Developing a sexual health promotion intervention with young men in prisons: a rights-based participatory approach Templeton, M., Kelly, C., and Lohan, M. (2019) JMIR Research Protocols Background: The sexual health of young men in prisons is often among the poorest in any given country. They may have developed sexual behaviors that, from a public health perspective, […]
Co-production and social injustice (2018-19) Co-production implies a collaborative approach to public service reform, whereby service-users and citizens are regarded as equal partners in each stage of the process. Underpinned by a philosophy which values individuals, communities and the virtues of social capital and reciprocity; co-production contrasts starkly with traditional, service-led, top-down ways of public […]
Three simple, effective and straightforward toolkits provided by the Revolving Doors Agency to help improve: prisoner involvement systems; how to run peer research projects with offenders in the community and service user involvement with offenders in the community. Number 1. is Sector Specific to the Prison Service but 2 & 3 have content that can […]
“The men were reluctant at first, complaining that knitting was too girly or too difficult. (…) Now, every Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m., they come to class, leaving their crimes and the hierarchies of prison life behind. (…) They started by knitting comfort dolls, which they gave to children removed from their homes because […]
The Good Help Award was launched in February 2018 as part of the release of the Nesta and Osca publication Good and bad help: how purpose and confidence transforms lives. This publication explores the difference between ‘good help’ – that supports people to feel hopeful, identify their own goals and confidently take action – and ‘bad help’ – that undermines people’s […]
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