Reinforcing the Research Coproduction Impact Pathway: A Response to Recent Commentaries

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Document Type : Correspondence

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1 Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

3 Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

4 Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

Abstract

Last year we published an editorial as an addendum to our book, Research Coproduction in Healthcare,1,2 which led to six thought provoking commentaries.3-8 These authors challenged us to reflect critically on our positions and embrace different perspectives, and we have tried to do so in this response. There were three prominent themes in our editorial that resonated with the commentators and are worth reiterating here. First, research coproduction needs authentic partnership to be effective, and this in turn requires “a principle-based and explicitly values-driven approach in which the skills, processes and attitudes required to nurture relationships between knowledge users and researchers are as important as the scientific approach itself”.1 (pg. 2) Second, principles and values on their own are insufficient: nurturing relationships, especially as partnerships become more complex, including more knowledge users from varied contexts and backgrounds, involves taking steps to redress power imbalances and inequities. Third, changes need to be made at all levels of the research system architecture to “provide the structures and resources for optimal partnership working”.1 (pg. 2)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management

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Available Online from 09 July 2025

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  • Received Date: 02 July 2025
  • Accepted Date: 08 July 2025
  • First Published Date: 09 July 2025

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