Public involvement and engagement in health and care

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We are a dynamic programme focusing on Public Involvement and Engagement in Health and Care Research addressing inclusion, co-production and diversity in research, with specific expertise relating to the involvement of populations often under-represented in research studies.

Unit staff

Staff	Job title
Professor Julia Jones	Professor of Public Involvement and Health
Professor Brian Littlechild	Professor of Social Work and Research Lead for Social Work
Sonya Prime	Public Involvement Co-ordinator
Dr Elspeth Mathie	Reader in Health and Social Care Inclusion
Professor Daksha Trivedi	Professor of Applied Health Research
Nigel Smeeton	Social Statistician
Dr Louca-Mai Brady	Senior Research Fellow
Fred Inglis	Senior Research Assistant
Amander Wellings	Public Involvement Contributor

Our activities fall into the following areas:

Inclusive involvement in research
- Engaging and involving diverse communities, including those who are marginalised and under-served
- Participatory and creative methods
- Improving the evidence-base of public involvement – feedback and evaluating impact
- Coproduction
- Public co-applicants, co-researchers and collaboration with the Public Involvement in Research group (PIRg)
Involvement with children and young people (CYP)
- Training and supporting CYP’s involvement in research through the Herts YPAG
- Inclusive involvement of diverse CYP as co-applicants and advisors in specific projects
- CYP-led and co-produced research
- CYP’s participation in health and care services
Involvement with older people
- Care home residents
- Dementia and family carers
Involvement with under-served communities
- People with Learning disabilities and autistic people
- Mental health service users and carers

For more information about the research unit please contact Professor Julia Jones or Elspeth Mathie.
For more information about the Public Involvement in research group (PIRg) please contact Sonya Prime.