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Co-producing rapid research: Strengths and challenges from a lived experience perspective

Machin, Karen; Shah, Prisha; Nicholls, Vicky; Jeynes, Tamar; TK; Trevillion, Kylee; Vera San Juan, Norha; (2023) Co-producing rapid research: Strengths and challenges from a lived experience perspective. Frontiers in Sociology , 8 , Article 996585. 10.3389/fsoc.2023.996585. Green open access

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Abstract

The Lived Experience Researchers (LERs) of the Mental Health Policy Research Unit (MHPRU) reflect on the experience of conducting rapid co-produced research, particularly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout this perspective article, we introduce requirements for co-production applying the 4Pi Framework, reflect on specific characteristics of co-production in rapid research, discuss strengths and challenges for involvement of LERs in rapid research, and lastly provide recommendations to achieve meaningful involvement. Incorporating meaningful co-production is an augmentation to any research project, with several benefits to the research, to the team, and to individual researchers. Particularly in the case of rapid research, that aims for efficient translation of knowledge into practice, involvement of experts by experience will be key. The work conducted by the MHPRU LERs presented in this paper demonstrates the viability, value, and potential of this way of working.

Type: Article
Title: Co-producing rapid research: Strengths and challenges from a lived experience perspective
Location: Switzerland
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.996585
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.996585
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2023 Machin, Shah, Nicholls, Jeynes, TK, Trevillion and Vera San Juan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Keywords: Co-production, Lived Experience Researchers, rapid research, meaningful involvement, experts by experience
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Targeted Intervention
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10180052
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