What we need
We need evidence for the guideline we are developing on advocacy services for adults with health and social care needs. The guideline aims to outline general principles about advocacy and covers advocacy in its broadest definition when it is provided by a third party. This includes professional advocacy, citizen advocacy, family advocacy and peer advocacy. In particular, we need evidence or guidelines that cover:
- What effective advocacy looks like
- How to improve access to advocacy services
- Information and signposting to advocacy services
- Planning, commissioning and monitoring of advocacy services
- Advocacy services working with families and carers
- Training and skills for advocates
We are particularly interested in evidence promoting equality of opportunity relating to age, disability, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, religion and belief, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status.
We would like:
- evidence or guidelines published since 2005
- unpublished information related to research since 2005, including any ongoing research.
We cannot accept promotional material, non-evidence-based assertions of effectiveness or opinion pieces.
Sending information
For published information, send only the details (where possible, include a link to the published information, as well as author/s, title, date or publication details. If it is a journal article also include journal title, volume, issue and page numbers). Do not send a pdf/Word document.
For unpublished information, send:
- electronic copies of relevant unpublished information.
- a link to any relevant unpublished information, for example trials registered with the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, or with the US National Institutes of Health trials registry
Please do not send unpublished information that allows identification of individuals who have accessed advocacy services. Highlight any confidential sections (unpublished research or commercially sensitive information) in unpublished information. For more details about confidential information in calls for evidence, see our guidelines manual.
Complete the Call for evidence response form and the Checklist for confidential information form, including the declaration of any links with, or funding from, the tobacco industry. Email these forms to advocacy@rcog.org.uk with any relevant information by 5pm 29th March 2021.
We look forward to receiving information and thank you in advance for your help.
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