Diversity

Based on Ní Shé et al (2019) six ‘programme theories’, what kind of adaptations are you able to make that will increase the likely diversity of PPI contributors to your research:

• Environmental and Social Planning, e.g. Ensure collaboration and engagement occur in safe, accessible and inclusive spaces as identified by community partners.
• Service Provision, e.g. Engage community partners to support all co-production activities before, during and after the research process to enable ongoing feedback.
• Guidelines, e.g. Create an engagement/co-design checklist at the start of the project and assign responsibility amongst partners to review and modify throughout the process.
• Fiscal Measures, e.g. Include costs for psychological supports for researchers, service users and service providers.
• Communication and Marketing, e.g. Allocate time, at the start of the project to allow all partners to articulate what they would like to achieve from the collaboration. This should be written up and agreed upon by all partners.
• Regulation and Legislation, e.g. Review ethics procedures to ensure that the competence of all partners is assumed as the default.