Listening changes what we learn | Dr. Ejura Salihu | TEDxHSRW

Dr Ejura Yetunde Salihu, a health services researcher and implementation scientist, examines how the timing of community members' involvement affects what their lived experience can change in research, programmes and health services. Drawing on her personal experience and her community-engaged work with Tai Chi Prime, she looks at a randomised trial conducted in 2016 and 2017, with findings first published online in 2019 and included in The Gerontologist in June 2020. The talk asks when researchers and health services should listen to the people they are meant to serve.

• Why the timing of community involvement shapes what insights can change
• The Tai Chi Prime randomised trial (2016–2017) and its publication in The Gerontologist
• Rethinking when researchers and services listen to the people they serve

How much can lived experience influence research when the key decisions have already been made? Drawing on personal experience and her community-engaged work with Tai Chi Prime, Dr Ejura Yetunde Salihu explores how the timing of people’s involvement shapes what their insights can change. She invites us to rethink when we listen to the people our research, programmes and health services are intended to serve. Filmed and edited by Fotocinema (Arkadiusz Tomala). The Tai Chi Prime randomised trial referenced in this talk was conducted between 2016 and 2017. The findings were first published online in 2019 and later included in the June 2020 issue of The Gerontologist. Link to article: https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/60/4/765/5366273 Dr. Ejura Yetunde Salihu is a health services researcher and implementation scientist whose work explores how communities, healthcare professionals, and researchers can work together to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities. Having lived and worked in Nigeria, the United States, and the United Kingdom, she brings a cross-cultural perspective to designing and implementing health interventions with diverse communities. At TEDxHSRW, she invites audiences to rethink how we define expertise and what it means for the future of healthcare. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx