From inclusion to independence – Training consumers to review research

Carla Saunders¹^,2 , Afaf Girgis¹^,3 , Phyllis Butow⁴ , Sally Crossing⁵ and Andrew Penman²

¹School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Wallsend 2287, NSW, Australia

²The Cancer Council NSW, Woolloomooloo 2011, NSW, Australia

³Centre for Health Research & Psycho-oncology (CHeRP), The Cancer Council NSW, University of Newcastle & Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle 2287, NSW, Australia

⁴Medical Psychology Research Unit, University of Sydney, Camperdown 2006, NSW, Australia

⁵Cancer Voices NSW, Greenwich 2065, NSW, Australia

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Health Research Policy and Systems 2008, 6:3doi:10.1186/1478-4505-6-3


Published:	9 March 2008

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Consumer Review Guidelines. A resource to support the review process and explain the review criteria in detail.

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Additional file 2:

Consumer Review Process. A step-by-step written guide of the consumer review process.

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Additional file 3:

Basic Research. A lay fact sheet explaining the basic (laboratory) cancer research discipline.

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Behavioural Research. A lay fact sheet explaining the behavioural cancer research discipline.

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