Annie Keane, Safina Islam, Suzanne Parsons, Arpana Verma, Tracey Farragher, Davine Forde, Leah Holmes, Katharine Cresswell, Susannah Williams, Paolo Arru, Emily Howlett, Hannah Turner-Uaandja, Issy MacGregor, Tracy Grey, Zahra Arain, Maura Scahill, Bella Starling
BACKGROUND: Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) can improve the relevance, quality, ethics and impact of research thus contributing to high quality research. Currently in the UK, people who get involved in research tend to be aged 61 years or above, White and female. Calls for greater diversity and inclusion in PPIE have become more urgent especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, so that research can better address health inequalities and be relevant for all sectors of society...
May 8, 2023: Research Involvement and Engagement