Foundation
Aims & Actions
Health CASCADE aims to build solid methodological foundations for co-creation to close the gap between research and practice. We aim to develop an evidence base, a robust methodological framework, guidelines, and ethical principles to make co-creation trustworthy. Therefore, we work collaboratively to ensure consistency between theory and practice. It consists of four early-stage researchers and their supervisors, who are generating evidence, and enabling guidance to support stakeholders in the full co-creation process. Katrina (ESR1) is systematically forming theory-based principles through developing the theoretical underpinnings of co-creation. Rabab (ESR2) is exploring the ethical issues and challenges inherent to co-creation. Danielle (ESR3) is identifying, characterizing, and evaluating co-creation methods, and Giuliana (ESR4) is investigating implementation and evaluation of the process and outcomes of co-creation. If you’re interested in any of their topic areas, or you are researching a similar topic, please feel free to email these researchers directly:
Katrina Messiha: k.m.messiha@amsterdamumc.nl
Rabab Chrifou: rabab.chrifou@ugent.be
Danielle Agnello: danielle.agnello@gcu.ac.uk
Giuliana R. Longworth: giulianaraffaellal@blanquerna.url.edu
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PhD Participants
KATRINA MESSIHA
PhD Student
Theory-based principles for co-creation in Public Health
RABAB CHRIFOU
PhD Student
Ethics in co-creation for public health
DANIELLE AGNELLO
PhD Student
Methods in evidence based co-creation
GIULIANA LONGWORTH
PhD Student
Building evidence-based co-creation: implementation and evaluation
Supervisors & Partners
SEB CHASTIN
PROFESSOR
Professor in the School of Health and Life Sciences. His main research topic is health behaviour.
MAI CHIN A PAW
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CHAIR PROFESSOR
University Research Chair Professor and chair of the Child and Adolescent Public Health research group. Her main research topic is physical activity and sedentary behaviour epidemiology in young people with a specific focus on innovations in research methodology.
TEATSKE ALTENBURG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Assistant professor with ample expertise in research related to child physical activity and sedentary behaviour, applying different methodologies such as experimental research and co-creation.
MAÏTÉ VERLOIGNE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (research unit Health Promotion). She has large expertise in developing, implementing and evaluating physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions, and co-creation.
BENEDICTE DEFORCHE
PROFESSOR
Professor at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (research unit Health Promotion), focusing on individual and environmental determinants of health behaviour and the development of health promotion interventions using the Intervention Mapping Protocol and/or a participatory approach.
GREET CARDON
PROFESSOR
Professor at the Department of Movement and Sport Sciences (research unit Physical Activity and Health) focusing on the development of behavioural interventions in children and adolescents and on healthy aging.
MARIA GINÉ-GARRIGA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Associate Professor and head of the Physical Activity and Health Research Group. Her main research topic is the (co)design of health-related interventions to change lifestyle behaviours in older adults with a strong focus on sustainability and adherence
Public Health Agency of Catalonia
Partner
The Public Health Agency of Catalonia (ASPCAT) is responsible for the promotion and protection of health, the prevention and management of epidemiological and food alerts, and occupational health. Its services are aimed at citizens, the local world and key economic sectors and are aimed at managing environmental risks to health, promoting healthy lifestyles, promoting the responsibility of people and of economic operators on the impact of their actions on individual and collective health and on the responsible use of health services.
Fundació Blanquerna
Partner
Universitat Ramon Llull is one of the most innovative and modern universities in Spain, and Catalonia’s first private university. Fundació Blanquerna is well-known for its experience in top quality-ranked higher education, research, and an standing out individualized teaching methodology. It is a large school, with more than 3,000 students, 250 lecturers and researchers with different areas of expertise and 1,400 training agreements with many companies and relevant institutions.
Sciensano
Partner
Sciensano is the federale institute of public health in Belgium. Sciensano’s strength lies in its holistic and multidisciplinary approach to health. More particularly we focus on the close and indissoluble interconnection between human and animal health and their environment (the “One Health” concept). By combining different research perspectives within this framework, Sciensano contributes to everybody’s health in a unique way.
Flemish Institute of Healthy Living
Partner
The Flemish Institute Healthy Living is the expertise center on prevention, a healthy lifestyle and a healthy environment, with specific attention to (a) people in vulnerable situations and (b) reducing health inequality. We connect and empower people to tackle complex health challenges together.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
partner
Amsterdam UMC represents one of the 7 unique University Medical Centers in the Netherlands, where teaching, research and patient care are fully integrated in one organisation. The research priorities of Amsterdam UMC are organised in 8 large and world-class interfaculty research institutes. In these institutes, researchers from different disciplines, closely collaborate to establish a truly applied, translational research programme that addresses current challenges in society.
Glasgow Caledonian University
Partner
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is one of the largest Universities in Scotland, with over 20000 students and core businesses of education and research. At the last UK research assessment, GCU ranked as the top modern university in Scotland by research power and in the top 20 in the UK for health research at world-leading and internationally excellent standards. GCU is 43th in the world impact rankings.
Alexander Foundation
Partner
The Alexander Foundation (Stichting Alexander) is an independent Dutch NGO specialised in youth participation and participatory action research. Participation as defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at the heart of what we do.
Brian castelliani
Professor Durham, United Kingdom
Professor Brian Castellani is the director of the Durham Research Methods Centre, Co-Director of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, and Director of InSPIRE. Brian is a sociologist, clinical psychologist and methodologist. His vast expertise spans from the complexities of place and public health to complexity methods for policy evaluation.
Journey Associates
Partner
Journey Associates is a dynamic design-led innovation consultancy helping organisations to make real changes for the better, and they have worked with various clients, such as the British Council, Save the Children, the National Health Service, and others.
Artur Steiner
Professor
Artur Steiner is a Professor in Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development. He leads the Community, Citizenship and Participation Research Group at the Yunus Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University. His research is about community disadvantage and actions to ameliorate isolation and, through co-production and participation, raise resilience and empowerment. Artur’s work is concerned with evidencing how, through social innovation, entities, policies and interventions tackle social inequalities and vulnerability including geographical disadvantage and frailty of specific groups in the society. His research outputs span multiple disciplines, chiefly entrepreneurship, rural development, public policy and health-related social sciences.
Waag Future Lab
Partner
Waag Futurelab researches, designs and develops a sustainable and just future. Waag works in a trans-disciplinary team of designers, artists and scientists, utilising public research methods in the realms of technology and society. Together, we research emerging technology and question underlying cultural assumptions. We experiment and design alternatives on the basis of public values. This is how Waag empowers as many people as possible to design an open, fair and inclusive future.
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