Meaningful engagement of lived experience in diabetes research and health service improvement: A rapid review of barriers to and enablers for community involvement among adults with type 2 diabetes
Authors' conclusion
These findings suggest key considerations to support more inclusive, representative and impactful involvement of people with diabetes
Study context
- Population
- Adults with T2D involved in diabetes research and health services (consumer and community involvement)
- Outcome
- Barriers to and enablers of CCI in research and health services for people with T2D
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Key barriers: negative past experiences of consumer and community involvement (CCI), lack of tailored CCI approaches and experiences of diabetes stigma
- Enablers: building professional-community partnerships; facilitating genuine contribution and collaboration through safe and inclusive environments, valuing community expertise and co-sharing of power and ownership of projects
- Strategies drawn from studies of culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse populations; literature largely limited to high-income countries
Original publication
Meaningful engagement of lived experience in diabetes research and health service improvement: A rapid review of barriers to and enablers for community involvement among adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med. Published 20 March 2026. doi:10.
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