Health Service Executive Researchers Reveal New Findings on Cancer (Protocol for Establishing a Stakeholder Group for Primary Care Research into Cancer Using a Modified 7P Framework and an e-Delphi Process [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]): Cancer

2024 FEB 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on cancer is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting originating from Dublin, Ireland, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Currently, no group specifically supports and coordinates primary care focused cancer research in Ireland.”

Financial supporters for this research include Hse National Doctors Training & Planning; Health Research Board Emerging Investigator Award.

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from Health Service Executive: “The aim of this project is to establish an inclusive stakeholder group for primary care focused cancer research in Ireland, to coordinate research efforts and build capacity in researchers and institutions. We will convene a stakeholder group, recruiting individuals with personal and professional experience of cancer care in a community setting. ‘Core stakeholders’-patients, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers-will attend regularly. Additional ‘specialist stakeholders’, such as representatives of secondary care, private healthcare, health insurance, industry, cancer charities, and health research funders, will participate on an ad hoc basis. An e-Delphi consensus process will be used to assess the stakeholders’ views on: (1) the relevance and importance of primary care focused cancer research; (2) the potential role and scope of the stakeholder group; (3) how best to engage with lived experience stakeholders and healthcare professionals affected by the research; (4) how to encourage the dissemination of results and the translation of findings into practice. Round 1 will be open-ended and will invite the independent suggestions of stakeholders; in Round 2 and 3, group members will vote on the inclusion of these suggestions in a position statement by the group, with consensus defined as 75% agreement.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The formation of a broad stakeholder group to support primary care focused cancer research will ensure research is relevant, patient centered, and more readily translated into practice. It is also hoped that the group will support capacity building and strategic planning in this important research space.”

For more information on this research see: Protocol for Establishing a Stakeholder Group for Primary Care Research into Cancer Using a Modified 7P Framework and an e-Delphi Process [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. HRB Open Research, 2023,6. The publisher for HRB Open Research is F1000 Research Ltd.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13750.2.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Heather Burns, National Cancer Control Programme, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland. Additional authors for this research include Barbara Clyne, Laura O’Connor, Patrick Redmond, Ming Chuen Chong, Kathleen Bennett, Benjamin M. Jacob.

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