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Going remote: Using technology to co-produce homeless health research
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COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy, and Practice: Volume 2: Co-production Methods and Working Together at a Distance. :113-122
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For a group co-producing participatory homeless health research, the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenging circumstances, notably physically distanced working. With limited technology among the research team and participants alike, remote research – especially participatory research – was not easy. However, participatory approaches are important because they enable teams to bring together a wide range of collective expertise and experience that is vital for addressing need, especially during health crises. Another benefit is their focus on reflexivity: that is, taking stock of one’s own positions, beliefs, and experiences; understanding their impact; and using this to inform working practices. This varied expertise and a process of ongoing reflexivity helped us devise creative and practical solutions to some of the obstacles to co-producing research posed by the pandemic.Along with health threats from COVID-19, the pandemic policy response changed much of our health, social, political, and legal landscape. These shifts had wide-ranging implications for people experiencing homelessness. Many day centres, which support people experiencing homelessness to access vital resources, closed during ‘lockdown’ (Groundswell, 2020a). Hostels also implemented physical distancing measures, and rules preventing people from visiting the premises. Such measures increased social isolation, especially given limited access to communication technology, which had a significant impact on mental health (Groundswell, 2020a). Already poor health and social outcomes for many experiencing homelessness were exacerbated by reduced access to healthcare and healthcare appointments moving online or being by telephone (Groundswell, 2020b).There were also positive policy developments, like the ‘Everybody In’ initiative: the repurposing of hotel rooms and other facilities as temporary accommodation.
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now being largely ignored in developing responses to it.This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how policymakers, health and social care practitioners, patients, service users, carers and public contributors can make this happen.The second volume focuses on methods and means of co-producing during a pandemic. It explores a variety of case studies from across the global North and South and addresses the practical considerations of co-producing knowledge both now - at a distance - and in the future when the pandemic is over.The second in a two-volume set, this book explores the need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how to do this. Exploring a variety of case studies from across the global North and South, the book focuses on methods and means of co-producing during a pandemic.
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now being largely ignored in developing responses to it.This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how policymakers, health and social care practitioners, patients, service users, carers and public contributors can make this happen.The second volume focuses on methods and means of co-producing during a pandemic. It explores a variety of case studies from across the global North and South and addresses the practical considerations of co-producing knowledge both now - at a distance - and in the future when the pandemic is over.The second in a two-volume set, this book explores the need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how to do this. Exploring a variety of case studies from across the global North and South, the book focuses on methods and means of co-producing during a pandemic.