Rethinking research processes to strengthen co-production in low and middle income countries

doi:10.1136/bmj.m4785

. 2021 Feb 15:372:m4785.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4785.

Rethinking research processes to strengthen co-production in low and middle income countries

Affiliations

¹ Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, University of Geneva and Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
² CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
³ Lima, Peru.
⁴ Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁶ Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁷ University of Bern Switzerland Centre for Development and Environment, La Paz, Bolivia.
⁸ Global Health Program, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland.
⁹ Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁰ UK Collaborative on Development Research, London, UK.
¹¹ George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 33593804
PMCID: PMC7879271
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m4785

Rethinking research processes to strengthen co-production in low and middle income countries

David Beran et al. BMJ. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 15:372:m4785.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4785.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, University of Geneva and Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
² CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
³ Lima, Peru.
⁴ Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁶ Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁷ University of Bern Switzerland Centre for Development and Environment, La Paz, Bolivia.
⁸ Global Health Program, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland.
⁹ Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁰ UK Collaborative on Development Research, London, UK.
¹¹ George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 33593804
PMCID: PMC7879271
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m4785

Abstract

Co-production needs to become an integral part of the training and funding of researchers to ensure research meets everyone’s needs, argue David Beran and colleagues

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. This article is part of a series produced in conjunction with the WHO and the Alliance for Health Policy Systems and Research with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The BMJ peer reviewed, edited, and made the decision to publish.

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[1] Lazo-Porras M, Perez-Leon S, Cardenas MK, et al. Lessons learned about co-creation: developing a complex intervention in rural Peru. Glob Health Action 2020;13:1754016. 10.1080/16549716.2020.1754016 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Lazo-Porras M, Perez-Leon S, Cardenas MK, et al. Lessons learned about co-creation: developing a complex intervention in rural Peru. Glob Health Action 2020;13:1754016. 10.1080/16549716.2020.1754016 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[4] Litva A, Coast J, Donovan J, et al. ‘The public is too subjective’: public involvement at different levels of health-care decision. Soc Sci Med 2002;54:1825-37. 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00151-4 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Hickey G, Brearley S, Coldham T, et al. Guidance on co-producing a research project. INVOLVE, 2018.

[6] Hickey G, Brearley S, Coldham T, et al. Guidance on co-producing a research project. INVOLVE, 2018.

[7] Ciarli T, Rafols I. The relation between research priorities and societal demands: the case of rice. Res Policy 2019;48:949-67. 10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.027 - DOI

[8] Ciarli T, Rafols I. The relation between research priorities and societal demands: the case of rice. Res Policy 2019;48:949-67. 10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.027 - DOI

[9] Needham C, Carr S. Co-production: an emerging evidence base for adult social care transformation. Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2009.

[10] Needham C, Carr S. Co-production: an emerging evidence base for adult social care transformation. Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2009.

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