Research project
Title: A parent-led investigation of parents' views of child health surveillance techniques/health promotion programmes offered to them during the first year of their child's life.
Project timescale: From 01 December, 2001 to 30 November, 2002
(Added to website on: 07 January, 2003 - Date last updated: 20 April, 2007)
Source of funding:
Primary Care Studies Programme, London Region Department of Health
Aims: This project aims to qualitatively investigate, using in-depth interviews and focus groups, what parents think of child health surveillance services provided by health professionals. It also aims to report possible improvements to services and to report these back to service commissioners and managers
Research designs used:
Study of views/experiences
Methods used to collect data:
Focus groups
Interviews
Questionnaire survey
Research project description: This research is based in three general practices in Battersea, South West London. It involves parents, supported by a research team, collecting qualitative data about what other parents feel about child health surveillance programmes offered by health professionals - specifically, programmes and checks that are offered in the first year of a child's life. Three lead parents have been trained in focus group facilitation, transcription and analysis techniques and they are working with a research assistant who will conduct in-depth interviews on an individual basis with additional participants. The results will be fed back to local healthcare providers, parents, local commissioning groups, local, regional and national support groups and the DHSC via groups such as the Children's Taskforce etc.
Stages at which the public were involved:
Disseminating research
Planning the research
Implementing action
Managing the research
Designing the research instruments
(eg questionnaires, patient information sheets)
Undertaking the research
Analysing the research
Writing about the research eg
publications, newsletters
Prioritising topic areas
Description of public involvement in research stages: Consumers play an active role in all aspects of this project. They have also become an integral part of the Battersea Research Group as a whole. After this project ends it is hoped that we will continue to work together on further studies.
Training and support provided for either members of the public or researchers involved in the project:
Examples of ways the public have made a difference to the research project: Providing suggestions on plain language, engaging other parents in the research, looking for practical and local ways to use the findings to improve services, working on developing local support groups, basing the research in the community and not the health services or academia, making sure locations, expences, travel, childcare are all convenient and accessible to participants. These are just a few - I'm sure there are many more.
Evaluating the impact of public involvement in the research:
Details of publications or reports resulting from the research: Information will be written up for presentation at 5 forthcoming meetings, plus two newsletter articles. For further details please contact amy@brg123.net
Was/is your project user controlled: Not Known
For further information on the project, please contact:
Ms Amy Scammell
Research Manager
Battersea Research Group
Bolingbroke Hospital
Wakehurst Road
London
SW11 6HN
amy@brg123.net
020 7223 4222
Website: www.doh.gov/brg
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