Key Resources
Here are some key Australian and international resources for consumer and community involvement. This list has been curated to ensure resources are of high quality, evidence-based and reflect best practice principles of consumer and community involvement. We are constantly coming across great resources and will continue to update this list regularly. If you know of a great resource that has not been listed here or a broken link, please let us know.
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Frameworks for Levels of Engagement
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Frameworks for Consumer and Community Involvement Throughout the Project Cycle
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Frameworks for Evaluation of Consumer and Community Involvement
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Consumer Co-researcher A co-researcher approach is when people with lived experience actively collaborate as an equal member of the research team and are embedded in project processes alongside academic researchers. Using a co-researcher approach, consumers may undertake specific training to build their capacity to engage and conduct research activities. Consumer roles as a ‘co-researcher’ could […]
Consumer Partnerships Consumer partnership in health and medical research is an approach in which researchers and/or healthcare providers and consumer organisations actively and meaningfully work together to design and conduct research or healthcare improvement projects. Consumer partnerships usually refer to a broad collaboration between researchers and consumer organisations or groups and may involve one or […]
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Success Stories
Consumer and community involvement in cell mechanobiology ensures that research aligns with patient needs and societal impact
“Eye-opening” is how I would describe my experience being part of the Emergency Care consumer advisory panel. Not only was I able to share my experience and influence change, I got a glimpse into what happens behind the scenes in research…
Consumer and community involvement goes beyond patient interaction. Through this project, I learned different ways to work with consumers and the value we got from their input went beyond my expectations…
Without the voice of community, these projects would never be successful. When working with the different mobs, it’s important to take time to get to know them…
Stroke has a big impact on our Vietnamese community but people are not aware of the warning signs. We were invited to work with the researchers to develop something that will be helpful for our community…