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Discovering the research priorities of people with type 2 diabetes
This paper describes a piece of research in which diabetes service users collaborated at every stage. A reference group of health professionals and service user representatives was set up to define our research question. We wanted to find out what the important areas of diabetic people’s lives were. We aimed to define and prioritise some …
Service user involvement in forensic mental health research
Although substantial work has been undertaken in developing methods of involving service users in research, the forensic mental health context does present a number of unique problems associated with access, the need to maintain security, confidentiality and the protection of individuals. The UK Department of Health’s Forensic Mental Health Research and Development Programme commissions research …
Public perspectives on assessing what works in health care
We have gathered public perceptions on assessing ‘what works?’ in health by asking people what is most important to assess and how should this be done. We have done this with people working with the Cochrane Collaboration and the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme. Here we shall present perceptions from the public on testing ‘what …
Making a Difference: How the Alzheimer’s Society QRD Consumer network do it!
The Alzheimer’s Society Quality Research in Dementia (QRD) award-winning research grants programme involves consumers in all stages of the Research Cycle. Today a small group of QRD members, in emphasising the Identifying & Prioritising part of The Research Cycle, will demonstrate how the 150 strong UK networks of carers and former carers of people with …
