Maximising Co-Production in research, innovation and intervention development and delivery- Older Adult case studies
Tracks
Harbour View 1
Community
Dementia
Design
Meaningful engagement
Models of Care
| Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
Speaker
Prof Mark Gabbay
Professor Of General Practice, GP Brownlow Health, Director National Institute For Health And Care Research Applied Research Collaboration Northwest Coast (NIHR ARC NWC).)
University of Liverpool
Maximising Co-Production in research, innovation and intervention development and delivery- Older Adult case studies
Abstract
Effective relevant research and service re-design has to include all the relevant views to be implemented in the real world. Often the voices of the seldom heard are excluded from research, or knowledge exchange is unidirectional or tokenistic to tick the public involvement box on grant applications or business cases.
We will present our systematic approach to knowledge exchange for research and service development, focusing on real-world examples on projects working with communities of older adults and carers. This integrates these voices of service users, carers, the public and practitioners and managers working alongside academics throughout; from defining the problem and challenges, co-developing solutions that can work, applying for funding, undertaking the research, analysing and interpreting findings and their publication.
This is the norm in the ARC NWC alongside integrating Equity in all aspects of the programmes, underpinned also by Knowledge Mobilisation. We will present the resources we co-developed to facilitate this, and discuss the evidence of their use as a boundary object to facilitate these processes.
Our examples will illustrate different elements of this work, including our work in LMICs with neglected communities of older adults during and after the pandemic, highlighting their struggles for recognition and care.
We will show how knowledge exchange can be integrated to improve the relevance and thus quality of research and the power of persuasion for investment in research and service development that can leverage. We will also discuss the challenges to doing this well and suggest effective flexible solutions to overcome them.
We will present our systematic approach to knowledge exchange for research and service development, focusing on real-world examples on projects working with communities of older adults and carers. This integrates these voices of service users, carers, the public and practitioners and managers working alongside academics throughout; from defining the problem and challenges, co-developing solutions that can work, applying for funding, undertaking the research, analysing and interpreting findings and their publication.
This is the norm in the ARC NWC alongside integrating Equity in all aspects of the programmes, underpinned also by Knowledge Mobilisation. We will present the resources we co-developed to facilitate this, and discuss the evidence of their use as a boundary object to facilitate these processes.
Our examples will illustrate different elements of this work, including our work in LMICs with neglected communities of older adults during and after the pandemic, highlighting their struggles for recognition and care.
We will show how knowledge exchange can be integrated to improve the relevance and thus quality of research and the power of persuasion for investment in research and service development that can leverage. We will also discuss the challenges to doing this well and suggest effective flexible solutions to overcome them.
Biography
Mark Gabbay is Director and Clarissa Giebel is a Senior Research Fellow in the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration, North West Coast (NIHR ARC NWC), based at the University of Liverpool. The ARCNWC is a collaboration of over sixty member organisations (including health, care, local government and universities) covering a population of over 3m focusing on applied research and implementation support on ways to reduce health inequalities. They integrate the expertise of the public and communities, alongside that of practitioners and academics to undertake research, build research and implementation capacity through knowledge exchange.
Dr Clarissa Giebel
Senior Research Fellow
University Of Liverpool
Maximising Co-Production in research, innovation and intervention development and delivery- Older Adult case studies
Biography
Dr Clarissa Giebel is Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Population Health at the University of Liverpool, and Older Adult Subtheme Lead at the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast. She is leading the Institute's Dementia Research Group and is a NIHR School for Social Care Leadership Fellow. Dr Giebel is leading national and international research on inequalities in dementia, and is the Lead of the European INTERDEM Taskforce Inequalities in Dementia. In 2019, she set up the successful and growing public-facing Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum, which enables knowledge and networking on dementia for different stakeholder groups. She is also the host of The Ageing Scientist podcast, and has jointly with her group co-produced and launched the Dementia Inequalities Game - an educational game to learn about dementia inequalities. She has published over 110 papers, including three policy briefings, in the field.
She leads the 5-year ESRC Dementia Network Plus on Dementia Inequalities (2024-2029), and is the Principal Investigator on a number of dementia and health inequalities projects, including funded studies by the ESRC Newton Fund (Understanding the impact of political and stressful life events on the mental health of older Colombians); Alzheimer's Society (health inequalities in dementia care in the UK and the Netherlands); NIHR (Unmet mental health needs in paid and unpaid carers); and the ODA Seedfund (exploring the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on the mental health of older adults in Uganda, Colombia, and India), and Co-I on the new NIHR Dementia & Neurodegeneration Policy Research Unit led by QMUL and Exeter.
Session Chair
Suanne Lawrence
Lecturer
University of Tasmania
