Involvement and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in research

This lesson explores the parallels between involvement and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in research.
You may also be interested in the ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ unit.

Doing, encouraging and enabling diverse and inclusive research involvement which increases equality (part 1)

In this session Savi Hensman, Patient, Service User and Public Involvement Coordinator and Professor Tushna Vandrevala from Kingston University discuss ‘ Doing, encouraging and enabling diverse and inclusive research involvement which increases equality’

Doing, encouraging and enabling diverse and inclusive research involvement which increases equality (part 2)

In this session Savi Hensman, Patient, Service User and Public Involvement Coordinator discusses ‘ Doing, encouraging and enabling diverse and inclusive research involvement which increases equality’

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Other Resources

Coproducing health, care and research – conversations on a Participatory Action Research approach (video)
Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach that prioritises the value of experiential knowledge for tackling problems caused by unequal and harmful social systems, and for envisioning and implementing alternatives. In this webinar Dr Josephine Ocloo and Dr Clare Coultas guide you through an introduction to Participatory Action Research (PAR).
EDI in community involvement in maternity and perinatal mental health research (video)
This is a 15minute presentation from the ARC South London maternity and perinatal mental health team on equity, diversity and inclusion in community involvement in maternity and perinatal mental health research. This can be used as an example as to how embed principles of EDI within research.

Further Reading

A toolkit for increasing participation of BAME groups in Health and Social Care Research
This Toolkit aims to capture such best practice and provide researchers with a framework on how to improve the participation of BAME groups in research.