We are delighted to share the news that our Health CASCADE research fellow, Dr. Vinayak Anand-Kumar, successfully defended his PhD thesis at Constructor University Bremen, Germany, on Thursday, 23rd January 2025. His thesis, titled “Applying co-creation to develop behaviour change interventions: Analysing the design, build… Read More »Congratulations to Dr. Vinayak Anand-Kumar on Defending his PhD Thesis!
Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, we’re excited to bring you something special: Episode 2 of the Health CASCADE Masterclass. This Masterclass, ‘Advancing the Science of Co-creation of Health Promotion and Behaviour Change Interventions’ begins with an introduction from Professor Sebastien Chastin. You then… Read More »New Year, New Masterclass!
We are thrilled to share the fantastic news that our Health CASCADE research fellow, Dr. Giuliana R. Longworth, successfully defended her PhD thesis at Fundació Blanquerna on Wednesday, 20th November 2024. Her thesis, titled “Advancing the Science Behind Co-Creation for Public Health: A Focus on Implementation… Read More »Congratulations to Dr. Giuliana R. Longworth on Defending Her PhD Thesis!
Co-creation is gaining traction in health promotion and behaviour change research, aiming to involve communities in decision-making. Nevertheless, challenges exist, and we are working to address these challenges by transforming co-creation from a naïve praxis to a robust, evidence-based and trustworthy methodology. We shared exciting… Read More »Theoretical and Pragmatic Undertakings for Evidence-based Co-Creation at ISBNPA 2023
In an exciting new partnership, two European research projects are combining their efforts to develop Reporting guidelines and standards for Co-creation: CO-creation REporting Standards (CORES). The project is being led by the Co-Creating Wellbeing Team, who have written a protocol, available online here. Both Co-Creating… Read More »Two European Research Projects Team Up to Co-create Guidelines for Co-creation Reporting
Wow, did you know that officially the Health CASCADE project already started two years ago? The project is running smoothly and all ESRs are progressing very well: they are on fire! But maybe you’re interested to know what the reason was to initiate this project… Read More »Acceptance of a scientific paper from Perspective in Public Health
One aim of Health CASCADE is to cascade co-creation skills and expertise by training a new community of professionals capable of working across disciplines, and public and private sectors. Throughout 2022, we worked diligently to lay the groundwork for creating an evidence-based Co-creation Training Program… Read More »Developing Health CASCADE’s Co-creation Training Program
Earlier this year, five Health CASCADE researchers were present at the ISBNPA 2022 conference in Phoenix, USA. Janneke de Boer presented her work on evaluating participatory approaches in school-based interventions that promoted healthy sleep in adolescents. Whilst Lea Delfmann presented her work on the determinants… Read More »Health CASCADE goes to ISBNPA 2022!
HEALTH CASCADE held its first interactive webinar on 12th July 2021. The HEALTH CASCADE Network Team were joined by experts Professor Michael Wright, Participatory Health Research Specialist, Professor Esther Turnhout, Conservation Policy Expert, Wageningen University, and Dr Michelle Farr, Research Fellow, University of Bristol. This… Read More »Let’s Evidence Co-creation for Future Public Health