Welcome to Co-production and community involvement in health research

Program: HES

For the past decade health policies and programs have widely emphasized the relevance of involving the groups in focus along with community stakeholders in co-production processes. Yet, little attention has been directed towards conceptualizing co-production and community involvement, along with describing how such processes are carried out in practice and not least researching their possible impact as well as unintended consequences.

This course aims to provide PhD students with knowledge about the concept of co-production, its historical background, and its current relevance in health research. The course will also present involvement methods, facilitating techniques and selected evaluation methods to use in the process of co-production and community involvement. The course will also offer PhD students a space for reflecting on not only the possible impact but also unintended consequences and how to address these.

The course involves lectures, group work and discussions about:

• What is co-production; when did the concept appear historically, which are the key characteristics and what range of approaches may be applied today?
• How to involve the group in focus and community stakeholders in the research process and which involvement methods, facilitating techniques and evaluation methods may be used?
• What may be done to address possible unintended consequences and power differences?

Prerequisites: 

None

Form of evaluation:

Evaluation by participating in lectures and group work discussions.

Key literature: 

A reference list with the primary literature will be provided before the course. Group work and discussions will be carried out during the course.

Organiser: 

Professor Sine Agergaard, email: sine@hst.aau.dk

Associate Professor Kirsten Schultz Petersen, email: ksp@hst.aau.dk

There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.