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Collaborating With Consumer And Community Representatives In Health And Medical Research In Australia: Results From An Evaluation, J Payne, H D'Antoine, Kathryn France, A Mckenzie, Nadine Henley, A Bartu, E Elliott, C Bower

Research outputs 2011

Objective To collaborate with consumer and community representatives in the Alcohol and Pregnancy Project from 2006-2008 http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/alcoholandpregnancy webcite and evaluate researchers' and consumer and community representatives' perceptions of the process, context and impact of consumer and community participation in the project. Methods We formed two reference groups and sought consumer and community representatives' perspectives on all aspects of the project over a three year period. We developed an evaluation framework and asked consumer and community representatives and researchers to complete a self-administered questionnaire at the end of the project. Results Fifteen researchers (93.8%) and seven (53.8%) consumer and community representatives …