. 2021 Feb 15:372:n178.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.n178.

Effective engagement and involvement with community stakeholders in the co-production of global health research

Doreen Tembo¹, Gary Hickey^{2

3}, Cristian Montenegro⁴, David Chandler⁵, Erica Nelson⁶, Katie Porter², Lisa Dikomitis⁷, Mary Chambers⁸, Moses Chimbari⁹, Noni Mumba¹⁰, Peter Beresford¹¹, Peter O Ekiikina¹², Rosemary Musesengwa¹³, Sophie Staniszewska¹⁴, Tina Coldham^{15

16}, Una Rennard¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Wessex Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK d.tembo@soton.ac.uk.
² Wessex Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
³ School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
⁴ School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ The Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
⁶ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁷ School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
⁸ Clinical Research Unit, and Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Vietnam.
⁹ University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa.
¹⁰ KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Kenya.
¹¹ School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
¹² Foundation for Open Development, Tororo, Uganda.
¹³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁴ Warwick Medical School, Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
¹⁵ National Institute for Health Research Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, London, UK.
¹⁶ School for Social Care Research, National Institute Health Research, London, UK.
¹⁷ Oxfordshire, UK.

PMID: 33593805
PMCID: PMC7879275
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n178

Effective engagement and involvement with community stakeholders in the co-production of global health research

Doreen Tembo et al. BMJ. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 15:372:n178.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.n178.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Wessex Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK d.tembo@soton.ac.uk.
² Wessex Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
³ School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
⁴ School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ The Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
⁶ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁷ School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
⁸ Clinical Research Unit, and Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Vietnam.
⁹ University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa.
¹⁰ KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Kenya.
¹¹ School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
¹² Foundation for Open Development, Tororo, Uganda.
¹³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁴ Warwick Medical School, Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
¹⁵ National Institute for Health Research Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, London, UK.
¹⁶ School for Social Care Research, National Institute Health Research, London, UK.
¹⁷ Oxfordshire, UK.

PMID: 33593805
PMCID: PMC7879275
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n178

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Correction for vol. 372, p.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] BMJ. 2021 Mar 10;372:n654. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n654. BMJ. 2021. PMID: 33692024 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Doreen Tembo and colleagues argue that small changes as well as larger system-wide changes can strengthen citizens’ contribution to knowledge in health research

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare: SS sits on the editorial board of this series of articles on co-production of knowledge in health research. She is part funded by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration, West Midlands; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in gastrointestinal infections; and NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in genomics and enabling data. SS will not be involved in the editorial processes for this paper. This article is part of a series produced in conjunction with 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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