Innovating public engagement and patient involvement through strategic collaboration and practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient and public involvement and engagement is an important and expected component of health-related research activity in the UK. Specifically within the health research sphere, public engagement (usually defined as raising awareness of research) and patient involvement (usually defined as actively involving people in research) have traditionally been seen as separate but have much to gain from working together towards a common goal of better health outcomes for all.

Methods

This paper describes a unique approach taken by the Public Programmes Team: a small interdisciplinary team of public engagement specialists, with backgrounds in science, community development, public engagement and involvement, policy, ethics, communications, industry, museums and creative p

SUBMITTER: Holmes L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802177 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature