Science Shops as key intermediary structures to respond to the current health research agenda bias : Evidence from the InSPIRES project
Estany, Aina (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa)
Piro, Fredrik Niclas (Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation (Oslo, Noruega))
Broerse, J.E.W. (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Malagrida, Rosina (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Data:	2024
Resum:	Introduction: To increase the likelihood of research responding to societal needs, intermediary structures such as Science Shops are being created. Science Shops respond to research needs identified and prioritized through participatory processes involving civil society. However, these are not mainstream structures, and most research needs addressed by the scientific community are not defined by a diversity of stakeholders (including citizens) but are mostly prioritized by researchers and funders. Literature shows this often leads to bias between the research topics investigated and the research needs of other relevant stakeholders. This study analyses how 14 Science Shops contribute to decreasing bias in health research agenda setting. Methodology: We compare the research priorities identified through participatory processes by the Science Shops, which participated in the European Union-funded project InSPIRES (2017-2021), to the available research addressed in the literature (identified in Web of Science), which we use as a proxy for current research priorities. Results: Science Shop projects contributed to decreasing the existing bias in health research agenda setting: (1) between drug and nondrug treatments and (2) between clinical trials of treatments for illnesses affecting high-income versus middle- and low-income countries, which leads to a lack of local strategies for high disease burdens in nonhigh-income regions. Conclusion: This study provides the first evidence of Science Shops' effectiveness in addressing current biases in health research agenda setting. We conclude they could play a key role in shaping local, national and international research policies.
Ajuts:	European Commission 741677
Nota:	A special acknowledgement goes to project partners and other Science Shops participating as collaborators. The opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of the EC, which is not responsible for how the information in this article is used. This work received funding from the InSPIRES project, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 741677 and by the \u2018la Caixa\u2019 Foundation within the \u2018CaixaResearch Living Lab\u2019.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Health ; Participation ; Research agenda ; Research bias ; Research priorities ; Science Shop
Publicat a:	Health Expectations, Vol. 27 Núm. 2 (april 2024) , p. e14052, ISSN 1369-7625

DOI: 10.1111/hex.14052
PMID: 38653570

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