During 2024, members of the CES team have had a number of Journal articles published on their work.
Dearbhaile Slane and Alison Montgomery co-authored the article ‘Reflecting on the Involvement of Peer Researchers in Service Evaluations (Childcare in Practice)’, published in the Childcare in Practice Journal in March 2024.
The article reflects on key learning emerging from their work with peer researchers.
They describe the importance of developing an approach that is well planned, adequately resourced, and flexible, and identify other supports required to ensure peer researchers have a positive experience and can make a meaningful contribution. This article will be of interest to readers wishing to include the authentic voice of service users in research and will be particularly relevant to those involved in commissioning or delivering health and social care research and evaluations focused on services for children and young people.
You can access the article here.
CES also has a small number of e-prints that we can share upon request by emailing: office@effectiveservices.org
Dr David Kryl co-authored the article ‘A co-produced web-based implementation toolkit to facilitate adaptive implementation in health and social care’ as part of the Proceedings of the 6th UK and Ireland Implementation Science Research Conference published in the Implementation Science Journal in March 2024.
Given the complexity of implementation within health and social care settings, the authors propose adoption of a co-produced web-based implementation toolkit (WIT) which offers helpful, accessible and usable tools for a range of user groups to facilitate adaptive implementation across health and social care.
In developing the toolkit, the team surveyed stakeholders including health and social care professionals, public contributors, academics and third sector organisation representatives who confirmed there was a need for the toolkit. Online interactive workshops with stakeholders from across these sectors were held to co-produce WIT. An evaluation of WIT is currently underway.
WIT is designed to support adaptive implementation; focusing on early consideration of implementation factors to afford a flexible and dynamic approach, prioritising both what needs to be considered and how to operationalise this. It comprises of three components; an interactive implementation wheel, checklist and webinars.
You can read the article here.
Melanie Stone authored the article ‘The Power of Trust and Relationship in the Implementation of Family Support Services: Learning from the Reaching Out, Supporting Families Programme’, published in the Childcare in Practice Journal in March 2024.
This paper focuses on the overarching learning on the role of trust and relationships as a feature of implementation, drawn from a large-scale evaluation of the implementation of family support services by 36 organisations in Northern Ireland. Trust and relationships were found to be important enablers of change for services and families alike. Specific behaviours were identified that contributed to the building of trusted relationships, which, in turn, created the conditions for change to happen. This learning develops emerging work on trust among stakeholders, applying it to engagement with families as integral to the implementation of effective family support services.
You can read the article here.
