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A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group
BACKGROUND: Co-production of interventions is reliant on good communication and consensus between participants and researchers, but attending in-person meetings and workshops is hard for time-constrained groups such as new mums, who may be geographically dispersed without reliable transport. Discuss...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33292712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00711-0 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Co-production of interventions is reliant on good communication and consensus between participants and researchers, but attending in-person meetings and workshops is hard for time-constrained groups such as new mums, who may be geographically dispersed without reliable transport. Discussions with a lay advisory group resulted in the decision to hold a workshop over a secret Facebook group. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of a secret Facebook group for co-production activities. In the example presented, the population was women with previous gestational diabetes, the topic was physical inactivity, and the purpose was to develop an acceptable physical activity intervention. METHODS: The researchers created a secret Facebook group with content similar to an in-person workshop that sequentially progressed to develop a programme theory for an intervention. The researcher posted 1–2 times per day for 14 days, and members of the group were invited to comment and discuss the content. Feasibility and acceptability of the group were analysed using Facebook analytics and a post-workshop survey. RESULTS: Twenty-one participants took part. In total, 521 comments were provided in response to 18 posts of varying types (average = 28.9 comments per post). The total word count of participant comments was 21,142 words. The workshop was viewed positively, with 20 of 21 participants saying they liked the workshop “somewhat” or “a great deal”, and felt the group was a safe and open environment to share opinions. When asked if they would take part in something like this again, 15 of 21 said “Yes”. Participants mentioned the format was convenient; it allowed them to reflect on their experiences, and they liked helping research progress. Those who say “maybe” said it was difficult finding time and depended on what else was going on. CONCLUSION: Using a secret Facebook group as a method of co-production or as a workshop in the research process is a feasible and acceptable method. Social media holds significant potential for co-production and involvement in research for populations who are geographically dispersed or time-constrained, with an uncommon condition or other circumstances where in-person meetings are either not appropriate or not possible. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary information accompanies this paper at 10.1186/s40814-020-00711-0. |
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spelling | pubmed-76054632020-11-03 A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group Buelo, Audrey Kirk, Alison Jepson, Ruth Pilot Feasibility Stud Methodology BACKGROUND: Co-production of interventions is reliant on good communication and consensus between participants and researchers, but attending in-person meetings and workshops is hard for time-constrained groups such as new mums, who may be geographically dispersed without reliable transport. Discussions with a lay advisory group resulted in the decision to hold a workshop over a secret Facebook group. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of a secret Facebook group for co-production activities. In the example presented, the population was women with previous gestational diabetes, the topic was physical inactivity, and the purpose was to develop an acceptable physical activity intervention. METHODS: The researchers created a secret Facebook group with content similar to an in-person workshop that sequentially progressed to develop a programme theory for an intervention. The researcher posted 1–2 times per day for 14 days, and members of the group were invited to comment and discuss the content. Feasibility and acceptability of the group were analysed using Facebook analytics and a post-workshop survey. RESULTS: Twenty-one participants took part. In total, 521 comments were provided in response to 18 posts of varying types (average = 28.9 comments per post). The total word count of participant comments was 21,142 words. The workshop was viewed positively, with 20 of 21 participants saying they liked the workshop “somewhat” or “a great deal”, and felt the group was a safe and open environment to share opinions. When asked if they would take part in something like this again, 15 of 21 said “Yes”. Participants mentioned the format was convenient; it allowed them to reflect on their experiences, and they liked helping research progress. Those who say “maybe” said it was difficult finding time and depended on what else was going on. CONCLUSION: Using a secret Facebook group as a method of co-production or as a workshop in the research process is a feasible and acceptable method. Social media holds significant potential for co-production and involvement in research for populations who are geographically dispersed or time-constrained, with an uncommon condition or other circumstances where in-person meetings are either not appropriate or not possible. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary information accompanies this paper at 10.1186/s40814-020-00711-0. BioMed Central 2020-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7605463/ /pubmed/33292712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00711-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Methodology Buelo, Audrey Kirk, Alison Jepson, Ruth A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group |
title | A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group |
title_full | A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group |
title_fullStr | A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group |
title_full_unstemmed | A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group |
title_short | A novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret Facebook group |
title_sort | novel research method for workshops and co-production of interventions: using a secret facebook group |
topic | Methodology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33292712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00711-0 |
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