IMED2003 Final: Revision 23 Notes
19 Jan 2019
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Become strong advocates for all aspects of research. Consumer and community members involved in the participation program. Provided strong support for the national discovery needs dollars campaign in 2011. Depends on the type of research being done. Knowing this will clarify who to involve, how to go about it and when to call them in! Training is applicable to both the consumers and the researchers. A co-ordinator will be needed to manage participation activities. Kidney disease was a frequent problem in the goldfields region, and not restricted to age, ethnicity, or gender. The goldfields community took ownership of this issue, and developed the study protocol together, to tackle their regional problem. The study aimed to screen every aboriginal adult and child in a number of townships in the goldfields region for kidney disease and diabetes. The outcomes of the study pointed to issues with: Potentially explaining the high levels of kidney disease in the region.
