19/06/2015

By Joanna Akhgar, on behalf of the SPHR@L Team

We’re engaged!

Committing to building capacity,

connections and collaboration

http://sphr.lshtm.ac.uk/

Who does SPHR@L

engage with?

Third sector

Policy-makers

Local

government

Executive

agencies

Non-

departmental

government

bodies

How does SPHR@L engage

with these audiences?

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1. Research

Preliminary research: Years 1-2Understanding evidence beyond the health sector by

engagement with local authorities on the following projects:

– Review & synthesis of ‘cultures of evidence’

– Qualitative case study of interventions in housing

– Ethnographic study of policy and practice in local authorities

– Evaluation of local government alcohol policies

– Focus groups with built environment practitioners

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1. [cont’d] Co-production

Public Health Practice Evaluation scheme

(PHPES): NIHR SPHR funding programme that

requires local practitioners to apply for grants

jointly with academic partners.

(‘Cumulative impact zones’ project, PHPES)

Patient & Public Involvement

(PPI): studies within community

settings are designed and

delivered in consultation with

people from the community.

(‘Communities in control’ project,

Health Inequalities theme)

Networking: with our contacts in

local authorities and practice

gives us opportunities to find out

about potential research projects

and data.

(‘Reducing the strength’ project,

Alcohol theme)

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2. Training & workshops

Workshops in evaluation Years 3-5- Attempt to be inclusive of non-public health practitioners

- Be aware of pragmatic and financial issues relating to evaluation

- Build capacity through knowledge exchange

- Take into account our own research findings and experience

- ‘Workshop’ rather than course – interactive opportunity to learn more about

what participants think.

4 workshops held to date:

April 2014, London

December 2014, London

February 2015, Cambridge

March 2015, Exeter

Model now replicated and rolled out by other SPHR centres across England.

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3. External communications

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EventsConferences & workshops

SPHR@L seminar series

Blogs

Hashtag creation

Storify

Online platformsTwitter & Tweet deck

SPHR@L website

Generic inbox

Pinterest

Analytics/ Altmetrics

Meetings

Advisory Group

Fieldwork (interviews)

Collaborator meetings

NetworksConferences

Honorary appointments

Contacts database

Affiliates

Publicity

Brochure (printed & web downloadable)

Publications

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3. [cont’d] Internal communications

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Events

Annual retreats

SPHR@L seminar series

Annual SPHR scientific meeting

Online platforms

Weekly ‘Pick of the week’ email

Pinterest (digital pin-board)

Blogs

Twitter

Meetings

Bi-weekly team meetings

Project planning meetings

Networks

SPHR Researchers Network

Publicity

Branding & logo(internal identity within

LSHTM & SPHR)

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Our Team

Find out more…

@SPHRatLSHTM

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sphr@lshtm.ac.uk

Joanna Akhgar

Steve Cummins

Matt Egan

Vladimir Gordeev

Greg Hartwell

Karen Lock

Elizabeth McGill

Sarah Milton

Mark Petticrew

Triantafyllos Pliakas

Ruth Ponsford

Joanna Reynolds

Thank you for

listening!

To learn about wider SPHR visit http://sphr.nihr.ac.uk