Trial reportHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2018
Improving the quality of prison research: A qualitative study of ex-offender service user involvement in prison suicide prevention research.
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- Improving the quality of prison research: A qualitative study of ex-offender service user involvement in prison suicide prevention research.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018Trial
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- Meta-Research on the Science of Lived Experience Engagement in Mental Health and Substance Use Health Research: A Scoping Review and Qualitative Synthesis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Including Prisoners in Research Design: Codevelopment of a Practical Guidance Toolkit to Support Intervention Delivery to Address the Physical and Mental Health of Older Prisoners (PAMHOP) Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- "We wish we had the option": a qualitative study of women's perspectives and experiences with contraception in a provincial prison in Ontario, Canada.Health & justice · 2024Article
- Youth partnership in suicide prevention research: moving beyond the safety discourse.BMJ open · 2023Review
- The experience of patient partners in research: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.Research involvement and engagement · 2022Review
- Patient and public involvement (PPI) in prisons: the involvement of people living in prison in the research process - a systematic scoping review.Health & justice · 2021Article
- Adverse Social Relationships in Childhood: Are there Links with Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Suicidality in Adulthood?Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- Development of an online suicide prevention program involving people with lived experience: ideas and challenges.Research involvement and engagement · 2021Article
- Collaboration with people with lived experience of prison: reflections on researching cancer care in custodial settings.Research involvement and engagement · 2021Article
- Evaluating the impact of patient and carer involvement in suicide and self-harm research: A mixed-methods, longitudinal study protocol.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
- A psychological intervention for suicide applied to non-affective psychosis: the CARMS (Cognitive AppRoaches to coMbatting Suicidality) randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Competing priorities and second chances - A qualitative exploration of prisoners' journeys through the Hepatitis C continuum of care.PloS one · 2019Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide is the leading cause of avoidable death in prisons worldwide and suicide prevention is an international priority. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop evidence-based treatments. We conducted a randomized controlled trial of a novel suicide prevention psychological therapy for male prisoners. To promote ecological validity by addressing the "real-world" situation of suicidal prisoners, we involved a consultant group of ex-offenders with past experience of being suicidal during imprisonment. Service user involvement in prison research is challenging and underdeveloped.
objectiveWe aimed to investigate the ex-offender service user consultants' experiences of being involved in the research.
designIndividual qualitative interviews were conducted and analysed using an Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis (IPA) framework. SETTING/
participantsThe study was conducted at a university in North England, UK, comprising four ex-offenders with experience of being suicidal during past imprisonments.
resultsTwo superordinate themes were identified: "Working Together" depicted participants' perceptions of the pivotal role of good relationships with researchers, and "Journey of Change" outlined how participants' involvement in the research impacted on their personal lives. DISCUSSION: Little is known about how to successfully involve ex-offender service users in research. Our results indicate the conditions necessary for successfully engaging ex-offender service users in research and have important implications for improving the quality of prison research.
conclusionsInvolving forensic service users in research is feasible and should be encouraged, as despite certain challenges, it is highly rewarding both for the research and the ex-offender service users.
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