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Consumer involvement in setting the health services research agenda: persistent questions of value

Entwistle, Vikki, Calnan, Michael .W., Dieppe, Paul (2008) Consumer involvement in setting the health services research agenda: persistent questions of value. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13 . pp. 76-81. ISSN 1355-8196. (doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007167) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:15058)

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Abstract

Interest in consumer involvement in health services research started to gain momentum at around the same time that the MRC Health Services Research Collaboration (HSRC) was established. Consumer involvement was not the focus of a formal research programme within the HSRC, but HSRC members took opportunities to conduct three projects relating to consumer involvement in research agenda-setting activities. These were: (1) a comparison of the focus of published research relating to the management of osteoarthritis of the knee with clinicians' and patients' ideas about research priorities; (2) a survey that examined the consumer involvement policies of public- and voluntary-sector organizations that fund health services research in the UK; and (3) a citizens' jury that was convened to develop priorities for research relating to primary health and social care in the Bristol area. This paper reviews the findings of these projects and highlights the continued need for attention to underlying values in the development and evaluation of future efforts to involve consumers in research agenda setting. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy Vol 13 Suppl 3, 2008: 76-81 (C) The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd 2008

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007167
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Suzanne Duffy
Date Deposited: 26 May 2010 13:20 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:53 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/15058 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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