• Brit J Hosp Med · Jun 2021

    How to improve diversity in patient and public involvement.

    • Rebecca Golenya, George D Chloros, Michalis Panteli, Peter V Giannoudis, and Anthony Howard.
    • Department of Medicine, St James Hospital, Leeds, UK.
    • Brit J Hosp Med. 2021 Jun 2; 82 (6): 1-8.

    AbstractPatient and public involvement involves ascertaining the opinions of and collaborating with patients and members of the public to holistically improve the quality of research. Patient and public involvement provides patients with a platform to use and share their lived experiences. This allows healthcare professionals to gain a deeper appreciation of the patient's perspective, which enables future research to be more patient centred and tailored to patients' requirements. Patient and public involvement aims to broadly encapsulate the opinions of the public, so ensuring diversity is recommended. This article provides a practical framework to increase diversity and engage hard-to-reach demographics in patient and public involvement. It highlights some common barriers to participation and methods for overcoming this, describes sampling frameworks and provides examples of how these have been adopted in practice.

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