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Editorial Ron Iphofen While putting together this issue of Quality in Ageing, I have been concurrently leading a project to provide training in research methods. The training is required of local authorities under the UK Department of Health’s Research Governance in Health and Social Care regulations. It will be delivered to the members of local authority panels who will be responsible for judging research proposals. These will include research managers and research professionals together with ‘lay’ members, service users, carers and others with, possibly, little prior experience of research activity – other than perhaps being on the receiving end of it. This experience has more than reinforced my desire to ensure that QiA continues to maintain its focus on ‘usable’ research – work that can be seen to have direct applications to policy and practice. It has also revived my concern to address issues of relevance and what constitutes ‘good’ evidence. I know that these panel members will be strident and wide-ranging in their views and experiences. But they will hold in common a desire to ensure that the best evidence is married to best practice. Consequently, once more in QiA, we have drawn on a range of approaches http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quality in Ageing and Older Adults Pier Professional

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Iphofen, Ron
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults , Volume 9 (4) – Dec 1, 2008
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Ron Iphofen While putting together this issue of Quality in Ageing, I have been concurrently leading a project to provide training in research methods. The training is required of local authorities under the UK Department of Health’s Research Governance in Health and Social Care regulations. It will be delivered to the members of local authority panels who will be responsible for judging research proposals. These will include research managers and research professionals together with ‘lay’ members, service users, carers and others with, possibly, little prior experience of research activity – other than perhaps being on the receiving end of it. This experience has more than reinforced my desire to ensure that QiA continues to maintain its focus on ‘usable’ research – work that can be seen to have direct applications to policy and practice. It has also revived my concern to address issues of relevance and what constitutes ‘good’ evidence. I know that these panel members will be strident and wide-ranging in their views and experiences. But they will hold in common a desire to ensure that the best evidence is married to best practice. Consequently, once more in QiA, we have drawn on a range of approaches

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Published: Dec 1, 2008

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