302 research outputs found
The hard labour of connecting research to policy during covid-19
No full textThe worlds of policy and academia are often distant and can be difficult to span. In this post Kathryn Oliver and Annette Boaz reflect on their experience of working in the Government Office for Science to help produce the government’s new Areas of Research Interest and the particular challenges involved in establishing and mobilising networks of researchers and policymakers to work towards shared goals
Public Participation in Health Care: Exploring the Co-Production of Knowledge
No full textThis eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contac
The role of the research assessment in strengthening research and health systems
No full textResearch Impact Assessments are regularly regarded as a tiresome part of the research process. However, Annette Boaz and Stephen Hanney find that taking a systems approach to health research demonstrates the value of assessing impact. Drawing on examples from a new review for the WHO Health Evidence Network, they highlight the role that impact assessments play in securing research funding and strengthening the health system
Lost in co-production: to enable true collaboration we need to nurture different academic identities
No full textInvolving stakeholders directly in the research process and co-production have become common features of research designs aimed at delivering impact. However, in practice co-production often comes into conflict with more conventional research methods and understandings of what constitutes ‘academic’ research. Based on the findings of a recent study of co-production as part of an EU research project, Annette Boaz, suggests efforts to facilitate co-production should focus on the practice as an epistemological, rather than methodological challenge, and focus on enabling the creation of academic identities that allow for authentic collaboration with research stakeholders
Building new bridges between research and policy during a national lockdown
No full textAnnette Boaz and Kathryn Oliver are social scientists with expertise in production and use of evidence for, policy. In this blogpost, they reflect on their recent experiences putting their knowledge into practice at the heart of government during a national lockdown. They describe the significant changes they had to make to their planned programme of (face-to-face) engagement work and how it was possible to build relationships and get a significant programme of work underway online to mobilise existing evidence in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the UK government’s Areas of Research Interest framework
Filling the gaps - can research play a more innovative role in adult social care?
No full textThe interface between research and the contexts in which it is used are often taken as a given. Discussing findings from a study into research use in adult social care, Annette Boaz, Juliette Malley and Raphael Wittenberg suggest that in areas where research use is low, researchers would benefit from developing target organisations’ ability to use research findings and linking their work into existing innovation and evidence use practices
Adult social care research and practice collaboration evidence synthesis
No full textThis document was produced based on the POSTnote approach (please see here for more information) to synthesising academic literature and stakeholder insights on a topical issue within policy and practice. This document was written by Hannah Kendrick (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE) with support from Juliette Malley (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE) and Annette Boaz (King’s College London) – members of the Creating Care Partnerships project. The intention was to develop a resource on behalf of the adult social care partnership community as a whole and so draws on a wide range of insights and expertise from all contributors (names & affiliations listed on p. 27 of the document). The document draws on studies funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme (Grant Reference Numbers: NIHR31335, NIHR131373, NIHR131345, NIHR 131358, NIHR13110, NIHR133629). The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care
Influence of external contextual factors on the implementation of health and social care interventions into practice that spread within or across countries - a protocol for a 'best fit' framework synthesis
No full textBackgroundThe widespread implementation of interventions is often hindered by a decline and variability in effectiveness across implementation sites. It is anticipated that variations in the characteristics of the external context in different sites, such as the political and funding environment, socio-cultural context, physical environment, or population demographics can nfluence implementation outcome. However, there is only a limited understanding about which and how external contextual factors influence implementation. We aim at developing a comprehensive framework conceptualising the influence of external contextual factors on implementation, particularly when spreading health and social care interventions within or across countries.MethodsThe review will use the ‘best fit’ framework synthesis approach. In the first stage of the review we will examine existing frameworks, models, concepts and theories on external contextual factors and their influence on implementation from a variety of sectors and disciplines including health and social care, education, environmental studies, and international development fields. The resulting a-priori meta-framework will be tested and refined in the second review stage by analysing evidence from empirical studies focusing on the implementation of health and social care interventions within or across countries. Searches will be conducted in bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE, ERIC, HMIC, and IBSS, grey literature sources and on relevant websites. We will also search reference lists, relevant journals, perform citation searches, and ask experts in the field. There is no restriction to study type, setting, intervention type or implementation strategy to enable obtaining a broad and in-depth knowledge from various sources of evidence.DiscussionThe review will lead to a comprehensive framework for understanding the influence of external contextual factors on implementation, particularly when spreading health and social care interventions within or across countries. The framework is anticipated to help identify factors explaining the decline and variability in effectiveness of interventions and assessing the prospects of implementation effectiveness, when spreading interventions. We do not intend to only develop another stand-alone implementation framework but one that can be used in conjunction with existing frameworks. The framework can be honed and validated infuture empirical research.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO CRD4201808448
Evaluating health services initiatives: How can we work effectively together?
No full textThis infographic was developed following the delivery of a workshop at the Health Services Research UK 2024 conference in Oxford, held on 9th July 2024. The workshop was titled: 'How to manage tensions when evaluating health services initiatives'. The workshop was developed and delivered by Dr Rhiannon Hawkes (University of Manchester), Dr Sarah Cotterill (University of Manchester), Prof Annette Boaz (Kings College London) and Prof Helen Atherton (University of Southampton), and included input from NHS England. A total of 50 people attended the workshop, who worked in academia, health policy, the NHS, charity sector organisations, funding organisations, independent service provider organisations and patients and members of the public. The attendees provided valuable insights for working effectively with different stakeholder groups and suggestions for preparing for these evaluations. The insights from this workshop have since been consolidated into an infographic, designed by illustrator James Munro (MisterMunro Ltd), which we hope will be a useful resource for anyone involved in evaluations of health services initiatives
Racial Discrimination in Boaz Yakin's Remember The Titans (2000) : A Marxist Approach
No full textThe major problem of this study is to reveal the racial discrimination in Remember the Titans (2000) movie. The objective of this study is to analyze the movie based on its structural elements and based on Marxist approach.
In analyzing Remember the Titans (2000), the writer uses qualitative method and Marxist approach. The object of the study is the theme that is played by the all characters in Remember the Titans movie published in 2000, written, co-produced, and co-edited by Boaz Yakin. The primary data source is the script, and the secondary data sources are the other data related to the analysis such as the author‟s biography and some reference books. The method of data collection is library research by collecting and recording both of the primary and secondary data. The technique of data analysis used in this study is descriptive analysis.
The findings of the study show that. First, Remember the Titans Movie illustrates the racial discrimination to the black people, the condition of aristocracy and lower or working class. This different stratification creates a problem, that is the gap between them and the insulation to the lower rank by the higher one. The social relation have to hold on the equal rank of both sides, between men and women and this condition needs to be criticized further.Second Boaz Yakin in this movie “reconstructs” or re-presents the social condition at Virginia in 1971 a in order to reflect a similar issue of social relation and at the same time criticizes it. He tries to bridge the gap between the higher and the lower levels of social class by rebelling against the social stratification. The break of the stratification is symbolized in the love affair between the major characters
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