Title: Involving service users in health and social care research /
Authors: Lowes, Lesley, 1950-; Hulatt, Ian.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Medical care Research Great Britain Citizen participation.; Social service Research Great Britain Citizen participation.; Public health Research Great Britain Citizen participation.; Medical care Research Methodology; Social service Research Methodology; Public health Research Methodology; Patient participation Great Britain.; Community Participation; Research
Abstract: "This book argues that service user involvement in research can range from the extremes of being the subject to being the initiator or investigator of a research study. The activity of the professional researcher can also range from being the person undertaking the research, to being a partner with or mentor to service users. This broad scope of levels of involvement is reflected in the contributions in this book, both in the research experiences reported and in the writing of the chapters themselves.
Contents: Theory and practice of user involvement in research : making the connection with public policy and practice / Peter Beresford -- Actively involving marginalized and vulnerable people in research / Roger Steel -- Supporting people with learning difficulties to do their own research / Val Williams and Mouse England -- A hard fight : the involvement of mental health service users in research / A User Focus Monitoring Group -- Translating health policy into research practice / Paula Hodgson and Krysia Canvin -- Foster carers undertake research into birth family contact : using the social action research approach / Jennie Fleming -- From recruitment to dissemination : the experience of working together from service user and professional perspectives / Marion Clark, Helen Lester and Jon Glasby -- Consumer-led research? : parents as researchers : the child health surveillance project -- / Brenda Roche, Phillipa Savile, Daphine Aikens and Amy Scammell -- Consumer involvement in cancer research in the United Kingdom : the benefits and challenges / Tony Stevens and David Wilde with David Kirby, Derek Stewart, Dawn Wragg, Sam Ahmedzai, David Cunningham and Janet Darbyshire --