"Seeing" the Difference: The Importance of Visibility and Action as a Mark of "Authenticity" in Co-production Comment on "Collaboration and Co-production of Knowledge in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges"

• DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.136
• Publication Date: 2017-05-01T21:20:04Z
• Authors: Jo Cooke; Joe Langley; Dan Wolstenholme; Susan Hampshaw
• Keywords: Coproduction; Assertion; Visibility; Action Research

The Rycroft-Malone paper states that co-production relies on 'authentic' collaboration as a context for action. Our commentary supports and extends this assertion. We suggest involves processes where participants can 'see' the difference they have made within project beyond. provide examples including: use of design in health projects which seek to address power issues make contributions visible through iteration prototyping; development 'actionable outputs' from research are physical embodiment coproduction. Finally, we highlight elements Collaboration Leadership Applied Health Research Care (CLAHRC) architecture enables inclusion such collaborative techniques demonstrate co-production. reinforce notion maintaining requires time, flexible resources, blurring knowledge produceruser boundaries, leaders who promote epistemological tolerance methodological exploration.