Urban Health Centers Europe 2.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Urban Health Centers Europe 2.0 (UHCE)
IRAS ID
154702
Contact name
Arpana Verma
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 28 days
Research summary
We will be conducting focus groups in two GP practices in South Manchester and two GP practices in Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). Each focus group will consist of 6-10 participants. There will be two focus groups with senior citizens (aged 70+ living in their own home), two with health and social care professionals, and two with informal carers (volunteers, friends or family). In total there will be six focus groups per GP practice.
We will be exploring the groups' views on what is needed for active and healthy ageing. The groups will be asked to discuss senior citizens' current needs and expectations and their needs and expectations for the future in relation to active and healthy ageing.
The focus group discussions will be transcribed and analysed for qualitative themes.
We will also be interviewing three policymakers in each CCG to discuss the following topics:
• Delay fragility
• Prevent falls
• Address issues associated with polypharmacy (management of multiple medications by a patient)This is a multi-centre project taking place in Manchester, Pallini (Greece), Rijeka (Croatia), Valencia (Spain), and Rotterdam (The Netherlands) concurrently.
Each partner is seeking ethical approval in their own countries.The findings of the focus groups and semi-structured interviews will be used as the basis for the design of a preventative integrated health and social care intervention entitled the 'UHCE Toolkit', which would be trialled in a separate study
REC name
South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/1349
Date of REC Opinion
29 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion