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People in Public Health – New research literature database is launched
** Apologies for cross posting **
Public health researchers and practitioners can now access the People in Public Health database, a new database covering research on lay health workers and peer helpers.
With funding from the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme, the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Metropolitan University has developed this database as part of its study to help develop and support lay people in public health roles. The first phase of the study involved carrying out a literature review including a comprehensive search of electronic databases and sources of “grey” literature. After screening for relevance, over 220 papers were included in the review. Each of these papers were systematically coded according to a range of categories, including country of origin, target group and whether the lay person received payment. The resulting data has been placed in a searchable database which is now available for public access at: https://piph.leedsmet.ac.uk/main/litreview.htm
For further information about the study please visit our webpages; www.leedsmet.ac.uk/health/piph
Anne-Marie BagnallSenior Research FellowCentre for Health Promotion researchFaculty of Health