Evaluation of public involvement in research: time for a major re-think?
The way that public involvement in research has been evaluated as a complex intervention has derailed the development of an evidence base. Two alternative approaches are available for constructing and evaluating patient involvement, each of which requires us to revisit the purposes and values that underpin it in each stage of the research process.
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Research, University of Brighton, UK N.Edelman@brighton.ac.uk.
Natalie
N
Edelman
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Research, University of Brighton, UK.
Duncan
D
Barron
D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D012106:Research
complex intervention; evaluation; public involvement