Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research means working with members of the public to plan and carry out research. Public involvement in research is when the research is carried out with or by members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’, or ‘for’ them. This includes, for example, working with research funders to prioritise research, offering advice as members of a project steering group, commenting on and developing research materials and undertaking research with research participants. YORA is committed to engaging with members of the public with ongoing research within the field of obesity.
PPI is rapidly becoming a vital component of all healthcare research and needs to be considered by researchers to ensure that their research is more relevant to the people it is trying to help and improves the experience of participants.
We recommend the following resources:
- ASO webinar recording: The importance of Public and Patient Involvement from a research and public perspective: https://aso.org.uk/resource/aso-webinar-importance-public-and-patient-involvement-research-and-public-perspective
- The UK Standards for Public Involvement
- The People in Research
The NIHR Research Design Service for Yorkshire and Humber (RDSY&H) provides resources and advice to researchers on how to involve members of the public throughout their research. For more information about public involvement and how the RDSY&H can support you check out a pre-recorded introductory presentation available here: Part 1 / Part 2.
If you want to request support from the NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) then they should complete this form and an adviser will get in touch.