Strategies for Engaging with Patients/Populations
Annette Browne, PhD, RNProfessor, University of British Columbia
School of Nursing
2014 CPHA Workshop, Montreal, 9-May-2014
Partnership-Based Research
Examples from Multiple Research Programs
Public Health Nurses and ‘High Priority Families’(Macleod, Browne, Doane)
“EQUIP”:Intervention
Research to Equip Primary Health Care
for Equity(Browne, Varcoe, Ford-Gilboe.
Smye, Wathen et al)
Aboriginal Women’s Health
Intervention(Varcoe, Browne, Ford-Gilboe)
Supporting Patient-Oriented Research
(SPOR)(Wong, et al)
First Nations Women’s Health Care Experiences
(Browne)
Urban Aboriginal Health Centres
(UAHC)(Browne, Varcoe, Wong, Smye,
Lavoie, Krause, Godwin)
Emergency Use for “Non-Urgent”
Needs(Browne, Smye, Rodney)
Site Wave 1 Spring 2013
Wave 2Fall 2013
Retention Rate
Site A 134 124 92.5%
Site B 125 118 94.4%
Site C 156 134 85.9%
Site D 153 121 79.1%
TOTAL 568 499 87.9%
EQUIP Patient Cohort (n=568); Retention Rate (88%)
How to Help People Feel Valued in Research Processes?
Five Strategies: Applies to Any Research Methodology and Any Setting
All Levels of Staff Need to….
Actively Counteract Dismissal and Discrimination
Convey Respect and Unconditional Positive Regard
Be Explicit Re: Why Inviting Participation; What’s Bigger Purpose?
Reimburse People for Their Time and Effort
Regularly Presenting Initial Analyses and Preliminary Findings to
Patients/Population Groups
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