Future Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion Paula Wray, Senior Public Involvement Manager, INVOLVE @NIHRINVOLVE, @Antimonywray www.nihr.involve.ac.uk
NIHR ‘Going the Extra Mile’ 2015 -2025 Vision: A population actively involved in research to improve health and wellbeing for themselves, their family and neighbours. Recommendations and work: Improving access for people • Increasing the diversity of our • community Developing public involvement standards • Supporting learning and development • Establishing a regional network • Defining and reporting impact • Collaboration and partnership • Co-production •
NIHR Priority Area • Cross NIHR Working Group • Multi Stakeholder Advisory Group Focus on: • Workforce • Funding • Inclusive research practice across the portfolio Learning from: • Individual experiences • Initiatives like Athena Swan
Diversity and Inclusion “Enabling people to have control over their health and its determinants strengthens communities and improves lives. Without people’s active involvement, many opportunities to promote and protect their health and increase their well-being are lost.” WHO 2020 Adapted from: Dahlgren G, Whitehead M. Tackling inequalities in health: what can we learn from what has been tried? London, King’s Fund, 1993.
UK Standards for Public Involvement INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES: We offer public involvement opportunities that are accessible and that reach people and groups according to research needs. WORKING TOGETHER: We work together in a way that values all contributions, and that builds and sustains mutually respectful and productive relationships. SUPPORT & LEARNING: We offer and promote support and learning that builds confidence and skills for public involvement in research. COMMUNICATIONS: We use plain language for timely, two way and targeted communications, as part of involvement plans and activities. IMPACT: To drive improvement, we capture and share the difference that public involvement makes to research. GOVERNANCE: We involve the public in our governance and leadership so that our decisions promote and protect the public interest.
Collaborations
What needs to change? • Focus on the things we share and the effects of multiple characteristics ‘We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.’ – Anne Frank • Consider wider determinants of health and the greater potential http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/Uni impacts of your work versal_Design_for_Learning
What are we hoping to achieve? • Collaboration • Reduce inequalities through improving health literacy The things and A person’s supports they Health Literacy characteristics need to Access Understand Use Appraise Information and services to make decisions about health • Research of the highest quality that addresses the health needs of the population • https://www.ophelia.net.au/
Regional Connections
Work with the potential end users of research Different ways of delivering research Learn from other sectors and work with them https://edisgroup.org/
Thank you Website: www.involve.nihr.ac.uk Email: involve@nihr.ac.uk Paula.Wray @nihr.ac.uk Twitter: @NIHRINVOLVE
Recommend
More recommend
