Getting Involved

​In the first part of our project, we will work together with underserved communities to design the intervention and then test it to see if it works in practices. This phase will continue until the end of 2025. Right now, we are in the process of designing the intervention (WP1a).

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For the intervention co-design (WP1a) our aims are to:

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• Co-design an intervention to encourage all eligible people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to attend pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) assessment​

• Support the intervention design with behaviour change theory​

• Include cultural adaptations to support engagement of people from ethnic minority communities facing inequities​ (differences in opportunity)

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To address health inequities, we are working closely with people with COPD from Bangladeshi, African and  Caribbean communities, to understand the barriers they face to engage with PR. This will help us customise the UPTURN intervention to their needs. We are also involving healthcare professionals involved in providing and referring people with COPD to PR.

 

We are currently recruiting the following participants to get involved in the study:
 

• People living with COPD from Bangladeshi, African or Caribbean heritage and their carers
   

• Healthcare professionals involved in PR referral and design and delivery of PR services. Including: practice nurses (respiratory specialists and non-specialists), physiotherapists, GPs, PR providers, and service commissioners