Evaluation of a Pilot Research Champions Programme to Inform the Building of Research Capacity in the East of England Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Workforce (BREES)

<p dir="ltr">This report details findings of a survey and evaluation carried out to assess the research culture and Research Champions Programme (RCP) involving newly qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurses in the Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) Norfolk 0-19 service. Both these studies were devised within a wider project aimed at Building Research Engagement and Capacity in the East of England (BREES) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) workforce. BREES recognised the significant contribution SCPHNs could make to the long-term health of the nation and the sustainability of health services, through engaging with research. However, BREES also acknowledged that there was considerable scope to grow research capacity of SCPHNs in the East of England. Through the above studies, academic and CCS researchers and CCS managers sought to harness initial learning, with a wider aim of extending the methodology to other services in CCS and to other East of England Integrated Care Systems...</p>