Fitting the message to the location: engaging adults with antimicrobial resistance in a World War 2 air raid shelter

Abstract

This research demonstrates that hands-on practical engagement with AMR can enable high-level interaction and learning in an informal and enjoyable environment.

How are public engagement health festivals evaluated? A systematic review with narrative synthesis

“…Key study characteristics are described in Table 1 . Six of the eight included studies were published between 2015 and 2020 [ 36 – 39 , 41 , 42 ]. Seven of the eight studies used mixed-methods research [ 35 – 40 , 42 ], with one study using quantitative methods alone [ 41 ].…”

“…emotional engagement, degree of engagement, mediator of engagement such as format. Engagement was evaluated by all except one of the seven studies which evaluated experience [ 42 ]. Attendee emotional engagement was assessed by five of these seven studies [ 35 – 37 , 39 , 40 ].…”

“…Three studies reported on perceived relevance of the content to attendees’ life, society or times and whether it met participant expectations [ 35 , 37 , 39 ]. Five studies recorded and evaluated audience outputs, such as audience questions and counting the number of visitors [ 35 , 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 ]. One study used the physical output from activities within the festival as a more objective measure of engagement, e.g.…”

The Use of a Bookclub to Enhance Science Literacy and Understanding of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

“…Additional bookclub meetings were planned using this novel as supplementary activities for public engagement events focusing on antimicrobial resistance, the search for new antibiotics and a comparison with pre-antibiotic treatment. However, although the events themselves were successful, no members of the public signed up for the bookclub: afternoon meetings were not attractive, and after evening events participants preferred to go home (Redfern et al 2018;Verran et al 2018a).…”

Biofilm Control Strategies: Engaging with the Public

“…The handprint technique has been used as an engagement tool for other events, such as an art installation called ‘Hands across the cultures’ for registrants to a qualitative research conference and as part of the ‘bioselfies’ project ( ) initiated by the University of Salford. Flickr has been used for other events that require incubation of plates [ 8 , 9 ], and download numbers have on occasion exceeded the number of images posted, showing that the participants may have been sharing the findings with others. The fluorescent hand technique was used to illustrate person-to-person transmission by handshaking prior to a screening of the movie Contagion (directed by Soderbergh, 2011).…”