Long‐term consumer involvement in cancer research: Working towards partnership

Consumer involvement in research projects: the activities of research funders.

This paper reports findings from a postal questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with UK funders of health-related research that explored whether, why and how they promote consumer involvement in research projects. Many UK funders of health-related research are adopting a policy of promoting consumer involvement in research projects. Telephone interviews revealed they have several reasons...

Towards Consumer Ethnocentrism and Animosity in Indonesia

This current study aimed at investigating the effects of gender (male versus female) and age (younger versus older) on consumer ethnocentrism and animosity in Indonesia in regard to eight opposed countries. Based on the ANOVA test, the findings showed that female and young consumers have a higher political and economical animosity; while female and old consumers tend to have higher ethnocent...

Strengthening Global Partnership in Breast Cancer Research

The global diaspora of peoples has major implications for health and disease and can provide critical insights for understanding etiology and improving treatment. Historically, for example, women in East Asia have experienced lower risks of breast cancer than women of European descent living in Europe and North America. Studies on women of East Asian descent who migrated to North America, howev...

Working in teams (Better partnership working series)

The book commences with an introductory chapter about team definitions, types of teams and why teamworking is important within and between health and social care organisations. �mong other things, the authors elaborate on the differences between a team and a group, which I find interesting, though I miss a conclusion on the distinctiveness about teams in comparison with groups. Having the titl...

Working in Partnership through Early Support: distance learning text Working with parents in partnership