NDLI: Encouraging diversity in family engagement in research: Reflections on the development of knowledge translation tools

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Mah, Janet W. T. Nickerson, Katie
Abstract	Background Family engagement in research is crucial to generating relevant, impactful, and meaningful priorities and outcomes. Although there has been increased awareness and value for patient-oriented research, most patient partners in North America are from Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic societies. Encouraging underserviced and marginalized populations to join the partnerships is important. This project demonstrates the development of two knowledge translation tools created to encourage diversity in patient-family and researcher partnerships. Case study Our diverse cross-Canadian team embodies the family-researcher partnership as it consists of two research personnel from non-Western origins with immigrant experiences, a parent with lived experience, and a project director. All group members have experience in the field of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. Four infographics were created: 3 patient-oriented ones (in English, Chinese, and Farsi) and 1 researcher-targeted one. Content for the infographics were generated to address common barriers to patient engagement identified from literature reviews, as well as key concepts discussed during the McMaster University Continuing Education Family Engagement in Research Certificate Course sponsored by CanChild & Kids Brain Health Network. Peer consultations helped to improve the infographics to be more culturally sensitive and appealing. The patient-oriented infographic presents concise bullet points about 5 main topics: (1) what is research, (2) reasons to join, (3) your role, (4) talking to researchers, and (5) how to join. The researcher-targeted infographic presents concise bullet points about 4 topics: 1) why team up with diverse patient partners, (2) ways to partner, (3) how to connect, and (4) talking to diverse partners. Conclusion Infographics were co-designed to encourage diversity in family engagement in research. Lessons learned throughout the project include barriers encountered (e.g., team collaboration considerations, design limitations) and strategies that facilitated the project (e.g., online collaboration platforms). Future directions include translations into other languages, increased dissemination across agencies, and evaluating the effectiveness of the infographic tools.
Related Links	https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40900-023-00486-7.pdf
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Page Count	7
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ISSN	20567529
DOI	10.1186/s40900-023-00486-7
Journal	Research Involvement and Engagement
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-10-13
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Medicine Public Health Family engagement Diversity Partnerships Patient-oriented research Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Subject	Health Professions Health (social science)

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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