Call for Papers for Special Issue of Drugs and Alcohol Today on co-production in the field of substance use research

Proposal of Special Issue on Co-production in substance use research in Drugs and Alcohol Today   Dr Jo Cairns1,2 and Dr James Nicholls1,3 1 Alcohol Research UK 2 Newcastle University 3 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   Contact details: jo.cairns@alcoholresearchuk.org Alcohol Research UK, 27 Swinton Street, London WC1X 9NW 1. Theme and topics In this special issue, we are inviting authors to submit papers which explore key principles, methods, ethical considerations, and practice or policy implications of co-production in the field of substance use research. Unlike the fields of social care, social work and mental health there has been little sustained focus on co-production in substance-use research specifically. This special edition aims to start a wider conversation, while capturing the learning from innovations in the field today. We invite papers from anyone carrying out research projects that involve co-production, or papers exploring the wider conceptual and practical issues involved.  We do not impose a strict definition of ‘co-production’, but view it broadly as ‘research carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ people with lived experience rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or ‘for’ them’[1]. We also agree with Peter Beresford, who states that ‘what distinguishes user involvemen...
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