This works for us.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Nagykaldi, Zsolt J (HSC) <
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>
> I think Laurene nailed it. It evokes all the things we want to get out of
> this exercise. I vote for that version:
>
> An action individuals and/or communities may take to make their voices
> heard by those who study health and health care, would be to …"
>
>
>
> Zsolt Nagykaldi, PhD
> Associate Professor
> Director of Research
>
> University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
> Department of Family & Preventive Medicine
> 900 N.E. 10th Street
> Oklahoma City, OK 73104
>
> Phone(1): (405) 271-2370
> Phone(2): (405) 271-8000 ext.1-32207
> Fax:          (405) 271-2784
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> *From:* PDQNet Core Research Team [[log in to unmask]] on behalf
> of Norton, Barbara L. (HSC) [[log in to unmask]]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2016 3:08 PM
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> *Subject:* PLEASE MAKE PROMPT CHOICE NAD GIVE BRIEF RATIONALE - DUE
> FRIDAY, FEB. 12 (Please!)
>
> *Dear PDQNet CRT – We are really close on the prompt!  Thanks to everyone
> for each incremental improvement you have made.  I want to propose two
> final choices, building upon all that has been submitted.  While I don’t
> object to yet another version, I’m aware that we’ve got to nail this down,
> so if you can live with one two choices listed below, let’s just choose
> between them.*
>
>
>
> *To achieve this, please reply to this email asap with your choice and the
> reason.  Also let us know whether you could live with either prompt.
> Please weigh in on whether inclusion of the word “improvement” is important
> and why.*
>
>
>
> *Latest two choices:  *
>
> *1.     **A specific action communities might take to get more involved
> with those who study health and health care [improvement] would be …*
>
>
>
> *2.     **A specific action communities might take to make their voices
> known by those who study health and health care [improvement] would be … (a
> slight tweak of the most recent one from Laurene).  *The question I have
> is… is “*make their voices known*” too new age-y, too community
> engagement jargon-y?
>
>
>
> Be aware, we will still run this by members of our expert team, and we run
> a beta test, so we just need something to run with.
>
>
>
> *Most recent suggestions for “focus prompt” to launch PDQNet Year 2
> Concept Mapping up to today**: *
>
> ·         *An action individuals and/or communities may take to make
> their voices heard by those who study health and health care, would be to
> …"*
>
> ·         *An action individuals and/or communities may take to support
> those who study health and health care, in order to make their voices
> heard, would be to …*
>
> ·         *A specific action individuals and/or communities might take to
> better support those who seek to study health and health care improvement
> would be to …..”*
>
> ·         *A specific action communities can take to work with people who
> study health and health care to communicate what matters most is…*
>
>
>
>
>
> *To see my (Barbara’s) thinking on the choice #1 above:*
>
> *Prompt*
>
> *My rationale*
>
> *A specific action*
>
> To me it’s important to be clear that we are looking for specific and
> discrete ideas, and the use of this adjective is used is the majority of
> prompts I’ve seen in the literature. Btw, it’s hard to say “An action” –
> try it fast 5 times!
>
> *communities*
>
> I think it’s important to keep the emphasize on collectivities, groups,
> organizations, etc. because that is the only way we can possibly tap into
> the voice of important primary healthcare populations.  Once you loop in
> individuals, it entails a different kind of cognitive paradigm.  Everyone
> is part of different communities and organizations which express their
> identity, values, perspectives, and priorities.  I don’t think folks will
> have trouble with this term.  Plus, I really don’t like the use of slashes
> (and/or) in conversation. L
>
> *might take *
>
> “might” suggests possibilities, even out-of-the-box ideas.  We want to
> invite this, while “may” suggests a stronger likelihood than “might” and
> choices that are more likely to be “known,” and acceptable.
>
> *to get more involved*
>
> “support” seems vague to me, and may, as has been said, suggest that the
> community org & institutional role is to provide backing for the research
> establishment; could even suggest in some minds things like sending money,
> voting at ballot box for research-supportive politicians, or other “less
> engaged” but “supportive” activities .
>
> *with those who study health and health care [improvement]*
>
> Per Lyndee’s suggestions, a plain language way of getting at the notion of
> research, research enterprise, research arena – encompassing research
> projects, research agenda, research translation, etc.
>
>
>
> I am equivocal about adding the phrase “improvement.”  I would prefer to
> add it, but I realize that it then makes the prompt longer.  The main
> reason I’d like to add it is that it places the discussion solidly in the
> arena of primary healthcare and not in the basic sciences or some highly
> focused disease area; plus the phrase seems to bring together public health
> and primary care without having to explicitly use those words.  Then again,
> it’s a long phrase.
>
> *would be…*
>
>
>
> If we specify anything more in the prompt, it gets a bit more complicated
> to say and understand.  Plus, it could tend to narrow peoples’ thinking
> more than we want to.  I love the message behind “make their voices heard”
> but it’s a phrase that might be too jargon-y and unclear to some in our
> communities.
>
>
>
> In the one version, its intended referent “individuals and/or communities”
> is nowhere close by and listeners could think the “their voices” refers to
> “those who study health and health care” which immediately precedes it.
>
>
>
> This may or may not have an adverse effect on the thinking of listeners,
> but the intended message of including it would be lost.  And the power of a
> clean, straight-forward prompt diminished.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Barbara L. Norton, DrPH*
> Assistant Professor of Research *//* Research Division
> Department of Family and Preventive Medicine *//* University of Oklahoma
> Health Sciences Center
>
> 900 NE 10th St  Room 2209 *//* Oklahoma City OK 73104
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