policy systems: an EPPI Centre collective autoethnography. Health Res Policy Syst 2023; 21:110. [PMID: 37880785 PMCID: PMC10601151 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-01051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence for policy systems emerging around the world combine the fields of research synthesis, evidence-informed policy and public engagement with research. We conducted this retrospective collective autoethnography to understand the role of academics in developing such systems. METHODS We constructed a timeline of EPPI Centre work and associated events since 1990. We employed: Transition Theory to reveal emerging and influential innovations; and Transformative Social Innovation theory to track their increasing depth, reach and embeddedness in research and policy organisations. FINDINGS The EPPI Centre, alongside other small research units, collaborated with national and international organisations at the research-policy interface to incubate, spread and embed new ways of working with evidence and policy. Sustainable change arising from research-policy interactions was less about uptake and embedding of innovations, but more about co-developing and tailoring innovations with organisations to suit their missions and structures for creating new knowledge or using knowledge for decisions. Both spreading and embedding innovation relied on mutual learning that both accommodated and challenged established assumptions and values of collaborating organisations as they adapted to closer ways of working. The incubation, spread and embedding of innovations have been iterative, with new ways of working inspiring further innovation as they spread and embedded. Institutionalising evidence for policy required change in both institutions generating evidence and institutions developing policy. CONCLUSIONS Key mechanisms for academic contributions to advancing evidence for policy were: contract research focusing attention at the research-policy interface; a willingness to work in unfamiliar fields; inclusive ways of working to move from conflict to consensus; and incentives and opportunities for reflection and consolidating learning.
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- Sandy Oliver
- Social Research Institute, University College London, 10 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0NR, United Kingdom.
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- Social Research Institute, University College London, 10 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0NR, United Kingdom
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- Social Research Institute, University College London, 10 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0NR, United Kingdom
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Blackburn S, Hine R, Fairbanks S, Parkes P, Murinas D, Meakin A, Taylor R, Parton L, Jones M, Tunmore J, Lench J, Evans N, Lewney K, O'Mara L, Fryer AA. The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research. Res Involv Engagem 2023; 9:99. [PMID: 37880805 PMCID: PMC10601214 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00508-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The quality of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in healthcare research varies considerably and is frequently tokenistic. We aimed to co-produce the Insight | Public Involvement Quality Recognition and Awards programme, based on the UK Standards for Public Involvement (UKSPI) alongside an incremental scale designed by Expert Citizens (a lived experience-led community group), to incentivise and celebrate continuous improvement in PPI. METHODS We used Task and Finish Groups (19/44 [43%] public contributor membership) to co-produce the programme which we piloted in three organisations with different healthcare research models. We used surveys and review sessions to capture learning and reflections. RESULTS We co-created: (1) A Quality descriptor matrix comprising four incremental quality levels (Welcoming, Listening, Learning, Leading) for each UKSPI standard. (2) An assessment framework including guidance materials, self-assessment form and final report template. (3) An assessor training package. (4) The quality awards event format and nomination form. These materials were modified based on pilot-site feedback. Of survey respondents: 94.4% felt they had made at least 'Some' personal contribution (half said 'Quite a lot'/'A great deal'), 88.9% said they were 'Always'/'Often' able to express their views freely and, 100% stated the programme would have 'A lot of impact'/'Quite a bit of impact'. During the project, we identified the importance of taking time to explain project aims and contributor roles, adapting to the needs of individual contributors and, using smaller bespoke sessions outside the main Task and Finish Groups. CONCLUSIONS We co-produced and piloted a quality recognition programme to incentivise and celebrate continuous quality improvement in PPI. One public contributor stated, "I feel strongly that the Insight framework and awards will raise awareness of the [public involvement] work going on in many community settings. [It] is likely to result in better sharing of positive practice, incentivising research groups of any size to start work or to improve the quality of [PPI] could be one of the main benefits. I'm excited that if this initiative takes off, regionally and then in the longer term nationally, it could be a significant step in advancing the [public] voice."
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- Steven Blackburn
- Institute for Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Expert Citizens CIC, The Dudson Centre, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK
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- Expert Citizens CIC, The Dudson Centre, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK
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- Expert Citizens CIC, The Dudson Centre, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK
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- Expert Citizens CIC, The Dudson Centre, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK
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- Research User Group, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK
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- Research User Group, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK
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- Research and Innovation Department, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, St George's Hospital, Stafford, UK
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- Research and Innovation Department, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, St George's Hospital, Stafford, UK
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- Impact Accelerator Unit, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
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- Directorate of Research and Innovation and Centre for NMAHP Research and Education Excellence (CeNREE), University Hospitals of North Midlands, Staffordshire, UK
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- Directorate of Research and Innovation and Centre for NMAHP Research and Education Excellence (CeNREE), University Hospitals of North Midlands, Staffordshire, UK
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- Impact Accelerator Unit, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
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Dooley J, Ghezal A, Gilpin T, Hassan Basri H, Humberstone K, Lahdelma A, Misurya P, Marshall E, Watkins E. Assessing the impact of university students' involvement in the first year of Nurture-U: a national student wellbeing research project. Res Involv Engagem 2023; 9:95. [PMID: 37848961 PMCID: PMC10580553 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00478-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Students experience lower levels of wellbeing than the general, age-matched population. A whole-university approach to mental health is encouraged, which must work for individuals from all backgrounds and experiences. Student input is vital in researching and designing these solutions. Nurture-U is a national, large-scale research project exploring better ways to support student wellbeing, with a Student Advisory Group (SAG) that feeds into project decision making. With the first year of the project now completed, we now critically review the processes and effectiveness of the SAG and how well the project is engaging and working with students. METHODS Assessment of the SAG's impact on the project, the student advisors, and the researchers was undertaken through a content analysis of team meetings and collection of advisor and researcher feedback using the Patient Engagement Quality Guidance Tool. RESULTS 142 students worked on different tasks in the first year of the Nurture-U project. The SAG was involved in the project branding and marketing, and in the development and co-design of interventions and tools. They reported a positive experience, with involvement boosting confidence. They felt valued but reported not always knowing whether their input was implemented in final decisions. They also recommended different methods of providing feedback. Researchers found student input beneficial to communicate the viewpoint of a different generation and increase the relevance of the study, but also suggested improvements for communication between the research team and the student group. CONCLUSIONS This critical reflection of the SAG's public advisor role in this large-scale research project was important in highlighting what worked well and areas to improve. As the project unfolds, we aim to adapt our methods of student input, increase the transparency of decision-making processes, and in turn increase student-led decision making within the project.
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- Jemima Dooley
- Sir Henry Wellcome Centre for Mood Disorders Research, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QG, UK.
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- Department of Politics, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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- Coronary Research Group, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Department of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QH, UK
- Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University of Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BF, UK
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- Combined Honours Department, Peter Chalk, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QD, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Devon, EX44QG, UK
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- School of Psychology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Sir Henry Wellcome Centre for Mood Disorders Research, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QG, UK
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Papastavrou Brooks C, Kafle E, Butt N, Chawner D, Day A, Elsby-Pearson C, Elson E, Hammond J, Herbert P, Jenkins CL, Johnson Z, Keith-Roach SH, Papasileka E, Reeves S, Stewart N, Gilbert N, Startup H. Co-producing principles to guide health research: an illustrative case study from an eating disorder research clinic. Res Involv Engagem 2023; 9:84. [PMID: 37730642 PMCID: PMC10510247 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00460-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is significant value in co-produced health research, however power-imbalances within research teams can pose a barrier to people with lived experience of an illness determining the direction of research in that area. This is especially true in eating disorder research, where the inclusion of co-production approaches lags other research areas. Appealing to principles or values can serve to ground collaborative working. Despite this, there has not been any prior attempt to co-produce principles to guide the work of a research group and serve as a basis for developing future projects. METHODS The aim of this piece of work was to co-produce a set of principles to guide the conduct of research within our lived experience led research clinic, and to offer an illustrative case for the value of this as a novel co-production methodology. A lived experience panel were recruited to our eating disorder research group. Through an iterative series of workshops with the members of our research clinic (composed of a lived experience panel, clinicians, and researchers) we developed a set of principles which we agreed were important in ensuring both the direction of our research, and the way in which we wanted to work together. RESULTS Six key principles were developed using this process. They were that research should aim to be: 1) real world-offering a clear and concrete benefit to people with eating disorders, 2) tailored-suitable for marginalised groups and people with atypical diagnoses, 3) hopeful-ensuring that hope for recovery was centred in treatment, 4) experiential-privileging the 'voice' of people with eating disorders, 5) broad-encompassing non-standard therapeutic treatments and 6) democratic-co-produced by people with lived experience of eating disorders. CONCLUSIONS We reflect on some of the positives as well as limitations of the process, highlighting the importance of adequate funding for longer-term co-production approaches to be taken, and issues around ensuring representation of minority groups. We hope that other health research groups will see the value in co-producing principles to guide research in their own fields, and will adapt, develop, and refine this novel methodology.
