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ArticleResearch involvement and engagement2021

"We are not hard to reach, but we may find it hard to trust" …. Involving and engaging 'seldom listened to' community voices in clinical translational health research: a social innovation approach.

Safina Islam, Olivia Joseph, Atiha Chaudry, Davine Forde, Annie Keane, Cassie Wilson, Nasima Begum, Suzanne Parsons, Tracy Grey, Leah Holmes and 1 more

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Article in Research involvement and engagement, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Establishing a Public Involvement Network for Chronic Pain Research in the United Kingdom: Lessons Learned.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  9. Acceptability of Self-Sampling for Cervical Screening in Ethnically Diverse Groups in Northwest England: A Focus Group Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  14. Exploring How Children and Young People With Sickle Cell Disease and Their Families Want to be Involved in Research: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  20. Consultations With Muslims From Minoritised Ethnic Communities Living in Deprived Areas: Identifying Inequities in Mental Health Care and Support.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Safina IslamPublic Programmes Team (now Vocal), Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (currently, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre), Manchester, UK.
Olivia JosephPublic Programmes Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (currently, Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group), Manchester, UK.
Atiha ChaudryManchester BME Network CIC, GM BME Network and Manchester Equalities Hub, Manchester, UK.
Davine FordeManchester BME Network CIC, Manchester, UK.
Annie KeanePublic Programmes Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Cassie WilsonPublic Programmes Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Nasima BegumAnnana, Manchester Bangladeshi Women's Organisation, Manchester, UK.
Suzanne ParsonsPublic Programmes Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Tracy GreyPublic Programmes Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Leah HolmesPublic Programmes Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Bella StarlingPublic Programmes Team (now Vocal), Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Research & Innovation Division, The Nowgen Centre, 29 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9WU, UK. Bella.Starling@mft.nhs.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9981-5637

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 108911/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPublic involvement in clinical translational research is increasingly recognised as essential for relevant and reliable research. Public involvement must be diverse and inclusive to enable research that has the potential to reach those that stand to benefit from it the most, and thus address issues of health equity. Several recent reports, however, indicate that public involvement is exclusive, including in its interactions with ethnic groups. This paper outlines a novel community-led methodology - a community sandpit - to address the inclusion of ethnic groups in public involvement in research, reports on its evaluation, findings, legacy and impact.

methodsThrough detailed planning - thinking through and taking into account all stakeholders perspectives in the planning and design of the sandpit, relationship-building, co-design and co-delivery between the Public Programmes team based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and the Greater Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network - the community sandpit was held in July 2018.

resultsFifteen community organisations took part in the two-day event, as well as six researchers, and six creative practitioners. Six community-based partnership projects were seed-funded; four of these received additional funding from other sources also.

conclusionsEvaluation of the sandpit showed the format to be well-received by all: it levelled power relationships between community organisations, health researchers and research infrastructure; it developed capacity amongst researchers about the accessibility, role and potential of community organisations. Described as "not another community seed fund" by community partners, the sandpit offered community partners, equitable avenues for collaboration within Greater Manchester translational research and led to the formation of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Research Advisory Group (BRAG Vocal Website information, - https://www.wearevocal.org/opportunities/black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-research-advisory-group-brag/ , 2021). The method has the potential to be replicated elsewhere to support inclusive public involvement in research and inclusive research.

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BAMECommunity engagementDiversityEthnic groupsInclusionInnovationPublic involvementTranslational research

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PMID34174961
PMCPMC8234650

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