Towards Meaningful Consumer and Community Involvement in Health Research: A Qualitative Study of Consumer and Researcher Experiences.

This study benefited from the involvement of a health consumer partner (J.M.) throughout all stages of the research. Our consumer partner contributed to (1) drafting the initial grant proposal; (2) developing the research protocol, methods and processes; (3) research governance meetings; (4) the design and refinement of interview guides to ensure relevance and clarity of questions; (5) providing feedback in the form of sense checking developing themes to refine interpretation of findings; and (6) critically reviewing and providing feedback on manuscript drafts.