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- Cat Papastavrou Brooks
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.
- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK.
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
- Comedy for Coping, Aesthetics Research Centre, University of Kent, Room 2.16, Jarman Building, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7UG, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
- Department of Psychology, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
- School of Human and Behavioural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2DG, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
- Maudsley Learning, ORTUS Conferencing and Events Venue, 82-96 Grove Lane, London, SE5 8SN, UK
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- SPIRED Clinic, Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Education Centre, Nevill Avenue, Hove, BN3 7HZ, UK
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Li B, He Z, Peters R, Allender S, Zou Y, Zhou W, Lao J, Poh BK, Swinburn B. Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS International Consortium) project. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2023; 20:111. [PMID: 37723534 PMCID: PMC10506199 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-023-01510-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Group Model Building (GMB) is a participatory system dynamics method increasingly used to address complex public health issues like obesity. GMB represents a set of well-defined steps to engage key stakeholders to identify shared drivers and solutions of a given problem. However, GMB has not yet been applied specifically to develop multi-duty interventions that address multiple inter-related issues such as malnutrition in all its forms (MIAIF). Moreover, a recent systematic review of empirical applications of a systems approach to developing obesity interventions found no published work from non-western, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this paper we describe adaptations and innovations to a common GMB process to co-develop systemic MIAIF interventions with Chinese decision-makers. METHODS We developed, piloted and implemented multiple cultural adaptations and two methodological innovations to the commonly used GMB process in Fang Cheng Gang city, China. We included formal, ceremonial and policy maker engagement events before and between GMB workshops, and incorporated culturally tailored arrangements during participant recruitment (officials of the same seniority level joined the same workshop) and workshop activities (e.g., use of individual scoring activities and hand boards). We made changes to the commonly used GMB activities which enabled mapping of shared drivers of multiple health issues (in our case MIAIF) in a single causal loop diagram. We developed and used a 'hybrid' GMB format combining online and in person facilitation to reduce travel and associated climate impact. RESULTS Our innovative GMB process led to high engagement and support from decision-makers representing diverse governmental departments across the whole food systems. We co-identified and prioritised systemic drivers and intervention themes of MIAIF. The city government established an official Local Action Group for long-term, inter-departmental implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the co-developed interventions. The 'hybrid' GMB format enabled great interactions while reducing international travel and mitigating limitations of fully online GMB process. CONCLUSIONS Cultural and methodological adaptations to the common GMB process for an Asian LMIC setting were successful. The 'hybrid' GMB format is feasible, cost-effective, and more environmentally friendly. These cultural adaptations could be considered for other Asian settings and beyond to address inter-related, complex issues such as MIAIF.
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- Bai Li
- Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE), Institute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
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- Institute of Nutrition and School Health, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Fang Cheng Gang Health Commission, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China
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- Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Zhang Y, Wang X, Zhu W, Zhao Y, Wang N, Gao M, Wang Q. Anaerobic fermentation of organic solid waste: Recent updates in substrates, products, and the process with multiple products co-production. Environ Res 2023; 233:116444. [PMID: 37331552 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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The effective conversion and recycling of organic solid waste contribute to the resolution of widespread issues such as global environmental pollution, energy scarcity and resource depletion. The anaerobic fermentation technology provides for the effective treatment of organic solid waste and the generation of various products. The analysis, which is based on bibliometrics, concentrates on the valorisation of affordable and easily accessible raw materials with high organic matter content as well as the production of clean energy substances and high value-added platform products. The processing and application status of fermentation raw materials such as waste activated sludge, food waste, microalgae and crude glycerol are investigated. To analyse the status of the preparation and engineering applications of the products, the fermentation products biohydrogen, VFAs, biogas, ethanol, succinic acid, lactic acid, and butanol are employed as representatives. Simultaneously, the anaerobic biorefinery process with multiple product co-production is sorted out. Product co-production can reduce waste discharge, enhance resource recovery efficiency, and serve as a model for improving anaerobic fermentation economics.
