The ARC NWC has the mandate to do research that has the potential to reduce health inequalities. To support the collaboration in turning the mandate into reality, the ARC NWC has developed a Health Equity Mainstreaming Strategy (HEMS) and Action Plan, which you may have already read about in a previous edition of the newsletter and certainly heard about it at previous ARCFESTs. Whilst the individual objectives of the action plan may differ if others were to adopt such a strategy, its significance and potential benefits are what the HEMS group would like to communicate.

To that end, the HEMS Public Advisers (HEMS PAs) group developed a concept whereby a building is used to signify the impact of the strategy for an individual research project, which ultimately would extend to the community or the population’s health and wellbeing. Equity is the main pillar that led to the strategy itself and which is our aim. As such it forms the foundations of the building, part of which is Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). If the building represents research and the scaffolding the actions of the HEM strategy, what stands out of the infographic most for you?

The HEMS PAs group would like to extend its gratitude to colleagues from @CollabOutLoud who designed the infographic and helped us reign in our creative ideas in the most efficient way.