Knowledge mobilisation in eczema
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Knowledge mobilisation in eczema - have co-created interventions changed mindlines?
IRAS ID
271079
Contact name
Fiona Cowdell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Birmingham City University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 27 days
Research summary
The purpose of this project is to find new ways to make best use of existing and new knowledge about eczema care. The focus is on patients and practitioners in primary care settings. This application is for the final phase of a four year study.
Eczema is a common skin condition. It causes significant suffering and can lead to many health care consultations. Looking after eczema can be difficult for patients and parents. High quality eczema knowledge is often not used in practice. Patients may not always be getting the best treatments. Practitioners make treatment decisions using mindlines “collectively reinforced, internalised, tacit guidelines”. In the initial phase I observed eczema consultations and undertook interviews with patients and parents of children with eczema and practitioners including GPs, nurses, health visitors and pharmacists. From this data I developed tentative lay and practitioner eczema mindlines, which I confirmed with a wider group in a subsequent phase. Following this I ran co-creation workshops with lay people, practitioners and researchers to identify what eczema knowledge needs to be mobilised and how this may best be achieved. The co-created intervention was intended to revise or modify eczema mindlines by adding reliable and useful knowledge and by erasing outdated or inaccurate information. This multi-faceted intervention has been implemented in a discrete geographical area in the Midlands. The purpose of this final phase is to examine what, if any, effect the intervention has had on eczema mindlines and the influence this has had on consultation experiences and self-management practices in primary care. This information will be gathered in qualitative interviews with patients / parents and practitioners.
REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
19/NI/0164
Date of REC Opinion
4 Sep 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion