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Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop evidence\u2010based treatments. We conducted a randomized controlled trial of a novel suicide prevention psychological therapy for male prisoners. To promote ecological validity by addressing the \u201creal\u2010world\u201d situation of suicidal prisoners, we involved a consultant group of ex\u2010offenders with past experience of being suicidal during imprisonment. Service user involvement in prison research is challenging and underdeveloped.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>We aimed to investigate the ex\u2010offender service user consultants\u2019 experiences of being involved in the research.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Individual qualitative interviews were conducted and analysed using an Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IPA<\/jats:styled-content>) framework.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting\/participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was conducted at a university in North England, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UK<\/jats:styled-content>, comprising four ex\u2010offenders with experience of being suicidal during past imprisonments.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two superordinate themes were identified: \u201cWorking Together\u201d depicted participants\u2019 perceptions of the pivotal role of good relationships with researchers, and \u201cJourney of Change\u201d outlined how participants\u2019 involvement in the research impacted on their personal lives.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Little is known about how to successfully involve ex\u2010offender service users in research. Our results indicate the conditions necessary for successfully engaging ex\u2010offender service users in research and have important implications for improving the quality of prison research.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Involving forensic service users in research is feasible and should be encouraged, as despite certain challenges, it is highly rewarding both for the research and the ex\u2010offender service users.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/hex.12590","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,22]],"date-time":"2017-06-22T14:26:34Z","timestamp":1498141594000},"page":"100-109","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Improving the quality of prison research: A qualitative study of ex\u2010offender service user involvement in prison suicide prevention research"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0767-4994","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yvonne F.","family":"Awenat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health School of Health Sciences University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, MAHSC  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Centre for New Treatments and Understanding in Mental health CENTRUM University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust  Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Currie","family":"Moore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health School of Health Sciences University of Manchester  Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia A.","family":"Gooding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health School of Health Sciences University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, MAHSC  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Centre for New Treatments and Understanding in Mental health CENTRUM University of Manchester  Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fiona","family":"Ulph","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health School of Health Sciences University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Centre for New Treatments and Understanding in Mental health CENTRUM University of Manchester  Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aisha","family":"Mirza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust  Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Pratt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health School of Health Sciences University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, MAHSC  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Centre for New Treatments and Understanding in Mental health CENTRUM University of Manchester  Manchester UK"},{"name":"Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust  Manchester UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","volume-title":"Preventing Suicide in Jails and Prisons","author":"World Health Organisation (WHO)","year":"2007"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00127-010-0184-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_4_1","unstructured":"NoonanM.Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons 2000\u20102013 \u2013 Statistical Tables \u2013 US Department of Justice. 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