Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly, public health faces challenges requiring complex, multifaceted and multi-sectoral responses. This calls for systems-based approaches that facilitate the kind of collective and collaborative thinking and working required to address complexity. While the literature on systems thinking, system dynamics and the associated methodologies is extensive, there remains little clear guidance on how to plan, govern and implement participatory systems approaches within a co-creation process.

Methods

We used a three-step process to develop DISCOVER, a framework for implementing, and governing systems-based co-creation: Stage 1: We conducted a literature analysis of key texts to identify well-documented methods and phases for co-creation using a systems approach, a

SUBMITTER: Smith N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773095 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature