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Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions.

The objective of this paper is to share lessons learnt from engaging multi-disciplinary practitioners in a complex field of social policy in a consensus building exercise using an adapted Delphi-method. Multi-disciplinary practitioners include all professionals, policymakers and researchers who can affect, or are affected by, the success of the organisation or service in question. This methodology paper discusses just one very focused component of the challenge of engaging multi-disciplinary practitioners: how practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds can be engaged through surveys. The issue of concern in the survey we conducted was Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). This report focuses solely on the methods used, and is written for other organisations or researchers considering a similar approach. Suggestions include using participants' own language in subsequent surveys; minimising selection criteria of participants; and taking practical steps to manage potential weaknesses in the Delphi method such as the required time commitment of both researchers and participants.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Conducting a three-round Delphi

• Annex

  Survey questionnaires