Nothing about us without us: community development as human resource development

‘Nothing about us without us’: embedding participation in peer review processes

“…Since that time, the concept of active participation of services users and consumers has been increasingly recognized as important in health care. This idea of nothing about us without us has been taken up in relation to many consumer groups and targeted services (see for example: Frawley & O’Shea, 2020; Mathews, 2021; Nwaba et al, 2021; Oldfield, 2021; Orser et al, 2021; Funnell et al, 2020). The strategies for meaningful inclusion identified by these researchers are particularly important when considering policy, research and services affecting marginalized and minoritized groups.…”