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Chan Carusone S, D'Amore C, Dighe S, Dingman L, Falbo AT, Kirk M, Luyckx J, McNeil M, Nolan K, Petrie P, Weldon D, Ganann R, Vrkljan B. Bridging the divide: supporting and mentoring trainees to conceptualize, plan, and integrate engagement of people with lived experience in health research. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 2024; 10:89. [PMID: 39175084 PMCID: PMC11342555 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00625-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
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Health researchers are encouraged by governments, funders, and journals to conduct research in partnership with people with lived experience. However, conducting research with authentic engagement and partnership with those who are experts by experience, but may not have research methods training, requires resources and specialized skills. The McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging developed a fellowship program for trainees that builds their capacity to conduct research in partnership with older adults with relevant lived experience. We share this case example, with its successes and challenges, to encourage creative reformation of traditional research training.The Collaborative used an iterative design process, involving researchers, trainees and older adult and caregiver partners, who, together, developed a fellowship program for trainees that provides support and mentorship to plan and conduct health research in partnership with people with lived experience.Since 2022, the Partnership in Research Fellowship has been offered biannually. The application process was purposefully designed to be both constructive and supportive. Opportunities for one-on-one consultations; key resources, including a guide for developing a plan to involve people with relevant lived experience; and feedback from older adult and researcher reviewers are provided to all applicants. Successful trainees engage with older adult and caregiver partners from the Collaborative to advance and enhance a range of skills from facilitating partner meetings to forming advisory committees. Trainees are awarded $1500 CAD to foster reciprocal partnerships. Ten graduate students from various disciplines have participated. Trainees reported positive impacts on their knowledge, comfort, and approach to partnered research. However, the time required for undertaking partnered research activities and involving diverse partners remain obstacles to meaningful engagement.Partnering with people with lived experience in the design of educational programs embeds the principles of partnership and can increase the value and reward for all involved. We share the Partnership in Research Fellowship as a case example to inspire new and transformative approaches in research training and mentorship that will move the field forward from engagement theory to meaningful enactment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Soo Chan Carusone
- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada.
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact, McMaster University, HSC2C 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
- School of Nursing, McMaster University, HSC2J20 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada
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- McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada
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Crooks J, Flemming K, Shulman C, Casey E, Hudson B. Development of the TIFFIN recommendations for co-producing palliative and end-of-life care research with individuals with lived experience of homelessness: A qualitative study. Palliat Med 2024; 38:746-754. [PMID: 38898648 PMCID: PMC11290014 DOI: 10.1177/02692163241259667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Palliative care for people experiencing homelessness is a complex field. Due to the intricate nuances and heterogeneity in the experience of palliative care for people without secure housing, it is essential that research is informed by people with lived experience of homelessness. However, as homelessness is often associated with loss, trauma and high levels of exposure to death, any co-production of research, particularly in the field of palliative and end-of-life-care, must be trauma-informed. AIM To produce recommendations for co-producing palliative and end-of-life-care research with people with lived experience of homelessness. DESIGN A qualitative study comprising semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Data were analysed using iterative, reflexive thematic analysis. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS Twenty-seven participants were recruited. Sixteen professionals with experience of co-producing research with people with lived experience of homelessness; eleven people with lived experience of homelessness. RESULTS Six key themes were developed: transparency, importance of engagement and rapport, facilitating equitable involvement via person centred approach, financial recognition of involvement, involvement and growth through a trauma-informed approach and navigating institutional resistance and attitudes. Recommendations corresponding to the core themes were developed (TIFFIN recommendations). CONCLUSIONS Co-production of palliative care research with people with lived experience of homelessness is essential, but must be done carefully and sensitively. As a population with high levels of premature morbidity and mortality yet low access to palliative care, the TIFFIN recommendations could help to support the involvement of people with lived experience of homelessness in palliative and end-of-life-care care 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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Booth A, Sommer I, Noyes J, Houghton C, Campbell F. Rapid reviews methods series: guidance on rapid qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Evid Based Med 2024; 29:194-200. [PMID: 38355285 PMCID: PMC11137447 DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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This paper forms part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group and addresses rapid qualitative evidence syntheses (QESs), which use modified systematic, transparent and reproducible methodsu to accelerate the synthesis of qualitative evidence when faced with resource constraints. This guidance covers the review process as it relates to synthesis of qualitative research. 'Rapid' or 'resource-constrained' QES require use of templates and targeted knowledge user involvement. Clear definition of perspectives and decisions on indirect evidence, sampling and use of existing QES help in targeting eligibility criteria. Involvement of an information specialist, especially in prioritising databases, targeting grey literature and planning supplemental searches, can prove invaluable. Use of templates and frameworks in study selection and data extraction can be accompanied by quality assurance procedures targeting areas of likely weakness. Current Cochrane guidance informs selection of tools for quality assessment and of synthesis method. Thematic and framework synthesis facilitate efficient synthesis of large numbers of studies or plentiful data. Finally, judicious use of Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach for assessing the Confidence of Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research assessments and of software as appropriate help to achieve a timely and useful review product.
