Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from reflexive data collection on the evolving co-production research relationship between the two “worlds” of community and academia: people with lived experience and their community intermediaries and academic researchers. It reports analysis of reflections on experience as the different partners explore and evaluate their own experiences of co-productive research within the context of substance use recovery co-production research. Design/methodology/approach The research uses reflexive data from perspectives of an intermediary community partner, academic partners, and community researchers on experiences of a series of co-productive research projects. The aim is to identify thematic features of the co-productive experiences from different positions and through the process of adaptation to a co-productive relationship. Findings This paper outlines what has been learnt from the experience of co-production and what has “worked” for community and academic partners; around the nature of co-production, barriers to performance, and its value to participants and the wider recovery research agenda. Originality/value This paper reports a unique perspective on a developing methodology in health and social care, contributing to a growing body of knowledge pertaining to experiences of co-production research.
This study uses individualisation theory to explore identity transition in substance misuse recovery. Identity narratives gained over 4 years from co-produced video/audio interview and video diary accounts were co-productively collected and analysed using framework analysis. Results indicate a trend towards individualistic and agentic identity as recovery trajectories progress over time. Within-case analysis demonstrates agentic growth for most participants, from early-stage gratitude and reliance on support groups to self-determination and independent decision-making. This early work exploring longer-term recovery adds to the current recovery and social identity discussion and provides evidence of identity growth in longer-term stages of recovery.
Purpose: This paper develops further the understanding of co-productive methodological practice for substance use research by demonstrating the use of a mobile, multimedia interviewing aid by members of a United Kingdom recovery community. Design: A co-productive approach to data collection was piloted using a bespoke, audiovisual booth located in a range of recovery and community-focused social events. Audiovisual data were collaboratively selected, curated and analysed by recovery community partners and researchers. Findings: Findings illustrate how a mobile audiovisual booth can be used successfully within co-productive research. This approach facilitated a better understanding of the experiences and practices of self-reflection within the recovery community as they worked together to create a meaningful recovery largely independent of conventional recovery services. Limitations: This research was performed with one cohort of co-production members. However, the co-productive nature of the enquiry and the rich data this provided invites the making of cautious but firmer claims with regard to the transferability of this approach to similar recovery contexts. Social implications: Co-productive approaches confer a meaningful impact upon members of the recovery community, and wider understanding of this approach will promote an impact upon others engaging in recovery, supporting growth of a practice-based and theoretically-underpinned evidence base. Originality: This study highlights use of digital technologies within co-productive community-based methodologies, reducing reliance upon academic expertise, and facilitating participant leadership in research. Our analysis also signposts new areas for scholarly discussion in the area of co-productive, community-driven research.
This chapter discusses the concept of recovery, briefly addressing the history of the use of the term as well as some of the key definitional issues and debates. A great deal has been written in academic and popular forms about recovery from substance use. Far less has been written about long-term recovery. This long-term perspective is important in that it explicitly recognises and respects the long-term nature of the struggles many people with substance-use issues take on in pursuing, defining, and realising their own recovery. The chapter introduces some ideas about why a durational or time-based view of recovery might be both limiting for our understanding of recovery but also important for defending an ethic of care and valuing person-centred change. It also explores the importance of the voices of those with lived experience, arguing that the value of many of the stories in this book is in how they link the particularities of people's lived experience of recovery with the systems and structures in which people live. In this respect, the breadth of the people and places covered in the collection is a key strength.
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