The Research Group held a seminar
on 11th June 2003
The Third Dimension: Towards Best
Practice in User Involvement in Primary Care
Research the record of the proceedings of this
meeting is now available online.
INVOLVE (www.invo.org.uk/) is a national
advisory Group, funded by the Department of Health, which aims to
promote and support active public involvement in NHS, public health
and social care research.
is part of the National Centre
for Health Outcomes Development and is based in the Unit of
Health-care Epidemiology Department of Public
Health
, University of Oxford. The Patient Reported
Health Instruments website is designed to inform the
selection of patient-assessed health instruments through the
provision of:
- a bibliographic database, which contains over 7000 records that
relate to the development and testing of instruments.
- details of selection criteria to guide the application of
patient reported health instruments.
- reports based on comprehensive reviews of the literature
produced for the Department of Health, covering child-health,
diabetes mellitus, mental health, older people, and patient
involvement which are downloadable from the website.