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Co-Designing Australia’s First Fixed-Site Drug Checking Service – A collaboration between consumers, services, government and academics

On Demand

On Demand

10:40 am

20 July 2023

Plenary

ACT research in focus: Stream 3

Talk Description

The research-policy divide: is co-design the answer?

Co-design has become a buzzword in health policy and service design. While the philosophy behind the approach is inspiring, the methodology is often misunderstood and ‘authentic’ co-design can be difficult to achieve. 
 
Drawing on a hopeful but overly ambitious co-design proposal from the ACT this presentation explores common challenges for co-design projects. With a focus on academic-government-community partnerships, I get real about factors that influence the success of co-design activities in the development of services. Is the current trend is all that it’s cracked up to be?


Affiliation: School of Medicine and Psychology, ANU 

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