Opportunities to enhance consumer and community engagement training for researchers and healthcare providers: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify key training content for the education of researchers and healthcare providers in consumer and community engagement.

Design

A qualitative descriptive design, underpinned by pragmatism, involved semi-structured interviews and a focus group. We conducted a thematic analysis using a framework approach.

Setting

Community, hospital and university settings in Australia PARTICIPANTS: This study involved 28 individual interviews with researchers, ethics officers, leaders from consumer organisations and a focus group with six people working in health service settings.

Results

Key findings from our study reveal a wide scope of consumer and community involvement (CCI) training content recommended for researchers and healthcare providers. Four main th

SUBMITTER: Reeder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533718 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature