Realising the Power of Academic-Voluntary Sector Partnerships to Integrated Care Research
Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSEs) bring valuable knowledge of local health and care needs and have skills in engaging underserved communities. This makes them ideal partners for integrated health and care researchers. Yet, they are often excluded from research. This pap...
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| description | Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSEs) bring valuable knowledge of local health and care needs and have skills in engaging underserved communities. This makes them ideal partners for integrated health and care researchers. Yet, they are often excluded from research. This paper reflects on the benefits and challenges of VCSE-researcher collaborations and shares examples from Australia and the UK of how these have been overcome in practice. We explore how integrated care researchers can work with VCSEs to empower the voice of lived experience, bring greater inclusivity in research methodologies and deliver meaningful findings within local and diverse contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e94fffc827d04db298bc0047bf4a0a572025-08-20T02:33:24ZengUbiquity PressInternational Journal of Integrated Care1568-41562025-05-0125141410.5334/ijic.91018997Realising the Power of Academic-Voluntary Sector Partnerships to Integrated Care ResearchKelly Hall0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3642-422XDarshini Ayton1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2754-2024Helen Skouteris2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9959-5750Robin Miller3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-5589Catherine Needham4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-4171University of BirminghamMonash UniversityMonash UniversityUniversity of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamVoluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSEs) bring valuable knowledge of local health and care needs and have skills in engaging underserved communities. This makes them ideal partners for integrated health and care researchers. Yet, they are often excluded from research. This paper reflects on the benefits and challenges of VCSE-researcher collaborations and shares examples from Australia and the UK of how these have been overcome in practice. We explore how integrated care researchers can work with VCSEs to empower the voice of lived experience, bring greater inclusivity in research methodologies and deliver meaningful findings within local and diverse contexts.https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/9101voluntarycommunity and social enterprise organisations (vcses)health and social careresearchco-production |
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| title | Realising the Power of Academic-Voluntary Sector Partnerships to Integrated Care Research |
| title_full | Realising the Power of Academic-Voluntary Sector Partnerships to Integrated Care Research |
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| title_short | Realising the Power of Academic-Voluntary Sector Partnerships to Integrated Care Research |
| title_sort | realising the power of academic voluntary sector partnerships to integrated care research |
| topic | voluntary community and social enterprise organisations (vcses) health and social care research co-production |
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