Public health research officers
Our public health research officers (PH RMO) perform research that benefits the creative public health cause in Birmingham.
They partner with arts, cultural and heritage organisations with the aim of benefitting:
- individuals
- communities
- organisations
Birmingham City Council promotes this across and our key policies and strategies.
By funding these roles, we aim to increase our ability to have high quality involvement and engagement. This is to ensure that research opportunities and outcomes are accessible to and representative of the people of Birmingham.
We aim to involve and engage with traditionally underserved:
- persons
- individuals
- groups
- communities
- settings
- geographies
Birmingham has high levels of spatial deprivation, deep-rooted poverty, and high social and economic challenges. These impact the elevated levels of disease burden and health inequality across the city.
Public health research officers will enhance existing research and increase new research involvement and engagement work. They will work to address challenges and identify areas with unmet needs within creative public health in Birmingham.
There are many local organisations across Birmingham with excellent engagement and involvement in creative public health. The public health research officers will improve the links between local communities and research.
This will improve access and opportunities for research, particularly with the underserved areas outlined.
The PH RMOs will support these aims and our research and development principles by:
- displaying examples of existing good practice within Birmingham - these have been effective in creative public health and increased research potential
- outlining next steps and future targeted projects to build upon current work
- working with their host organisation to maximise creative public health implementation work
Page last updated: 11 December 2023
