Health Expectations is an open access health and social care journal publishing new research and articles that promote critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in health and social care, policy and practice, health and social care research and education of health and social care professionals.

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Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 5
Cover Caption: The cover image is based on the Review Article The Ecology of Engagement: Fostering cooperative efforts in health with patients and communities by Antoine Boivin MD, PhD et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13571.
Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 4
Cover Caption: The cover image is based on the Research Article What's Up With Everyone?: A qualitative study on young people's perceptions of co-created online animations to promote mental health literacy by Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13507.
Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 3
Cover Caption: The cover image is based on the Review Article Intertwined like a double helix: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature examining the experiences of living with someone with multiple sclerosis by Anne Parkinson et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13432.
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Advancing the Care Experience for Patients Receiving Palliative Care as They Transition From Hospital to Home (ACEPATH): Phase 2 of Codesigning an Intervention to Improve Hospital‐to‐Home Transitions for Patients and Family Caregivers

Madeline McCoy, Taylor Shorting, Vinay Kumar Mysore, Edward Fitzgibbon, Jill Rice, Meghan Savigny, Natalie C. Ernecoff, Marianne Weiss, Shirley H. Bush, Daniel Vincent, Meaghen Hagarty, Geneviève Lalumière, Rex Pattison, Mona Kornberg, Maya Stern, Kerry Kuluski, Colleen Webber, Adrianna Bruni, Tara Connolly, Sarina R. Isenberg, 
  •  11 July 2025
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Seeing the Invisible Resiliency (STIR): Chronic Autoimmune Conditions and Post‐Secondary Education Experiences in Young Adulthood

Samantha A. Morin, Angelina Horta, Katelyn Greer, Parveen Priya Rai, Haley Gross, Raegan Reiter, Ingrid Nielssen, Marcia Bruce, Kim Giroux, Deborah A. Marshall, 
  •  11 July 2025
CORRECTION
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Correction to “Understanding Barriers to Engagement With a Prostate Cancer Research and Genetic Risk Service Among UK Men of Black African or Black Caribbean Ancestry”

  •  10 July 2025
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Uncovering the Dynamic System Driving Older Adults' Vitality: A Causal Loop Diagram Co-Created With Dutch Older Adults

Djoeke Besselink, Fons van der Lucht, Lisa Barsties, Martine Jansen- van der Vliet, Thomas G. Kuijpers, Lidwien Lemmens, Evelyn J. Finnema, Saskia W. van den Berg, 
  •  9 July 2025
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A Proposal for Addressing Bioethical Concerns Along the 10‐Step Framework for Community Engagement

Abdou Simon Senghor, Michelle Medeiros, Claudia Baquet, Franklin Lance, C. Daniel Mullins, 
  •  9 July 2025
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Mapping the impact of patient and public involvement on health and social care research: a systematic review

Jo Brett MSc MA BSc(hons), Sophie Staniszewska DPhD BSc(hons), Carole Mockford DPhil MA BSc(hons), Sandra Herron-Marx PhD BA DPSN RGN, John Hughes, Colin Tysall, Rashida Suleman, 
  •  637-650
  •  19 July 2012
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How to practice person‐centred care: A conceptual framework

Maria J. Santana PhD, Kimberly Manalili MPH, Rachel J. Jolley MSc, Sandra Zelinsky, Hude Quan PhD, Mingshan Lu PhD, 
  •  429-440
  •  19 November 2017
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Frameworks for supporting patient and public involvement in research: Systematic review and co‐design pilot

Trisha Greenhalgh MD, Lisa Hinton PhD, Teresa Finlay PhD, Alastair Macfarlane MA, Nick Fahy PhD, Ben Clyde PhD, Alan Chant MBA, 
  •  785-801
  •  22 April 2019
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Impact and experiences of delayed discharge: A mixed‐studies systematic review

Antonio Rojas-García PhD, Simon Turner PhD, Elena Pizzo PhD, Emma Hudson MSc, James Thomas MA MMus GGSM PhD, Rosalind Raine MBBS PhD, 
  •  41-56
  •  12 September 2017
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Preparing for patient partnership: A scoping review of patient partner engagement and evaluation in research

Marissa Bird BA, BSN, RN, Carley Ouellette MSc, RN, BScN, Carly Whitmore RN, MScN, Lin Li RN, BScN, Kalpana Nair MEd, MSc, PhD, Michael H. McGillion RN, PhD, Jennifer Yost RN, PhD, Laura Banfield MLIS, MHSc, Elaine Campbell, Sandra L. Carroll RN, PhD, 
  •  523-539
  •  10 March 2020
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How to practice person‐centred care: A conceptual framework

Maria J. Santana PhD, Kimberly Manalili MPH, Rachel J. Jolley MSc, Sandra Zelinsky, Hude Quan PhD, Mingshan Lu PhD, 
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Pragmatism as a paradigm for patient‐oriented research

Brooke Allemang MSW, RSW, Kathleen Sitter PhD, RSW, Gina Dimitropoulos MSW, PhD, RSW, RMFT, 
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Frameworks for supporting patient and public involvement in research: Systematic review and co‐design pilot

Trisha Greenhalgh MD, Lisa Hinton PhD, Teresa Finlay PhD, Alastair Macfarlane MA, Nick Fahy PhD, Ben Clyde PhD, Alan Chant MBA, 
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Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs): A review of generic and condition‐specific measures and a discussion of trends and issues

Kate Churruca PhD, Chiara Pomare PhD, Louise A. Ellis PhD, Janet C. Long PhD, Suzanna B. Henderson MPH, Lisa E. D. Murphy MHM, Christopher J. Leahy MHSM, Jeffrey Braithwaite PhD, 
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Mapping definitions of co‐production and co‐design in health and social care: A systematic scoping review providing lessons for the future

Daniel Masterson PsyD, Kristina Areskoug Josefsson PhD, Glenn Robert PhD, Elisabeth Nylander MSc, Sofia Kjellström PhD, 
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Patient‐centred care is a way of doing things: How healthcare employees conceptualize patient‐centred care

Gemmae M. Fix PhD, Carol VanDeusen Lukas EdD, Rendelle E. Bolton MPH, MSW, MA, Jennifer N. Hill MA, Nora Mueller MAA, Sherri L. LaVela PhD, MPH, MBA, Barbara G. Bokhour PhD, 
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Applying the principles of adaptive leadership to person‐centred care for people with complex care needs: Considerations for care providers, patients, caregivers and organizations

Kerry Kuluski MSW, PhD, Robert J. Reid MD, PhD, G. Ross Baker PhD, 
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Youth engagement in mental health research: A systematic review

Erin McCabe PhD, MScPT, Mungunzul (Megan) Amarbayan MPP, Sarah Rabi BSc, Justino Mendoza BSc, Syeda Farwa Naqvi BCr, Kalpana Thapa Bajgain BSc, Jennifer D. Zwicker PhD, Maria Santana PhD, 

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