Mahmood Nazish, McEachan Rosemary R C, Lockyer Bridget, Parekh Chloe, Cartwright Chris, Balaz Daniel, Akhtar Gulsoom, Hall Jennifer, Batty Lauren, Amin Tahira, Huma Dogra Zille, Islam Shahid
Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford, England, UK.
University of Bradford, Bradford, England, UK.
NIHR Open Res. 2025 Apr 2;5:27. doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13886.1. eCollection 2025.
Community inclusive approaches in research contribute to the quality and impact of health outcomes, yet communities often lack considerable influence over research processes. The Co-Production and Peer Research (CoPPeR) network aims to redress this gap by fostering equitable partnerships between communities, researchers, and policymakers. This paper outlines the protocol for establishing the CoPPeR network in Bradford, UK, where community-driven research initiatives are crucial for addressing local health disparities.
We will implement four work-packages using participatory research methods and citizen science approaches. We will collaborate with four community organisations, each located in geographically distinct neighbourhoods serving diverse communities. Together we will co-produce citizen science projects to explore the impact of local environments on residents' health and wellbeing. We will build capacity through providing funding and training to community organisations who will recruit 20 peer researchers across the four areas to design, implement, and analyse their individual research projects. We will co-evaluate the co-production processes in a concomitant way through stakeholder workshops. Finally, we will explore the readiness and opportunities for statutory health and research partners to embed the CoPPeR network.
Anticipated results include comprehensive case studies revealing the factors which affect health and wellbeing in each of the case study sites along with the mechanisms of co-production strategies for enhancing community influence in research. The evaluation will provide us with evidence on what works for which communities; this will be crucial to support our plans for developing a network to augment efforts to advance community inclusive approaches.
The CoPPeR network aims to enable long-term sustainable partnership between researchers, decision makers and seldom heard communities which will enable effective co-production of research and policy. By detailing our experiences and outcomes we hope that others, both in the UK and internationally, can learn from and replicate our approach.
研究中的社区包容性方法有助于提高健康结果的质量和影响力，但社区在研究过程中往往缺乏足够的影响力。共同生产与同伴研究（CoPPeR）网络旨在通过促进社区、研究人员和政策制定者之间的公平伙伴关系来弥补这一差距。本文概述了在英国布拉德福德建立CoPPeR网络的方案，在那里，社区驱动的研究倡议对于解决当地的健康差距至关重要。
我们将采用参与式研究方法和公民科学方法实施四个工作包。我们将与四个社区组织合作，每个组织位于地理位置不同、服务不同社区的街区。我们将共同开展公民科学项目，以探索当地环境对居民健康和福祉的影响。我们将通过向社区组织提供资金和培训来建设能力，这些组织将在四个地区招募20名同伴研究人员，以设计、实施和分析他们各自的研究项目。我们将通过利益相关者研讨会以同步的方式共同评估共同生产过程。最后，我们将探索法定健康和研究伙伴建立CoPPeR网络的准备情况和机会。
预期结果包括全面的案例研究，揭示影响每个案例研究地点健康和福祉的因素，以及增强社区在研究中影响力的共同生产策略机制。评估将为我们提供关于哪些方法对哪些社区有效的证据；这对于支持我们发展一个网络以加强推进社区包容性方法的努力的计划至关重要。
CoPPeR网络旨在促成研究人员、决策者和很少被倾听的社区之间的长期可持续伙伴关系，从而实现研究与政策的有效共同生产。通过详细介绍我们的经验和成果，我们希望英国和国际上的其他人能够借鉴并复制我们的方法。
