Series on public involvement and engagement published in European Journal of General Practice

Earlier this year, the European Journal of General Practice published a four-part series on public involvement and engagement in research.

Articles for this series have been provided by those working across Primary Care Research, including researchers, clinicians, and public involvement and engagement professionals.

Each article focuses on a different topic related to involvement and engagement and highlight opportunities for public involvement and engagement in primary care. 

You can read each of the articles below: 

• Part 1: The fundamentals of public engagement with research

The first of the four-part series describes the fundamentals of public engagement in primary care research to encourage, inform and improve the researcher’s awareness about public engagement in research. 

• Part 2: GPs and primary care researchers working inclusively with minoritised communities in health research to help address inequalities

Building on part one, article two, discusses the importance of primary care research engaging with minoritised communities. In the article, the authors discuss the barriers to engagement with these communities and provide suggestions to overcome these.

• Part 3: Sharing power and building trust through partnering with communities in primary care research

Part three of this series, discusses potential strategies to support primary care researchers in working in partnership with the public and healthcare professionals.

• Part 4: Maximising the benefits of involving the public in research implementation

The final article in the four-part series focuses on the often neglected yet important role of the public when implementing research in General Practice and Primary Care more broadly.