Be the voice of patients with dark skin tones for shaping research on recognising skin damage.
Be the voice of patients with dark skin tones for shaping research on recognising skin damage across
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* Do you or your family member have a long-term wound?
* Does the person with a wound have a dark skin tone? (black or brown skin)
We would like to hear your experiences of your care and enable you to actively contribute to the planning, designing and shaping our research on training non-specialist health and social care staff about skin assessment.
Interested in taking part? Click on link: https://forms.office.com/e/9aLNSv9GCP or email
Date from
19th February 2024
Date to
1st July 2024
Payment:
A £25 electronic shopping voucher is offered as a thank-you for your contribution.
Expenses:
n/a - This is happening romotely via Zoom
Organisation
King's College London / Surrey University: Across Skin Tones Project Team
We are a team of nurses, doctor and researchers from King's College London, Surrey University and Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Our group is looking to improve the early identification of wounds and their complications (such as infection) focusing on people with dark skin tones.
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Topic:
Ageing
Dermatology
Social care
Skin disorder/dermatology
Other
Location:
UK wide
Involvement type:
Designing and managing
What support is offered?
At the moment we are not offering additional support however if you would like to talk to us but aren't comfortable with talking with a group of people over Zoom but would want to share your experiences please email (victoria.clemett@kcl.ac.uk) to discuss further.
Can the work be done from home?
Yes
Suitable for a beginner?
Yes
