Resources for researchers
Welcome to our Resources hub. This page will point you to tools, templates, guidelines, documents, training resources from us and our external links- that are relevant to improving research practice and community engagement in health and care research. We will aim to update this page periodically.
The Guidance for accessible and inclusive events | This Guidance offers practical measures to be considered by the event organiser. They are measures that would serve to increase accessibility for all people attending, thus making events more inclusive. | Accessible and Inclusive Events Guidance (ethnichealthresearch.org.uk) | Ethical Health Research |  |
Palliative Care- Shifting the focus from equality to equity film | This film is part of an online training focusing on the needs and experiences of ethnically diverse patients and families at the end of life. The aim of this free online training is to improve understanding of how to deliver equitable care to these groups. | Palliative Care-Shifting the focus from equality to equity (film) | The Cicely Saunders Institute- King's College London (CSIKCL) |  |
The Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Toolkit | The 'Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Toolkit' is designed to improve equality analysis, practice and outcomes. This process helps to ensure that groups and individuals who are disadvantaged and underrepresented are visible in the research process. | Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Toolkit | arc-em.nihr.ac.uk | NIHR ARC East Midlands |  |
The Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit | The (HIAT) aims to support people to integrate an intersectional equity lens into research, and consider how people with lived experience and policy or practice expertise can help in this process. | HIAT – FOR-EQUITY (forequity.uk) | For Equity |  |
The Equity Thermometer and Screening tool | This tool can be used on its own or in conjunction with the screening tool to support individual research studies or whole organisations identify current equity sensitivity, monitor progress, and/or communicate their equity journey. | Thermometer and Screening Tool – FOR-EQUITY (forequity.uk) | For Equity |  |
More resources
- The Equity Guidance Inventory is based on a systematic review of published resources such as tools or guides aiming to strengthen the equity focus of health research.
Ensuring ethnic diversity in research – advice for researchers - Centre for Ethnic Health Research shares some tips for researchers on how to successfully involve people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in health and care research, including COVID-19 research.
Lab access guidelines by the University of East Anglia provides guidelines on enhancing accessibility (Includes Structural, Equipment, Protocol, Dissemination, and Working Practices Access Guidelines).
ROBINS-E is a new tool for assessing risk of bias in observational studies -Bristol Biomedical Research Centre.