Projects and Issues

Engaging the public in health research

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Photo: Merlin/Frederic Courbet

The new issue of Health Exchange - Engaging the public in health research, for Summer 2010, contains a range of articles showing how communities can engage with science and health research. Articles from Brazil, Suriname, Uganda and other countries show examples of interesting projects that open new spaces for the general public to explore what science is, and what health research means for their daily experiences. They also show how scientists and scientific approaches are challenged by local power and knowledge of health and environmental issues.

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Unlocking scientific inquiry: how the public can experience science differently - Public engagement with health research is about unlocking scientific inquiry rather than disseminating information. This was the key message to come out of a lunchtime event on 23 June at the Wellcome Trust, in London, to discuss the theme of the latest issue of Health Exchange: Engaging the Public in Health Research.

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About Healthlink Worldwide

Empowering people for better health

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We work with over 50 partners worldwide, mobilising innovative knowledge and communication processes; empowering people to voice their health needs and have those voices heard.

How we work

Linking Evidence with Policy and Practice

An article presenting our work in support of effective communication of research, written by our Executive Director, Andrew Chetley.

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Participation and partnership

Participants at a Communicating for Advocacy workshop, Bangladesh

Healthlink Worldwide is a specialist health and development agency. Our aim is to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged and vulnerable communities in developing countries.

 

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