COUV ACTES - Psychologie communautaire

Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse PracticesChanging landscape of health care services: deliveringcollaborative training agenda’s for community researchers,health and social care practitioners and researchersby Jo Hobbs 1OverviewThis paper will present understandings of how multi-agency and community collaboration may be advanced. Thefindings reported here were gained in part through the process of developing and delivering a series of researchtraining programmes and a roundtable discussion.The first training event was delivered exclusively to members of the community as part of a concerted effort toengage and provide them with the necessary skills to undertake research alongside academic researchers. Thesecond training event brought together community researchers and health and social care practitioners to worktogether and develop a greater understanding and appreciation of each other role and the research process.A roundtable event was organised after completion of the training events to discuss future opportunities forgreater assimilation and involvement in the research process by community researchers and health and socialcare practitioners in order to facilitate service redesign and planning.Objectives of the first training sessionThe 1 st training events sought to engage members of the community and provide them with the skills necessaryto feel confident to work alongside professionals within research settings. With this in mind the first events weredelivered in 2 separate half-day sessions. The first was concerned with aspects of the research process, thesecond with collaborative working, community capacity building and empowerment. Participants were asked towrite a short reflective piece after both sessions. Their reflections revealed that they all felt better prepared toundertake greater participation alongside professionals within health research agendas.Research Training focused on the practical tasks of undertaking: Lit reviews; Conducting data searches andscoping exercises; Collecting and analysing data; Writing up and using the data for change.Advisor training focused on: Membership of committees; Reading and making sense of papers and reports;Speaking up in public; Voicing opinions clearly, confidently and concisely; disseminating research findings.Outcomes from the first training eventThis first training event had some success in engaging members of the community as part of a wider remit toencourage greater cooperation and working practices amongst lay and professional people who may be working1Academy for Health and Wellbeing, Manchester Metropolitan University. UK64