Qualitative Open Mic: Anti-racist Qualitative Health Research - Episode 4 – Mary Sadid on coproduction, racial justice and mental health

In this series, we look at whether, how, and to what extent qualitative health research can contribute towards anti-racism and decolonisation. We take a journey through qualitative research, exploring at how theoretical framing, topic, process, results, sharing findings and impact can contribute to the cause of anti-racism.

In this episode...

Mary Sadid is a Policy Officer at the National Service User Network, with a background in bio-social anthropology with particular interests in intergenerational trauma and forced migration.

In this episode, Mary discusses the ways in which coproduction in qualitative mental health research can benefit racialised minorities. She introduces the importance of coproduction and how it gives people autonomy to label and research themselves and their associated groups. She then discuses inclusivity on different levels, from larger institutions to grassroot and survivor led groups, emphasising that the key to good coproduction is in part building relationships with the people you work with. The conversation ends by exploring embeddedness, and how researchers from outside minority groups can do effective coproduced research by centring voices that have historically been silenced.

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