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Getting involved in research
- Authors:
- HOWARTH Joyce, HURLEY Karen, O'CONNOR Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 104, Autumn 2012, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The Welsh Government has made a commitment to involving people in planning services for the NHS. This article describes how Aneurin Bevan Health Board and 5 local authorities are involving people with a learning disability in the research process. Specifically, it describes a workshop which was conducted in order to find out what priorities people with learning disabilities in the Gwent area have for research. The workshop was attended by 25 people with learning disabilities and 15 professionals. The workshop started with explaining the research process. The participants then went into groups to discuss what they thought should be researched. Voting to identify the topics considered to be of most importance resulted in the following top 3: independence; parents’ issues; and communication. Groups of participants then formed to discuss research questions relating to each of these topics. The hope now is to be able to fund continued planning of these priority research areas.