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- Yuanchun Zhang
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, 100083, China
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Orlove B, Sherpa P, Dawson N, Adelekan I, Alangui W, Carmona R, Coen D, Nelson MK, Reyes-García V, Rubis J, Sanago G, Wilson A. Placing diverse knowledge systems at the core of transformative climate research. Ambio 2023; 52:1431-1447. [PMID: 37103778 PMCID: PMC10406791 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01857-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We argue that solutions-based research must avoid treating climate change as a merely technical problem, recognizing instead that it is symptomatic of the history of European and North American colonialism. It must therefore be addressed by decolonizing the research process and transforming relations between scientific expertise and the knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and of local communities. Partnership across diverse knowledge systems can be a path to transformative change only if those systems are respected in their entirety, as indivisible cultural wholes of knowledge, practices, values, and worldviews. This argument grounds our specific recommendations for governance at the local, national, and international scales. As concrete mechanisms to guide collaboration across knowledge systems, we propose a set of instruments based on the principles of consent, intellectual and cultural autonomy, and justice. We recommend these instruments as tools to ensure that collaborations across knowledge systems embody just partnerships in support of a decolonial transformation of relations between human communities and between humanity and the more-than-human world.
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- Ben Orlove
- School of International and Public Affairs and Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027 USA
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- Department of Sociology, Trichandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, 44605 Nepal
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- Global Environmental Justice Research Group, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Geography, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Baguio, Governor Pack Road, Baguio, 2600 Philippines
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- Department of Anthropology of the Americas, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN), Pedro Torres 460, apt. 405 B, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of History and Program in the History of Science & Medicine, Yale University, 320 York St, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
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- School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, 777 E. University Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
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- ICREA and Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pastoralists Indigenous NGO’s Forum (PINGO’s Forum), P.O.Box 14437, Sakina kwa Iddi, Arusha, Tanzania
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027 USA
- Global Policy Lab, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
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Heenan M, Jan S, Ralph M, Sacks G, Swinburn B, Shanthosh J. Priority setting for non-communicable disease prevention - Co-producing a regulatory agenda informing novel codes of practice in Australia. Soc Sci Med 2023; 333:116149. [PMID: 37573676 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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There are a range of priority setting methods for non-communicable disease (NCDs) prevention. However, existing methods are often designed without detailed consideration of local context and political economy- critical success factors for implementation. In Australia, codes of practice under state government Public Health Acts could be used for NCD prevention. To inform the potential development of codes of practice under Public Health Acts, this study aimed to co-create a priority setting framework that accounts for local context and the prevailing regulatory agenda. A priority setting framework was co-produced by a multidisciplinary technical advisory group consisting of government representatives, public health lawyers and academic experts. It incorporated general prioritisation criteria (evidence, cost-effectiveness, equity, burden of disease) and local contextual criteria (legal compatibility, unmet-needs, political acceptability, structural and technical feasibility, community support). The framework was then applied in practice through surveys and policy dialogue workshops to discuss political economy factors. Policies were limited to nutrition, alcohol and physical activity risk factors. Through the prioritisation process, the most impactful, feasible and acceptable policies for NCD prevention via state government codes of practice were: restrictions on in-store placement of unhealthy products, enhancing data systems and capabilities for health surveillance and implementation monitoring, removal of unhealthy foods and drinks sold and supplied in public institutions, prohibition of marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks on assets controlled by government, and implementation of subsidies or grants to increase fruit and vegetable intake. The process illustrated that explicit consideration of local context, legal compatibility and the political economy had a substantial influence on the prioritised list of actions. The proposed priority setting framework is designed to be flexible and adaptable to varying contexts, can be embedded in government processes or utilised by researchers and practitioners to co-produce a regulatory agenda that is locally relevant.
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- Maddie Heenan
- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5/ 1 King St, Newtown, NSW, 2042, Australia; Australian Human Rights Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5/ 1 King St, Newtown, NSW, 2042, Australia.
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5/ 1 King St, Newtown, NSW, 2042, Australia.
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- Global Obesity Centre, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
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- School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5/ 1 King St, Newtown, NSW, 2042, Australia; Australian Human Rights Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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Rocklöv J, Semenza JC, Dasgupta S, Robinson EJ, Abd El Wahed A, Alcayna T, Arnés-Sanz C, Bailey M, Bärnighausen T, Bartumeus F, Borrell C, Bouwer LM, Bretonnière PA, Bunker A, Chavardes C, van Daalen KR, Encarnação J, González-Reviriego N, Guo J, Johnson K, Koopmans MP, Máñez Costa M, Michaelakis A, Montalvo T, Omazic A, Palmer JR, Preet R, Romanello M, Shafiul Alam M, Sikkema RS, Terrado M, Treskova M, Urquiza D, Lowe R. Decision-support tools to build climate resilience against emerging infectious diseases in Europe and beyond. Lancet Reg Health Eur 2023; 32:100701. [PMID: 37583927 PMCID: PMC10424206 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Climate change is one of several drivers of recurrent outbreaks and geographical range expansion of infectious diseases in Europe. We propose a framework for the co-production of policy-relevant indicators and decision-support tools that track past, present, and future climate-induced disease risks across hazard, exposure, and vulnerability domains at the animal, human, and environmental interface. This entails the co-development of early warning and response systems and tools to assess the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures across sectors, to increase health system resilience at regional and local levels and reveal novel policy entry points and opportunities. Our approach involves multi-level engagement, innovative methodologies, and novel data streams. We take advantage of intelligence generated locally and empirically to quantify effects in areas experiencing rapid urban transformation and heterogeneous climate-induced disease threats. Our goal is to reduce the knowledge-to-action gap by developing an integrated One Health-Climate Risk framework.
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- Joacim Rocklöv
- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Venice, Italy
- Graham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United Kingdom
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- Graham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Red Cross Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, The Hague, the Netherlands
- Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
- Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Red Cross Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, The Hague, the Netherlands
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Theoretical and Computational Ecology Group, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Pest Surveillance and Control, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Center Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
- British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Venice, Italy
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Insects & Parasites of Medical Importance, Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI), Attica, Greece
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB SANT PAU), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Environment, and Feed Hygiene, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Institute for Global Health, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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- Infectious Disease Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) & Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain
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Jakobsson CE, Genovesi E, Afolayan A, Bella-Awusah T, Omobowale O, Buyanga M, Kakuma R, Ryan GK. Co-producing research on psychosis: a scoping review on barriers, facilitators and outcomes. Int J Ment Health Syst 2023; 17:25. [PMID: 37644476 PMCID: PMC10466887 DOI: 10.1186/s13033-023-00594-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Co-production is a collaborative approach to service user involvement in which users and researchers share power and responsibility in the research process. Although previous reviews have investigated co-production in mental health research, these do not typically focus on psychosis or severe mental health conditions. Meanwhile, people with psychosis may be under-represented in co-production efforts. This scoping review aims to explore the peer-reviewed literature to better understand the processes and terminology employed, as well as the barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of co-production in psychosis research. METHODS Three databases were searched (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO) using terms and headings related to psychosis and co-production. All titles, abstracts and full texts were independently double-screened. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. Original research articles reporting on processes and methods of co-production involving adults with psychosis as well as barriers, facilitators, and/or outcomes of co-production were included. Data was extracted using a standardised template and synthesised narratively. Joanna Briggs Institute and the AGREE Reporting Checklist were used for quality assessment. RESULTS The search returned 1243 references. Fifteen studies were included: five qualitative, two cross-sectional, and eight descriptive studies. Most studies took place in the UK, and all reported user involvement in the research process; however, the amount and methods of involvement varied greatly. Although all studies were required to satisfy INVOLVE (2018) principles of co-production to be included, seven were missing several of the key features of co-production and often used different terms to describe their collaborative approaches. Commonly reported outcomes included improvements in mutual engagement as well as depth of understanding and exploration. Key barriers were power differentials between researchers and service users and stigma. Key facilitators were stakeholder buy-in and effective communication. CONCLUSIONS The methodology, terminology and quality of the studies varied considerably; meanwhile, over-representation of UK studies suggests there may be even more heterogeneity in the global literature not captured by our review. This study makes recommendations for encouraging co-production and improving the reporting of co-produced research, while also identifying several limitations that could be improved upon for a more comprehensive review of the literature.
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- C E Jakobsson
- Department of Psychiatry, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Eastbourne, England, UK.
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, England, UK
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Psychiatry & Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- SUCCEED Africa, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, London, England, UK.
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, London, England, UK.
