Empowering refugee voices: Using Nominal Group Technique (NGT) with a diverse refugee Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) to identify health and research priorities in Calgary, Canada
This proof-of-concept study illustrates how refugees can use a rigorous consensus process without external influence to prioritize their healthcare needs, direct a health research agenda to address those needs, and co-produce research. These low-cost participatory methods should be replicated elsewhere.
Authors
- Adanech Sahilie
- Maria Santana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-5952)
- Linda Holdbrook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3790-1633)
- Gabriel E. Fabreau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-7556)
- Mohammad Yasir Essar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-7619)
- Eric Norrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-8061)
- Michael Aucoin
- Rabina Grewal
- Annalee Coakley
- Rachel Talavlikar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-165X)
- Fawzia Abdaly
- Deyana Altahsh
- Olha Horbach
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- O'Brien Institute (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323746
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary