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Parents' perceptions of reasons for excess weight loss in obese children: a peer researcher approach.

Fiona B GillisonGeraldine CooneyValerie WoolhouseAngie DaviesFiona DickensPenny Marno
Published in: Research involvement and engagement (2017)
Training peer researchers to conduct and analyse interviews was feasible within a short period of training. Peer researchers found the experience interesting, informative and worthwhile. Two of the four volunteered to be involved in a related study 12 months later. The different perspective brought through co-analysis suggests that this approach to conducting participatory research may be a useful means of working with the public to generate new ideas to tackle intransigent issues.
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