Hot off the presses!
The EMBOLDEN trial’s latest publication, on the impact of older adults and service providers as research partners in trial co-design, is available now in BMC Research Involvement and Engagement.
Key takeaways of the publication
- Older adults can make important contributions to improve health interventions, community programming and evaluation activities through their lived experience and community connections.
- Impact evaluation of engagement activities is just as important to older adults as it is to researchers, funders and policymakers.
- Older adults and service providers can meaningfully impact all stages of health research.
Strategic Guiding Council (SGC) impacts summarized
Preparatory Stage
- Expand SGC membership to include diverse voices
- Choose meaningful language
- Help researchers understand community
Execution Stage
- Interpreting supporting evidence to identify priority features of the program
- Refining outcomes
- Transitioning to virtual pilor
- Recruiting participants
Translational Stage
- Co-created knowledge translation
- Infographics
- Research briefs
- Study website
- Conference presentations
- Peer-reviewed publications
December 2019
February 2022
