Involving citizens in priority setting for public health research: Implementation in infection research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public sources fund the majority of UK infection research, but citizens currently have no formal role in resource allocation. To explore the feasibility and willingness of citizens to engage in strategic decision making, we developed and tested a practical tool to capture public priorities for research.

Method

A scenario including six infection themes for funding was developed to assess citizen priorities for research funding. This was tested over two days at a university public festival. Votes were cast anonymously along with rationale for selection. The scenario was then implemented during a three-hour focus group exploring views on engagement in strategic decisions and in-depth evaluation of the tool.

Results

188/491(38%) prioritized funding research int

SUBMITTER: Rawson TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750690 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature