Spotlight on community engagement and involvement (CEI): How can power truly be shared with community members?

National Institute for Health and Care Research

With a focus on exploring how power can be effectively shared between researchers and members of the community, host Saumu Lwembe (Assistant Director of PPI and engagement at the NIHR co-ordinating centre, CCF) speaks to Professor Richard Lilford of the University of Birmingham and research groups members, Jayashree Parasheril Kunju and Amar Bahadur Timalsina. They discuss their NIHR funded research on Leprosy and Buruli ulcers in India, Nepal and Nigeria and power sharing within research.
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