Galvanising social innovation in gambling harms reduction: a process evaluation of a multi-component Community of Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communities of Practice (CoPs) are increasingly used in health and non-health sectors globally. Evidence suggests that CoPs can support health promotion activities, but the research mainly encompasses formal, professional contexts: the role and contribution of CoPs in community-centred health promotion has not been explored. This paper presents a process evaluation of a CoP that aimed to facilitate social innovation among voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations. Hosted by a city-region government in England, VCFSE organisations were invited to join a CoP to enable the development and implementation of their ideas for addressing gambling harms.

Methods

The process evaluation sought to develop mid-level programme theory for the use of

SUBMITTER: Mills T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521753 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature