Who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out’? Participation of older persons in health research and the interplay between capital, habitus and field

Inclusion and exclusion processes in community engagement do not take place in a vacuum, but are embedded in social, political and institutional contexts. T

Beyond Two Communities. The co-production of research, policy and practice in collaborative public health settings

This thesis empirically focuses on the phenomenon of the ACCs. It does so in several ways: by investigating the general development of the ACCs over the last five years, but also by an in-depth analysis of four collaborative research projects that have been conducted in the context of these ACCs. However, this thesis does not take the notion of ‘two communities’ for granted, but rather seeks to take into account other conceptualizations of the relation between scientific knowledge production, policy development and professional practice. One of the most promising conceptualizations, which may provide analysts with more ‘analytical rigor’ than the ‘two communities’ framework is able to provide, is the notion of ‘co-production’ (Jasanoff, 2004). This radically different view on science/ policy relations focuses on how natural and social orders, or science and policy, are being produced simultaneously and interactively. Such a perspective sheds a radically different light on the interactions between researchers and policy makers. The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether a conceptualization of research/policy/practice relations in terms of this co-production framework serves as a better tool to understand these relations and interactions than the two communities perspective is able to provide

Understanding Each Other In The Medical Encounter: Exploring therapists' and patients' understanding of each other's experiential knowledge through the Imitation Game

The ability of healthcare professionals to understand the lived experiences of their patients has become increasingly important, but has been a difficult topic to investigate empirically because it involves two distinctive research strands: interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) and patient-provider communication (PPC). While IPA focuses on experiences and illness narratives of patients, but not on therapist’s understanding of those, PPC surveys focus primarily on effective forms of communication without addressing the actual illness experiences of patients. There is a need for empirical research that combines both strands to investigate not only the experiences of patients, but also whether professionals are able to understand these. This study combined both strands by means of a novel research method called the Imitation Game (combined with other qualitative methods). This sociological method was developed to investigate what different social groups know of each other’s lifeworld. This article focused on the important domain of eating disorder treatment to investigate whether therapists were able to understand the experiences of their patients and vice versa. The study provide insights into the domains in which therapists and patients were able to develop insights into each other’s experiential knowledge (and where they had difficulties in doing so). The findings also implicate the high potential of the Imitation Game as an interdisciplinary research method. We propose that the Imitation Game may be particularly valuable as a ‘can opener’ that enables the development of in-depth, qualitative insights into the substantive themes that matter in the lifeworlds of patients and therapists

Understanding Each Other In The Medical Encounter: Exploring therapists' and patients' understanding of each other's experiential knowledge through the Imitation Game

The ability of health-care professionals to understand the lived experiences of their patients has become increasingly important but has been a difficult topic to investigate empirically because it involves two distinctive research strands: interpretative phenomenological analysis and patient–provider communication. While interpretative phenomenological analysis focuses on experiences and illness narratives of patients, but not on therapist’s understanding of those, patient–provider communication surveys focus primarily on effective forms of communication without addressing the actual illness experiences of patients. There is a need for empirical research that combines both strands to investigate not only the experiences of patients but also whether professionals are able to understand these. This study combined both strands by means of a novel research method called the Imitation Game (combined with other qualitative methods). This sociological method was developed to investigate what different social groups know of each other’s lifeworld. It focused on the important domain of eating disorder treatment to investigate whether therapists were able to understand the experiences of their patients and vice versa. This study provides insights into the domains in which therapists and patients were able to develop insights into each other’s experiential knowledge (and where they had difficulties in doing so). The findings also implicate the high potential of the Imitation Game as an interdisciplinary research method. We propose that the Imitation Game may be particularly valuable as a ‘can opener’ that enables the development of in-depth, qualitative insights into the substantive themes that matter in the lifeworlds of patients and therapists. </jats:p

Using causal diagrams to understand and deal with hindering patterns in the uptake and embedding of big data technology

In this chapter, we explain the interdependencies between actors and factors that influence the uptake of big data technology and provide more insights into the adoption and spread of big data technologies. The systematic literature review by Günther et al. revealed that to advance our understanding of big data technology, research should move beyond BigMedilytics (BML) study levels and examine how work practices, organizational models, and stakeholder interests interact with big data technology practices. In the BML project, we had a unique opportunity to review 12 study projects using different big data technologies aimed at different goals in several European countries. The studies:cover three themes with the greatest impact on the sector. Population Health &amp; Chronic Disease Management and Oncology comprise the 78% of deaths [in noncommunicable] diseases. The third theme represents operations and equipment cost, covering the 33% of the expenditure in the sector.</i