Katrina Messiha, in her capacity as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge through the NIHR-funded ComPHAD project, has been involved in integrating her PhD work to contribute to the advancement of brain health research, with a focus on prioritising historically marginalised groups. Since… Read More »Katrina’s Secondment in Cambridge, the ComPHAD project
The question of “Why research co-creation when it’s been used for decades?” is a familiar inquiry in co-creation circles. In response, our PhD Fellow, Danielle Agnello, embarks on a valuable secondment, collaborating with the innovative minds at Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam. Danielle is leading a… Read More »How to Co-Create in the Real World: Danielle’s Secondment to Waag Futurelab
Danielle Agnello joined the University of Oxford as an Academic Visitor. Collaborating with the Sustainable Healthy Food Group (SHFG) over several months, Danielle delved into the intricacies of co-creating policy- and community-level interventions for sustainable and healthy food practices. The collaborative efforts focused on developing… Read More »How to Co-Creation with Powerful Players: Danielle’s Secondment to the University of Oxford
In Brussels, Katrina Messiha immersed herself in co-creation, participatory processes, collaboration among EU member states and public health initiatives. Notably, she made a recent contribution to the MOSAIC Project Final Event, through a poster presentation (see poster here) underlining the significance of critical realism in… Read More »Katrina Messiha Showcases Co-Creation in Public Health at Key European Events
During my secondment at Amsterdam UMC at the unit of Child and Adolescent Public Health Research and Innovation, I have been further working on a scientific article describing a framework to actualize youth empowerment within participatory action research aimed at health promotion. The framework paper… Read More »A framework to actualize youth empowerment
Concluding a remarkably productive and collaborative year, Danielle extends sincere appreciation to the remarkable network that has made 2023 impactful. The engagement and connections have been invaluable, shaping a year filled with collaboration and growth. Warm wishes for a joyful holiday season and a Happy… Read More »Danielle’s Co-Creation Gifts to You: Some Key Resources Generated in 2023
Urban design often neglects older adults’ needs, especially those living in care homes. This oversight can lead to environments detrimental to their health and well-being. Embracing a co-creative approach, our team delved into the heart of Barcelona’s urban fabric, with a local tool designed to… Read More »Inter-rater reliability of the ‘Tool for assessing determinants of health in public space’ in a co-creative urban design process with care home residents in Barcelona: A Health CASCADE study.
In the first systematic review of its kind, published in the Journal of Public Health (Oxford University Press), a diverse team of co-creation researchers, led by Katrina Messiha, identified and summarized contemporary (explicit) theories used in co-creation, co-design and co-production within public health research. A… Read More »Systematic Review of Contemporary Theories Used for Co-creation, Co-design and Co-production in Public Health
Poor sleep is an increasing health problem among adolescents. To inform future (co-created) healthy sleep interventions, it is necessary to know the most changeable factors influencing sleep behavior. However, little is known about which psychosocial determinants identified by leading behavior change theories are associated with… Read More »Psychosocial Determinants of Sleep Behavior and Healthy Sleep Among Adolescents: A Two-Wave Panel Study
In a groundbreaking endeavor, Quentin Loisel and Danielle Agnello, supported by a great team of researchers, have pioneered a transformative approach to advancing co-creation research. Co-creation has been stymied by fragmented knowledge. To overcome this hurdle, they developed a meticulously curated open-access database leveraged by… Read More »Establishing a Health CASCADE–Curated Open-Access Database to Consolidate Knowledge About Co-Creation: Novel Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Methodology Based on Systematic Reviews