NDLI: Bringing fictional characters to life: reflections on co-creating a comic book with members of the public

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Cairns, Joanne Marie Roberts, Helen Al-Khafaji, Geraldine Kwater, Maria
Abstract	There are growing calls for cancer screening to become more personalised by considering a range of risk factors, rather than a one-size-fits-all, age-based approach. The aim of this public involvement was to co-create a comic book about bowel cancer screening to be used as a visual elicitation tool in research focus groups with members of the public and healthcare professionals, as part of the At Risk study, to discuss their attitudes toward personalised bowel cancer screening, which would involve considering different risk factors. This article critically reflects on the co-creation process to develop the comic book, benefits and challenges, and some lessons learned to inform other researchers considering a similar approach. In total, ten public contributors (5 men and 5 women) from two public involvement networks participated in two successive online workshops to develop six fictional characters, two for each level of bowel cancer risk (low, moderate and high risk). This tool was then used in the At Risk study comprising five focus groups involving 23 participants, including members of the public (n = 12) and healthcare professionals (n = 11). The co-created comic book was a generally well-received research tool able to generate discussion about a complex topic, bowel cancer risk, in an accessible way. It was suggested that the comic book may also be extended beyond the research context to inform bowel cancer screening decisions and raise awareness of risk factors.
Related Links	https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40900-023-00437-2.pdf
Ending Page	10
Page Count	10
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	20567529
DOI	10.1186/s40900-023-00437-2
Journal	Research Involvement and Engagement
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-05-02
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Medicine Public Health Public involvement Bowel cancer Screening Comic Visual elicitation Co-creation Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Subject	Health Professions Health (social science)

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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