Research conversation: Creative ways to facilitate public involvement

About the event

During this conversation our speaker, Jamie Eastman, will share an overview of the evidence for applying creative and arts-based approaches to facilitate public involvement in health and public health research.

He’ll then introduce his study, which focuses on creativity and public involvement in public health evaluation, a project informed by realist methodology.

Sharing initial theories ahead of findings, the audience will be invited to corroborate or contradict these by drawing on experiences or ideas of their own from the world of public contribution and PPI.

Input requested from attendees:
In the realist approach it’s helpful to test initial theories (IPTs) and invite feedback before moving onto data analysis. With luck, Jamie will have some data by April/May and will be starting to arrange and look for patterns informed by these initial theories.

Some help from others with PPI experience, who may join this talk, with refining before he goes deep into analysis could prove very useful

About the speaker

Jamie Eastman is a PhD student with Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) South Bank studying barriers and facilitators to PPI and the role of creative methods.

He has a Masters in Creative Health, and has experience in the field as an independent evaluator of local authority programmes designed to achieve community wellbeing through strength-based approaches and asset-building.

Jamie is conducting a realist evaluation of what works for whom and in what circumstances with regards to creative and arts-based approaches to facilitating PPI in public health evaluation research.

Jamie is also an experienced social prescriber and health coach working for NHS Primary Care Networks in South Bristol

What is a research conversation?

Research conversations are hosted by People in Health West of England and are informal sessions which are designed to give researchers and public contributors a chance to interact. Public contributors are encouraged to ask questions, learn about, and get involved in projects in their area.