Global user defined P&O research priorities

大多数P&O用户生活和工作在中低收入环境中。这些设置对提供服务和设备的人以及用户体验的需求构成的挑战非常不同。解决这些挑战需要进行研究，但有太多可能的研究优先事项，如果研究重点不集中（例如，在不反映用户需求的利基领域），信息不充分（例如，与当地职业相关的需求）或时机不佳（例如，在有可持续服务提供之前研究假肢装置），研究的影响可能会受到限制。在资源匮乏的情况下，P&O部门需要对用户主导的研究重点进行正式评估。

The majority of P&O users live and work in low/middle income contexts. These settings are very varied in the challenges they pose for those delivering services and devices and the needs that users experience. Research is required to solve these challenges, but there are so many possible research priorities that the impact of the research may be limited if research is poorly focussed (e.g. in niche area not reflective of user needs), poorly informed (e.g. by needs associated with local occupations) or poorly timed (i.e. researching prosthetic devices before there are sustainable services to deliver them). There is need for formal evaluation of user led research priorities for the P&O sector in low resource settings.