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Introduction: People living with chronic illness require a wide range of resources to attain the QOL they desire, including living conditions, support from informal caregivers and the community, capabilities like self-regulation and resilience, and formal health and social care. However, the relative contribution of these resources to overall QOL is unknown. We designed a cross-national study to explore how a variety of resources influence QOL among people living with congestive heart failure (CHF) in two settings with different systems and sociocultural contexts: United States (US) and Netherlands (NL).Theory/Methods: We spoke with CHF patients in the US and NL to elicit resources needed to support their QOL and used the Social Quality Model (SQM) to organize them. The SQM depicts four quadrants that support QOL: Living Conditions (e.g., housing, education), Social Embeddedness (e.g., social support, trust), Societal Embeddedness (e.g., access to care, responsiveness of services), and Self-Regulation (e.g., physical health, resilience).We then developed a survey comprising validated instruments to assess constructs within each quadrant of the SQM, in addition to sociodemographics. We used Cantril’s Ladder to assess overall QOL. We administered the survey in-person or by mail to adult patients with CHF seen at Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, or Radboud medical center, Nijmegen, NL.We compared sociodemographic characteristics using t-tests or Chi-squared, as appropriate. Next, we used backwards stepwise regression to identify characteristics within each SQM quadrant that were independently associated with QOL among US and NL participants (p

Background: Effective management of chronic, long-term illness largely depends on care that is shaped around the specific priorities, preferences, and routines of the individual patient. Evidence suggests that the coproduction of healthcare by patients and professionals may be effective in facilitating good health outcomes at lower costs. Furthermore, it is considered increasingly important to consider the social determinants of health and well-being. Our research team has conducted a cross-national mixed methods study to examine the health and social care needed to support people living with a chronic illness–specifically, congestive heart failure--in the United States and Netherlands. Translation of our research into practice includes a case-based teaching module to train health professionals and health professional students about coproduction of patient care. This presentation will provide: (1) an overview of our educational curriculum; (2) discuss our experiences teaching health professionals and health professional students about coproduction of healthcare services; (3) explore the individual knowledge, skills, and habits that are required to coproduce care with their patients and their patient’s families/informal caregivers; (4) summarize some of the guiding principles of coproduction. Target Audience: Health professionals, health professions students, and health professional educators Learnings/Take away: Our interactive, case-based workshop creates the foundation for healthcare professionals, educators, students, and researchers to consider new the role of coproduction in healthcare. This session will discuss an education module that can be replicated in other settings.