The irony is not lost on me ...

See vax uptake changes below, also found that the rates differed between LA's. There was an increase but not clear that its actuall due to champs 23/n

Fusion worked with 3 LA's in the Midlands. THey initially looked at what the short and long term outcomes were for champs there. Hitting on many themes that overlap with CoPACT themes! They explicitly sort an increase in TRUST between communities and PH. 19/n

Now we are going to hear from PHIRST Fusion.... 17/n

Key recommendations make good sense - get the right and trusted leaders involved, get more representative champs, particpatory research needs to go on for longer and involved orgs can lose trust if they aren't seeing outcomes of their involvement with PH teams. 16/n

So what are the common threads? TRUST is key for community connections as it impacts the following: 14/n

They evaluated covic champs, vaccine champs and using lay researchers by interviewing coordinators and local community members 10/n

PHIRST Connect takes the stage to describe their realist evaluation of covid champs, training lay researchers to collect data! 8/n

So slobbery, so cute, no dignity left

Having a ball in NI meeting enthusiastic and dedicated teams in LA's working on whole systems approaches and hosted by the lovely Gavin Breslin (whom I'm trying to persuade to join Bsky). We even had a chance to drop in on Stormont and wave at Paddington.... #PHIRSTConnect #WholeSytemsApproach