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SynthesisPloS one2014

Current practice of public involvement activities in biomedical research and innovation: a systematic qualitative review.

Jonas Lander, Tobias Hainz, Irene Hirschberg, Daniel Strech

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Synthesis in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Public consultation changes guidance on the use of health-care interventions. An observational study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jonas LanderInstitute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, CELLS-Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Science, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Tobias HainzInstitute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, CELLS-Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Science, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Irene HirschbergInstitute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, CELLS-Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Science, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Daniel StrechInstitute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, CELLS-Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Science, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA recent report from the British Nuffield Council on Bioethics associated 'emerging biotechnologies' with a threefold challenge: 1) uncertainty about outcomes, 2) diverse public views on the values and implications attached to biotechnologies and 3) the possibility of creating radical changes regarding societal relations and practices. To address these challenges, leading international institutions stress the need for public involvement activities (PIAs). The objective of this study was to assess the state of PIA reports in the field of biomedical research.

methodsPIA reports were identified via a systematic literature search. Thematic text analysis was employed for data extraction.

resultsAfter filtering, 35 public consultation and 11 public participation studies were included in this review. Analysis and synthesis of all 46 PIA studies resulted in 6 distinguishable PIA objectives and 37 corresponding PIA methods. Reports of outcome translation and PIA evaluation were found in 9 and 10 studies respectively (20% and 22%). The paper presents qualitative details. DISCUSSION: The state of PIAs on biomedical research and innovation is characterized by a broad range of methods and awkward variation in the wording of objectives. Better comparability of PIAs might improve the translation of PIA findings into further policy development. PIA-specific reporting guidelines would help in this regard. The modest level of translation efforts is another pointer to the "deliberation to policy gap". The results of this review could inform the design of new PIAs and future efforts to improve PIA comparability and outcome translation.

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Community ParticipationBiomedical ResearchHumansPublic OpinionQualitative Research

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PMID25469705
PMCPMC4254603

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