Dr Annie Synnot and Alecia Staines recently presented a webinar for Evidence Synthesis Ireland on Lived experience in living guidelines: Recruiting for diversity.
As it stands, guideline recommendations are not always universally applicable across populations and patient groups and may unintentionally result in poorer health outcomes for people from marginalised groups.
In this webinar, Annie and Alecia describe how they designed, recruited and supported a diverse 16-member Consumer Panel for the LEAPP guidelines. They describe the practical steps they took to reduce the barriers to participation and how they created an inclusive and impactful consumer engagement approach.
To find out more about our pregnancy and postnatal care guidelines, visit our LEAPP living guidelines page.