Island residents with long term health conditions are being encouraged to assist a new Wessex-based research organisation which aims to ensure research on their behalf is meaningful and useful.
The Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), based at Southampton University, is offering a number of different ways to get involved.
These include:
– working with researchers to think about how to encourage service users to take part in research studies;
– advising on the content and format of research webpages;
– helping researchers to share research findings with service users and the public;
– helping to decide which research ideas are the most important priorities for CLAHRC Wessex.
Residents with a condition that limits their ability to carry out daily living activities are being encouraged to support the initiative by the Public Health Team at the Isle of Wight Council.
Executive member for public health, Councillor Phil Jordan, said:
“This is a great opportunity for people on the Island to get involved with making improvements to both local and national health care and the way it is delivered – particularly in relation to long term conditions.”
For more information residents should contact Claire Ballinger (patient and public involvement lead), tel: (02381) 206570, email: [email protected], or Sharon Kingsman (Public Health, Isle of Wight Council), email:[email protected]
