Harnessing creativity in participatory research – the tension between process and product
In participatory research, researchers share the ideal of democratising knowledge production, on the basis of an expanded understanding of what counts as knowledge and whose knowledge counts. People with knowledge based on their own lived experience take part as co-researchers in processes of co-producing knowledge together with academic researchers. …
A new way for system design: building a relational infrastructure
Health service researchers are plagued by the fear that policy and system-level improvement efforts will ignore or under-utilize research. Consequently, efforts at system improvement that come out of research centers tend to use “research-first” approaches that include protocols, trainings, and coaching sessions around evidence-based programs. …
Designing futures together: co-designing health and social services with structurally vulnerable populations
What creative tools can we use to disrupt the status quo and create truly inclusive health and social services? Co-designing evidence and policy change in collaboration with health and social service users and their families is part of an exciting and growing international movement.…
Can creative co-design improve healthcare intervention development?
In our recent Evidence and Policy article we provide a detailed description of how a specific creative co-design approach was used to blend academic knowledge with stakeholder knowledge in the development of a complex intervention that addressed a NICE guideline recommendation about information and advice for people with back pain.…
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