When should we help with recruitment to research? Developing guidance for voluntary health organisations
2006 Conference
Researchers often ask voluntary health organisations to help with finding people to take part in research. It can be difficult for organisations to know if the research is of good quality and when to tell their members about it.
This project has been funded by the Wellcome Trust. It will find ways to help voluntary health organisations judge the quality of research. This will help them make decisions about when to help with recruitment. We will also develop guidance for researchers on how to work with voluntary organisations.
We will talk about the work being done by service users and carers in four pilot organisations. They are thinking about how their organisations should make decisions about when to help with recruitment to research. We will talk about the ideas they have in common and where there are differences.
At the end we would like to discuss:
- How this project could help other organisations and groups
- The issues for researchers and research funders Who is giving this talk?
Authors
Hanley ~ Bec
Bec Hanley, Co-director, TwoCan Associates. Bec Hanley is interested in how to help researchers summarise their research in plain English. She is working on a project looking at plain English summaries for NIHR research grant applications. She has reviewed summaries for the Research for Patient Benefit Programme and written them for the Medical Research Council.
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Kristina Staley is Co-Director of TwoCan Associates. TwoCan Associates help voluntary and statutory organisations to involve patients, carers and the public in their work. They carry out research projects and evaluations, develop policy and guidance and also provide training and support.
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