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New impulses from international development for more comprehensive and balanced public engagement evaluation

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Haenssgen, Marco Johannes (2019) New impulses from international development for more comprehensive and balanced public engagement evaluation. Global Health Action, 12 (Supplement 1). 1680067 . doi:10.1080/16549716.2019.1680067 ISSN 1654-9880.

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Abstract

Public engagement in health research has gained popularity because of its potential to co-create knowledge, generate dialogue, and ground research in the priorities and realities of the target groups. However, public engagement that achieves these objectives could still entail unforeseen negative consequences or a wasteful use of resources. Although the evaluation of public engagement has evolved in recent years, project-specific idiosyncrasies prevent systematic and transparent assessments of success and failure.
This article introduces standard evaluation criteria from the field of development aid evaluation (effectiveness, efficiency, impact, relevance, sustainability) to promote more systematic and comprehensive evaluation practice. I apply these criteria to the public engagement component of a recent research project into antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic use, and health behaviour in Thailand and Laos. Considering village-level engagement workshops, international exhibitions of photo narratives of traditional healing in northern Thailand, and social media communication, I demonstrate that activities that seem to achieve their objectives can still have problematic characteristics in other dimensions. I conclude that these five generic evaluation criteria can broaden our understanding of public engagement. Their more widespread use in evaluations can help build a more comprehensive and balanced evidence base, even if only a sample of public engagement projects and programmes can be evaluated systematically.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General)
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Public health -- Research , Public health -- Citizen participation, Patient participation -- Research, Evaluation
Journal or Publication Title: Global Health Action
Publisher: Co-Action Publishing
ISSN: 1654-9880
Official Date: 4 November 2019
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DateEvent
4 November 2019Available
10 October 2019Accepted
Volume: 12
Number: Supplement 1
Article Number: 1680067
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1680067
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders: Marco J Haenssgen
Date of first compliant deposit: 10 October 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 28 January 2020
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ES/P00511X/1[ESRC] Economic and Social Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
Humanities Research FundUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
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