We are delighted to share that our latest paper has been published in Health Expectations this week. With the increased focus from funders and policy makers on the need for research to more pro-actively address health and social inequalities, comes the need to increase the diversity of who participates in research; who informs the shape and design of research and who conducts research. PIER have been collaborating with community partners in Dorset to co-design flexible and inclusive approaches to public and community involvement in research, starting with people who are homeless and vulnerably housed.
The aims of the I Am More Than… project:
- To create inclusive, shared spaces for people with experience of being homeless or vulnerably housed, to share with and educate the health and social care research workforce on what having a voice and being involved in research means to them.
- To understand the barriers and enablers to research participation and involvement from a homeless perspective.
- To co-create inclusive opportunities for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed to have a voice in shaping health and social care research.
