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Background: Increasingly, the research community, including Cochrane, is looking to include consumers, carers, health professionals and policy makers to work in partnership with researchers to set research priorities. The Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (CC&CRG) is undertaking a research priority-setting project to identify new topics for Cochrane Reviews (CRs) within our scope. To our knowledge, this will be the first project of this nature to have such a broad scope encompassing many areas of communication and participation in health.
Objectives: We have two objectives: 1) to identify Australian and international priority topics for systematic reviews in health communication and participation; and 2), to identify the top five Australian priorities for new CRs within the scope of the CC&CRG.
Methods: Drawing upon existing priority-setting frameworks, we will undertake a multi-stage project involving an online survey, a face-to-face workshop and evidence mapping. We will involve key stakeholders (consumers, carers, health professionals, policy makers and researchers) from Australia and internationally, in every stage and the results will be widely disseminated.
Results: A multidisciplinary steering group has been convened to oversee the project and will be responsible for defining the project scope, establishing criteria for identifying priorities and providing guidance over the course of the project. Strategic partnerships with local stakeholders are being sought to enhance dissemination and translation opportunities for new CR topics and related outcomes. Subsequent project stages (online survey, face-to-face workshop) will be completed by October 2015.
Conclusions: Upon completion, we will have up to five new topics for CRs. In 2016, we will seek author teams to undertake these high-priority reviews. Novel consumer co-production models may be trialled as part of the review commissioning process.
Objectives: We have two objectives: 1) to identify Australian and international priority topics for systematic reviews in health communication and participation; and 2), to identify the top five Australian priorities for new CRs within the scope of the CC&CRG.
Methods: Drawing upon existing priority-setting frameworks, we will undertake a multi-stage project involving an online survey, a face-to-face workshop and evidence mapping. We will involve key stakeholders (consumers, carers, health professionals, policy makers and researchers) from Australia and internationally, in every stage and the results will be widely disseminated.
Results: A multidisciplinary steering group has been convened to oversee the project and will be responsible for defining the project scope, establishing criteria for identifying priorities and providing guidance over the course of the project. Strategic partnerships with local stakeholders are being sought to enhance dissemination and translation opportunities for new CR topics and related outcomes. Subsequent project stages (online survey, face-to-face workshop) will be completed by October 2015.
Conclusions: Upon completion, we will have up to five new topics for CRs. In 2016, we will seek author teams to undertake these high-priority reviews. Novel consumer co-production models may be trialled as part of the review commissioning process.