Future Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion Paula Wray, Senior - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Paula Wray, Senior Public Involvement Manager, INVOLVE

@NIHRINVOLVE, @Antimonywray www.nihr.involve.ac.uk

Future Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion

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

• ver 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 impacts of your work

http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/Uni versal_Design_for_Learning

What are we hoping to achieve?

• Collaboration
• Reduce inequalities through improving health literacy
• Research of the highest quality that addresses the health needs of the

population

• https://www.ophelia.net.au/

Information and services to make decisions about health Health Literacy A person’s characteristics The things and supports they need to Access Understand Appraise Use

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/

Website: www.involve.nihr.ac.uk Email: involve@nihr.ac.uk Paula.Wray@nihr.ac.uk Twitter: @NIHRINVOLVE

Thank you