Facilitating Co-Creation of Knowledge in Two Community-University Research Partnerships

	“CREATING CONVERSATIONS”: KENYA	“WORKING TOGETHER”: CANADA
Project Rationale	Youth sexual wellbeing at-risk, limited intergenerational dialogue on issue Weak communication between community and NGOs	Scarce Canadian research is rarely accessible to stakeholders. Their collaboration is impeded by role/organizational differences
Goals	Understand above issues Establish traditional gathering space for dialogue on sensitive issues Improve communication between NGO & community stakeholders	Share research knowledge Invite stakeholder input Build connections Make & keep knowledge accessible
Research Design	Context-specific model to understand & identify urgent issues, using 4 phases: 1) Team & community training 2) Community discussion, identify focus 3) Mabaraza adapted using new tools 4) Results discussed → action plan	Team planned 2 workshops for study participants & stakeholders, led by community partners. Themes for documents emerged from analysis of WS discussions.
Evaluation	Evaluated by sharing & discussing results at a dissemination baraza.	Interviews with 15 WS participants, team reflections, feedback on docs.
Findings	Model enabled intergenerational dialogue. Community & partner NGO developed separate mentorship spaces for sexual wellbeing dialogues, where youth felt more confident sharing their experiences via photography.	WS: cross-role sharing, common concerns identified, experiences normalized, isolation reduced. Safe climate & mixed groups helped. Documents used by varied groups for wide-ranging purposes. Partner did post-project survey.
Dissemination	Shared documents with area NGOs, partner NGO used findings to inform outreach programming. Identified contacts to progress mentorship spaces. Project booklet & results shared with partners, presented at 3 conferences.	3 national media interviews by community & university partners. Partner made documents available on-line, others provided publicity & identified key contacts. 1 journal article, 3 conference presentations.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.68 | Journal eISSN: 2638-4396

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Language: English

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Published on: Mar 23, 2021

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community-university partnerships,

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