Contributions of OPRG to TACT3

Eleanor van den Heuvel

Principal Investigator

At Proposal stage

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Advisory committee membership

Support for Research into ageing

Input to research methodology

Work Package 2

Challenging environmental Barriers to continence

Meeting NDA OPRG

• Held meeting with members of NDA Older People’s Reference group – March 2009
• Presented work to date – possible research tools for use by those involved in research.

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Research Tools

• Possible research tools included
• Diary to record times when using toilets away from home and to record ‘state’ of public toilets
• Mapping to identify where in areas toilets were located.

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Tools rejected by potential users as being impractical

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Research participants

• Original proposal aimed at recruiting older users to project (aged 50+)
• OPRG suggested extending age range to include transgenerational need for public toilet facilities.
• Developed ‘lifecourse’ methodology based around epidemiological studies.

‘Life course’ methodology

NDA OPRG next encounter

• Currently completing 2^nd phase of research with toilet providers
• Return to consultation with OPRG (May 2011)
• Identify further areas for inclusion (case studies ie Lewisham)

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Thank You!

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