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Kesten J, Hussey D, Lord C, Roberts L, Bayliss J, Erswell H, Preston A, Telfer M, Scott J, Harris M, Mellon D, Hickman M, MacArthur G, Fisher H. Development, acceptability and feasibility of a personalised, behavioural intervention to prevent bacterial skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods Person-Based Approach study. Harm Reduct J 2023; 20:114. [PMID: 37608267 PMCID: PMC10463350 DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00823-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) among people who inject drugs (PWID) are a public health concern. This study aimed to co-produce and assess the acceptability and feasibility of a behavioural intervention to prevent SSTI. METHODS The Person-Based Approach (PBA) was followed which involves: (i) collating and analysing evidence; (ii) developing guiding principles; (iii) a behavioural analysis; (iv) logic model development; and (v) designing and refining intervention materials. Co-production activities with target group representatives and key collaborators obtained feedback on the intervention which was used to refine its design and content. The intervention, harm reduction advice cards to support conversation between service provider and PWID and resources to support safer injecting practice, was piloted with 13 PWID by four service providers in Bristol and evaluated using a mixed-methods approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 PWID and four service providers. Questionnaires completed by all PWID recorded demographic characteristics, SSTI, drug use and treatment history. Interviews were analysed thematically and questionnaires were analysed descriptively. RESULTS Published literature highlighted structural barriers to safer injecting practices, such as access to hygienic injecting environments and injecting practices associated with SSTI included: limited handwashing/injection-site swabbing and use of too much acidifier to dissolve drugs. Co-production activities and the literature indicated vein care and minimisation of pain as PWID priorities. The importance of service provider-client relationships and non-stigmatising delivery was highlighted through the co-production work. Providing practical resources was identified as important to address environmental constraints to safer injecting practices. Most participants receiving the intervention were White British, male, had a history of SSTI and on average were 43.6 years old and had injected for 22.7 years. The intervention was well-received by PWID and service providers. Intervention content and materials given out to support harm reduction were viewed positively. The intervention appeared to support reflections on and intentions to change injecting behaviours, though barriers to safer injecting practice remained prominent. CONCLUSIONS The PBA ensured the intervention aligned to the priorities of PWID. It was viewed as acceptable and mostly feasible to PWID and service providers and has transferability promise. Further implementation alongside broader harm reduction interventions is needed.
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- Joanna Kesten
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Behavioural Science and Evaluation, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
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- Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System, Bristol, UK
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- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), South West Region, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), South West Region, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Behavioural Science and Evaluation, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Behavioural Science and Evaluation, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Vackerberg N, Andersson AC, Peterson A, Karltun A. What is best for Esther? A simple question that moves mindsets and improves care. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:873. [PMID: 37592279 PMCID: PMC10433680 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09870-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Persons in need of services from different care providers in the health and welfare system often struggle when navigating between them. Connecting and coordinating different health and welfare providers is a common challenge for all involved. This study presents a long-term regional empirical example from Sweden-ESTHER, which has lasted for more than two decades-to show how some of those challenges could be met. The purpose of the study was to increase the understanding of how several care providers together could succeed in improving care by transforming a concept into daily practice, thus contributing with practical implications for other health and welfare contexts. METHODS The study is a retrospective longitudinal case study with a qualitative mixed-methods approach. Individual interviews and focus groups were performed with staff members and persons in need of care, and document analyses were conducted. The data covers experiences from 1995 to 2020, analyzed using an open inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS This study shows how co-production and person-centeredness could improve care for persons with multiple care needs involving more than one care provider through a well-established Quality Improvement strategy. Perseverance from a project to a mindset was shaped by promoting systems thinking in daily work and embracing the psychology of change during multidisciplinary, boundary-spanning improvement dialogues. Important areas were Incentives, Work in practice, and Integration, expressed through trust in frontline staff, simple rules, and continuous support from senior managers. A continuous learning approach including the development of local improvement coaches and co-production of care consolidated the integration in daily work. CONCLUSIONS The development was facilitated by a simple question: "What is best for Esther?" This question unified people, flattened the hierarchy, and reminded all care providers why they needed to improve together. Continuously focusing on and co-producing with the person in need of care strengthened the concept. Important was engaging the people who know the most-frontline staff and persons in need of care-in combination with permissive leadership and embracing quality improvement dimensions. Those insights can be useful in other health and welfare settings wanting to improve care involving several care providers.
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- Nicoline Vackerberg
- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
- Region Jönköping County, Jönköping, Sweden.
