Citizen science to improve patient and public involvement in GUideline Implementation in oral health and DEntistry (the GUIDE platform).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Citizen science is a way to democratise science by involving groups of citizens in the research process. Clinical guidelines are used to improve practice, but their implementation can be limited. Involving patients and the public can enhance guideline implementation, but there is uncertainty about the best approaches to achieve this. Citizen science is a potential way to involve patients and the public in improving clinical guideline implementation. We aimed to explore the application of citizen science methods to involve patients and the public in the dissemination and implementation of clinical guidelines in oral health and dentistry.

Methods

We developed GUIDE (GUideline Implementation in oral health and DEntistry), a citizen science online platform, using a pa

SUBMITTER: Hosie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768863 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature