Public involvement in the dissemination of the North West Coast Household Health Survey: Experiences and lessons of co-producing research together.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Engaging with the public is a key element of health research; however, little work has examined experiences of public involvement in research dissemination. The aim of this paper was to assess the extent of public involvement, experiences of public advisers and resulting changes in the dissemination of the North West Coast Household Health Survey (HHS).

Methods

Three writing groups allowed public advisers to contribute to the dissemination of the HHS. A public workshop was set up to aid the co-production of the research evidence and discuss the experiences of public advisers involved with the survey in March 2018. A focus group with public advisers was conducted in August 2018 to understand their experiences of involvement. Data were analysed using thematic analys

SUBMITTER: Giebel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6737839 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature