Welcome - Hands On Activities (Mesh)

Systematic review of community engagement approach in research: describing partnership approaches, challenges and benefits

A systematic review of community engagement with health research.

Bridging a gap between community and the research institution via a youth advisory group on health and health research in rural Cambodia

Article about MORU Youth Advisory Group in Cambodia.

Webinar: Engaging Children and Youth with Health Research: Case Studies from Brazil, Kenya and Vietnam

Engagement of a community advisory group to shape and build up participation in TB research

Resource Guide: Stakeholder Engagement in Global Health Research

School students take a Virtual Reality tour of the KEMRI-Wellcome Research Programme laboratories

Report: Next Generation Biomedical Scientists (NGBS)

The NGBS was a nationwide programme in Zimbabwe engaging secondary school pupils in order to raise awareness on genomics technologies and careers in genomics technology. The project sought to inspire high school students to identify local health challenges, and through community engagement, originate research-based solutions.

Report: KEMRI | Wellcome Trust Research Programme: School Engagement Programme

The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme's School Engagement Programme (SEP) aims at promoting an interest in science and science related careers amoung students as well as promoting mutual understanding between members of the community and researchers. 

Report: Superheroes Against Superbugs

Superheroes again Superbugs is a public engagement programme that aims to raise awareness on antimicrobial resistance and promote community action by engaging with students in India

Project Report: Actors & Doctors: Staging Public Health Matters

This theatre project aimed to increase awareness of and engagement with complex public health concerns such as mental, environmental and sexual health. Implemented in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, by the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts

Project Report: Hip Hop Health: Research, Rhyme, and Rhythm for Healthy Communities

The Hip Hop Health project facilitated the collaboration of young people with health researchers in South Africa to frame research questions, undertake investigations in their communities, and then write and perform hip hop music to share their findings

Project Report: Acting for Health: Using the ‘The Science of Acting’ approach to work with marginalised groups

This project report wriiten by the Mesh Editorial team outlines some of the premises of an approach called 'The Science of Acting' and its ability to help foster empathy and understanding through immersive drama exercises. This report is from a project, which took place within a prison setting in the United Kingdom although the method may be of interest to people working to build empathy and understanding within other sectors including the health sector. 

Red Cross Red Crescent, Community Engagement and Accountability Resource

A resource from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent to support Community Engagement at the centre of humanitarian work.

Digital Storytelling in Research: A Systematic Review

The Digital storytelling in research is a qualitative report published in February 2017. The paper includes a review of the history and value of digital story telling as an arts based research method for generating data about important issues.

Guide: Hands-on Activity on Density

Alexander Adadevoh from Lab 13 Ghana demonstrates how creative hands-on activities can be used to stimulate investigation, curiosity, discussion and learning in science.

Workshop Report: Creative science engagement at the Crick and beyond

Guide: Hands-on at the Francis Crick Institute

Guide: Cards Against Malaria - A Hands-on Activity

This article describes and provides the tools to use a card game developed to engage players with the genetics behind malaria susceptibility.

Guide/Project Report: A Question of Taste - Hands-on Demonstration of Genomics

This article introduces an activity designed to introduce people to key concepts in genomics.

Literature: The Value of Hands-on Activity In Science Engagement

This document from Relating Research to Practice provides practitioner briefs and links to four key pieces of research on the value and practicalities of engaging audiences with science through crafting, hands-on activities, or "tinkering".

Project Report: Samala Moyo

Samala Moyo is an interactive exhibition with an outreach component designed to open the Malawi–Liverpool– Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW) to the local community and creatively explore crucial topics in medical research. The project was developed from a small International Engagement Award-funded pilot project and subsequently received £188,000.