Shining a light on the road towards conducting principle-based co-production research in rehabilitation
- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2024
- Issue Date:
- 2024-04-10
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Moving from participatory approaches incorporating co-design to co-production
in health research involves a commitment to full engagement and partnership
with people with lived experience through all stages of the research process—
start to finish. However, despite the increased enthusiasm and proliferation of
research that involves co-production, practice remains challenging, due in part
to the lack of consensus on what constitutes co-production, a lack of
guidance about the practical steps of applying this approach in respect to
diverse research methods from multiple paradigms, and structural barriers
within academia research landscape. To navigate the challenges in conducting
co-produced research, it has been recommended that attention be paid to
focusing and operationalising the underpinning principles and aspirations of
co-production research, to aid translation into practice. In this article, we
describe some fundamental principles essential to conducting co-production
research (sharing power, relational resilience, and adopting a learning mindset)
and provide tangible, practical strategies, and processes to engage these
values. In doing so, we hope to support rehabilitation researchers who wish to
engage in co-production to foster a more equitable, ethical, and impactful
collaboration with people with lived experience and those involved in their
circle of care.
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