Olivia Sweeney, who is one of the Health Ambassadors, said: It will show the management and support needed to succeed, and the potential for the approach to be tried with other under-served communities. The team also hopes to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the ambassador approach. They will include cooking meals, during which the ambassadors will facilitate a discussion about the participants’ health priorities and concerns, and how they as a community would want to deal with them. The workshops will centre around food and crafts. The ambassadors have planned a series of workshops with migrant communities to explore mental health priorities and ways to address these priorities within these communities. This includes an introduction to public involvement, co-production, enhanced facilitation, and research evidence and methods. The first stage of the project is to identify, adapt and deliver training that the Ambassadors consider important for their new role. The team will adapt and develop the Black and Green Ambassador role and apply it to the context of health research. The scheme connects and empowers diverse leadership and community action on environmental issues in Bristol. The new project builds on the successful Black and Green Ambassador scheme set up by Ujima Radio and Bristol Green Capital Partnership. The project aims to explore using the Health Ambassador approach to working with these communities to promote participation, involvement and engagement. The team includes Associate Professor Andy Gibson, Dr Shoba Dawson, Carmel McGrath, Holly Ayres and three alumni Black and Green Ambassadors Olivia Sweeney, Roy Kareem and Asia Mohyeldeen. In the past they have all too often been overlooked or been subject to one off approaches. It is therefore important to develop meaningful ways to work with these communities. Outcomes may not be generalizable to all communities. There are important differences in how different groups respond to or engage with health interventions. There is lower inclusion of people from these communities in health research. Under-served communities frequently carry the heaviest health burden. It has been awarded funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Centre for Engagement and Dissemination (NIHR CED) and matched funding from NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The community Health Ambassador programme is led by public involvement network People in Health West of England (PHWE). Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusionĪ new project to build community leadership among communities that are often under-represented in health research has been given a £10k boost.Reflections from Chief Operating Officer Lisa King.Bristol Health Partners milestones in 2019-20.Chief Operating Officer Lisa King looks back.Bristol Health Partners milestones in 2018-19.Farewell message from Director David Relph.Health Integration Team funding achievements.The view from Public Health: Becky Pollard.Bristol Health Partners: five years of achievement.The Bristol Health and Care Awards 2016.Realist evaluation: Paramedics in general practice (READY Paramedics).Psychological Therapies in Primary Care (InPsyTe) HIT.Parkinson’s and Other Movement Disorders HIT.Improving Perinatal Mental Health (IMPROVE) HIT.Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) HIT.Early Years Health and Wellbeing (BoNEE).Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).About Avoiding Hospital Admissions (ITHAcA) HIT.
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