Background: The international literature on patient and public involvement (PPI) in research covers a wide range of issues, including active lay involvement throughout the research cycle; roles that patients/public can play; assessing impact of PPI and recommendations for good PPI practice. One area of investigation that is less developed is the sustainability and impact of PPI beyond involvement in time-limited research projects. Methods: This paper focuses on the issues of sustainability, the importance of institutional leadership and the creation of a robust infrastructure in order to achieve long-term and wide-ranging PPI in research strategy and programmes. Results: We use the case of a Primary Care Research Centre to provide a historical account of the evolution of PPI in the Centre and identified a number of key conceptual issues regarding infrastructure, resource allocation, working methods, roles and relationships. Conclusions: The paper concludes about the more general applicability of the Centre’s model for the long-term sustainability of PPI in research.
CITATION STYLE
Jinks, C., Carter, P., Rhodes, C., Taylor, R., Beech, R., Dziedzic, K., … Ong, B. N. (2016). Patient and public involvement in primary care research - An example of ensuring its sustainability. Research Involvement and Engagement, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-016-0015-1
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.