Advancing a collective vision for equity-based cocreation through prototyping at an international forum.

BACKGROUND: Cocreation has the potential to engage people with lived and living experiences in the design and evaluation of health and social services. However, guidance is needed to better include people from equity-deserving groups (EDGs), who are more likely to face barriers to participation, experience ongoing or historical harm, and benefit from accessible methods of engagement. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this international forum (CoPro2022) was to advance a collective vision for equity-based cocreation. DESIGN: A participatory process of engagement in experiential colearning and arts-based creative and reflective dialogue. Visual prototypes were created and synthesised to generate a collective vision for inclusive equity-based cocreation. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The Forum was held at the Gathering Place by the Grand River in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. A total of 48 participants attended the forum. They were purposely invited and have intersecting positionalities (21 academic experts, six experience experts, 10 trainees, and 11 members of EDGs) from nine countries (Bangladesh, Botswana, Canada, England, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden). COPRO2022 ACTIVITIES: CoPro2022 was an immersive experience hosted on Indigenous land that encouraged continuous participant reflection on their own worldviews and those of others as participants openly discussed the challenges and opportunities with engaging EDGs in cocreation activities. Visual prototypes and descriptions created in small groups were informed by participants' reflections on the panel presentations at the Forum and their own experiences with equity-based cocreation. Following the event, the authorship team inductively coded themes from the prototype descriptions and met to discuss the cross-cutting themes. These informed the design of an illustrated collective vision for Equity Based Co-Creation (EqCC). RESULTS: Six prototypes were cocreated by each small group to illustrate their vision for EqCC. Within these, four cross-cutting themes were identified: (i) go to where people are, (ii) nurture relationships and creativity, (iii) reflect, replenish and grow, (iv) and promote thriving and transformation. These four themes are captured in the Collective EqCC Vision to guide a new era of inclusive excellence in cocreation activities. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Service users, caregivers, and people with lived experience were involved in leading the design of the CoPro2022 and co-led the event. This included activities at the event such as presenting, facilitating small and large group discussion, leading art-based activities, and reflecting with the team on the lessons learned. People with lived experience were involved in the analysis and knowledge sharing from this event. Several members of the research team (students and researchers) also identified as members of EDGs and were invited to draw from their personal and academic knowledge.

Building the social prescribing student movement in Canada. / Mouvement étudiant pour la prescription sociale au Canada.

INTRODUCTION: Social prescribing is defined as "a means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has nonmedical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to nonclinical supports and services within the community by co-producing a social prescription-a nonmedical prescription, to improve health and well-being and to strengthen community connections." Globally, there is growing interest in social prescribing as a holistic approach to health and well-being, with almost 30 countries involved in the social prescribing movement. In Canada, great strides are being made in social prescribing research, policy and practice, with all of this work being supported by the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing.

A global network of student champions has emerged to build the social prescribing student movement, with student groups in seven countries, including Canada. The Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective was established in 2022. Much progress has been made in building the social prescribing student movement in Canada, but there is a lot of work to be done, which calls for action by students, staff in health care and community organizations, and faculty and administration at postsecondary institutions. Collective efforts to build the social prescribing student movement in this country will not only shape the wider social prescribing movement, but also the future of our health system.

Un réseau mondial de champions étudiants a vu le jour dans sept pays, dont le Canada, dans le but de créer un mouvement étudiant pour la prescription sociale. Le Collectif étudiant canadien de prescription sociale a été créé en 2022. De grands progrès ont été réalisés dans la création d'un mouvement étudiant pour la prescription sociale au Canada, mais il reste encore beaucoup de travail à faire. Les étudiants, le personnel des organismes de santé et des organismes communautaires, ainsi que le corps professoral et le personnel administratif des établissements d'enseignement postsecondaire doivent agir en ce sens. Les efforts collectifs visant à créer un mouvement étudiant pour la prescription sociale au Canada façonneront non seulement le mouvement pour la prescription sociale en général, mais aussi l'avenir de notre système de santé.