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- Andrew Booth
- EnSyGN Sheffield Evidence Synthesis Group, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG), London, UK
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- Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Evaluation, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems, Austria
- Cochrane Rapid Reviews Group & Cochrane Austria, Krems, Austria
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- Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG), London, UK
- Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG), London, UK
- University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- EnSyGN Sheffield Evidence Synthesis Group, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Jenkins CL, Mills T, Grimes J, Bland C, Reavey P, Wills J, Sykes S. Involving lived experience in regional efforts to address gambling-related harms: going beyond 'window dressing' and 'tick box exercises'. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:384. [PMID: 38317155 PMCID: PMC10840217 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17939-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Lived Experience (LE) involvement has been shown to improve interventions across diverse sectors. Yet LE contributions to public health approaches to address gambling-related harms remain underexplored, despite notable detrimental health and social outcomes linked to gambling. This paper analyses the potential of LE involvement in public health strategy to address gambling-related harms. It focuses on the example of a UK city-region gambling harms reduction intervention that presented multiple opportunities for LE input. METHODS Three focus groups and 33 semi-structured interviews were conducted to hear from people with and without LE who were involved in the gambling harms reduction intervention, or who had previous experience of LE-informed efforts for addressing gambling-related harms. People without LE provided reflections on the value and contributions of others' LE to their work. Data analysis combined the Framework Method with themes developed inductively (from people's accounts) and deductively (from the literature, including grey literature). RESULTS Four themes were identified: (1) personal journeys to LE involvement; (2) the value added by LE to interventions for addressing gambling-related harms; (3) emotional impacts on people with LE; and (4) collective LE and diverse lived experiences. Two figures outlining LE involvement specific to gambling harms reduction in the UK, where public health efforts aimed at addressing gambling-related harms coexist with industry-funded programmes, are proposed. CONCLUSIONS Integrating a range of LE perspectives in a public health approach to gambling harms reduction requires local access to involvement for people with LE via diverse routes that are free from stigma and present people with LE with options in how they can engage and be heard in decision-making, and how they operate in relation to industry influence. Involving LE in gambling harms reduction requires enabling people to develop the affective and critical skills necessary to navigate complex emotional journeys and a challenging commercial and policy environment.
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- Catherine L Jenkins
- Institute of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK.
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- Institute of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
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- Institute of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
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- School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK
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- Institute of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
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- Institute of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
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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. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 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] [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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Burgher T, Shepherd V, Nollett C. Effective approaches to public involvement in care home research: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 2023; 9:38. [PMID: 37268986 PMCID: PMC10234794 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00453-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Public involvement (often referred to as patient and public involvement or PPI) integrates the voices of the public in health and care research. However, groups such as care home residents are often excluded from involvement opportunities due to the complexities of involving people with additional care and communication needs. Despite a range of approaches being used, there is little understanding about how best to incorporate their experiences, and those of other care home stakeholders, into the design and conduct of research. OBJECTIVE A systematic review was conducted to identify PPI methods that better meet the specific needs of care home stakeholders. This was undertaken by (1) outlining effective PPI approaches used in care home research and the key stakeholders involved; (2) describing the role of PPI in different care home contexts and (3) identifying stakeholders' experiences and attitudes towards PPI in care homes. METHODS Databases CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Scopus were searched for English language papers from inception to November 2021. A narrative synthesis approach was utilised to organise the extracted data into five themes. RESULTS The search initially yielded 2314 articles (following de-duplication), with 27 meeting the inclusion criteria. Articles reported a range of input from stakeholders (including residents, staff, relatives and community stakeholders), with the impact of PPI varying according to the type of care establishment and research context. The experiences and reflections of stakeholders' about their involvement in care home research varied, with some studies offering first-hand accounts compared with summaries from researchers. Some articles explicitly evaluated the effectiveness of the PPI approach using specific outcome measures whilst others indirectly described the impact of their approach. Five themes were identified as characterising an effective PPI approach: (1) valuing stakeholders' perspectives, (2) awareness of the multi-faceted research context, (3) ensuring inclusivity and transparency, (4) maintaining flexibility and adaptability and (5) utilising resources and wider support. CONCLUSION Effective PPI in care home research requires researchers to create person-centred opportunities to adequately involve groups with physical and cognitive impairments. The findings led to the creation of evidence-based practical recommendations to support future involvement opportunities and help researchers develop strategies for inclusive opportunities for involvement. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION The review was prospectively registered on PROPSERO (CRD42021293353).
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- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4Th Floor, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK
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- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4Th Floor, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK
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