Who decides what criteria are important to consider in exploring the outcomes of Conversation Approaches? A Participatory Health Research Study.
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2015-02-06Author
Mc Menamin, Ruth
Tierney, Edel
Mac Farlane, Anne
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Ruth Mc Menamin, Edel Tierney & Anne Mac Farlane (2015): “Who decides what criteria are important to consider in exploring the outcomes of conversation approaches? A participatory health research study”, Aphasiology, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2015.1006564
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Abstract
Approximately 176,000 new individuals in the United Kingdom and
Ireland are diagnosed with stroke annually with up to one third experiencing aphasia.
Qualitative research methods are increasingly used to capture the complexity of service
users’ experiences of health and illness; however, the voice of service users with
aphasia continues to be limited in published healthcare literature. This participatory
research study included people with aphasia as co-researchers in the exploration of
aphasia and a Conversation Partner Programme (CPP)