Embedding Researchers into Local Government Public Health Teams: Exploring Co-Design, Implementation and Evaluation Challenges Through Document and Contextual Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests that evidence could play a greater role in local public health decision-making than is currently the case. Embedded researchers, located within policy and practice organisations while maintaining affiliations with research organisations, could represent a potential catalyst for bridging the gap between public health evidence generators and evidence users. Evidence examining this potentially transformational model of working is in its infancy. This study explored how the set-up of these roles influences their aims, features of their design, and their expected and observed outcomes, drawing on data from a scheme implemented in 23 Local Authorities (local government) in England. We analysed embedded researcher job descriptions, interviewed stakeholders, examined socio-econom

SUBMITTER: Kneale D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12638368 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature