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Mental health researchers’ Toolkit for involving service users in the research process

This Toolkit offers practical guidance to researchers about different ways of involving people with experience of mental health problems in their studies and trials.

It includes templates of forms, agreements and related documents that can be adapted and customised by researchers.

On this page, you can download the whole Toolkit document (including the templates) in Word, or download each of the templates as a separate Word document.

This is an open source document, which means anyone can customise, adapt and use the templates and do not need to credit the authors or the MHRN.

The Toolkit was produced for the MHRN by the North London Hub Service User Representative Group.

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Mental health researchers’ Toolkit for involving service users in the research process (whole document in Word)

Mental health researchers' Toolkit for involving service users in the research process (whole document as pdf)

Sample role description and person specification for service user representative/project advisor on a study/trial steering group, or on a group (informal or formal) developing a research proposal

Sample generic advertisement to recruit a service user representative/project advisor to mental health research activities

Sample application form for service user representative/project advisor

Sample guidance notes for filling out an application form for service user representative/project advisor

Sample involvement agreement

Sample contact sheet for service user representative/project

Sample training needs analysis form for service user representative/project advisor

Sample involvement evaluation form for service user representative/project advisor

Sample involvement evaluation form for researchers or other staff

Sample confidential evaluation form for service user representatives/project advisors involved in a study or trial

Sample confidential evaluation form for researchers about service user involvement in a study or trial

Sample role description and person specification for service user researcher

Sample application form for service user researcher

Sample interview questions for service user researcher


 

 

page added to site 25 June 2011