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- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
- Region Jönköping County, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Supply Chain and Operations Management, School of Engineering, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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Pearce G, Holliday N, Sandhu H, Eftekhari H, Bruce J, Timms E, Ablett L, Kavi L, Simmonds J, Evans R, Magee P, Powell R, Keogh S, McGregor G. Co-creation of a complex, multicomponent rehabilitation intervention and feasibility trial protocol for the PostUraL tachycardia Syndrome Exercise (PULSE) study. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2023; 9:143. [PMID: 37582801 PMCID: PMC10426060 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a dearth of research to support the treatment of people with postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS). Despite expert consensus suggesting exercise is recommended for this patient group, there are no randomised control trials examining this rigorously. The aim was to co-create a feasibility trial protocol and a rehabilitation intervention for people living with PoTS. METHODS The intervention and feasibility trial design were co-created as part of the PostUraL tachycardia Syndrome Exercise (PULSE) study. We used the 'three co's framework' of co-define, co-design and co-refine. Recruitment included key national charities and National Health Service Trusts treating people living with PoTS in the UK. Eighteen patient and public involvement members attended the co-define session, and 16 co-creators with a mix of expertise attended the subsequent co-design and co-refine sessions. Seven intervention practitioners were trained in the rehabilitation intervention, providing feedback for further co-refinement. RESULTS The final co-created intervention comprises online physical activity, and lifestyle and behaviour change support sessions. It is based on functional movement activities using a patient-centred approach tailored to individual needs. Physical activity intensity is guided by individuals' perception of effort rather than by objective measures. Recumbent bikes are provided for home use. Patients deemed randomisation to be acceptable because research in this area was considered important. CONCLUSIONS An innovative approach was used to co-create the PULSE intervention and feasibility trial protocol to meet the evidence-based and logistical needs of people living with PoTS, clinicians, service deliverers, third-sector organisations, academics and funders. This can be used as a successful example and template for future research internationally. People living with PoTS were recognised as experts and involved in every aspect of conceptualisation, design and refinement. This complex rehabilitation intervention is currently being tested in a randomised feasibility trial comparing the PULSE intervention with best-practice usual care for people living with PoTS. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN45323485 was registered on April 7, 2020.
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- University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
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- University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
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- Patient and Public Involvement, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Patient and Public Involvement, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
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- Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
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- Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
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Teodorowski P, Gleason K, Gregory JJ, Martin M, Punjabi R, Steer S, Savasir S, Vema P, Murray K, Ward H, Chapko D. Participatory evaluation of the process of co-producing resources for the public on data science and artificial intelligence. Res Involv Engagem 2023; 9:67. [PMID: 37580823 PMCID: PMC10426152 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00480-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The growth of data science and artificial intelligence offers novel healthcare applications and research possibilities. Patients should be able to make informed choices about using healthcare. Therefore, they must be provided with lay information about new technology. A team consisting of academic researchers, health professionals, and public contributors collaboratively co-designed and co-developed the new resource offering that information. In this paper, we evaluate this novel approach to co-production. METHODS We used participatory evaluation to understand the co-production process. This consisted of creative approaches and reflexivity over three stages. Firstly, everyone had an opportunity to participate in three online training sessions. The first one focused on the aims of evaluation, the second on photovoice (that included practical training on using photos as metaphors), and the third on being reflective (recognising one's biases and perspectives during analysis). During the second stage, using photovoice, everyone took photos that symbolised their experiences of being involved in the project. This included a session with a professional photographer. At the last stage, we met in person and, using data collected from photovoice, built the mandala as a representation of a joint experience of the project. This stage was supported by professional artists who summarised the mandala in the illustration. RESULTS The mandala is the artistic presentation of the findings from the evaluation. It is a shared journey between everyone involved. We divided it into six related layers. Starting from inside layers present the following experiences (1) public contributors had space to build confidence in a new topic, (2) relationships between individuals and within the project, (3) working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, (4) motivation that influenced people to become involved in this particular piece of work, (5) requirements that co-production needs to be inclusive and accessible to everyone, (6) expectations towards data science and artificial intelligence that researchers should follow to establish public support. CONCLUSIONS The participatory evaluation suggests that co-production around data science and artificial intelligence can be a meaningful process that is co-owned by everyone involved.
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- Imperial Cancer Research UK Lead Nurse, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Computational Oncology Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- School of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London, Imperial College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London, Imperial College London, London, UK
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