Engaging Women from Marginalised Communities

Fozia Haider is a Community Bridgebuilder and part of the IMCAN Study Research team at the University of Sunderland. She also is Chair of the NHRP Oversight Committee and will be running the session which focuses on engaging marginalised women in research. She will share examples from her work on the IMCAN Study (Improving Muslim women’s uptake of CANcer screening) and the Women’s Wellbeing Café as part of her role as Community Bridgebuilder in two separate sessions. Fozia will be supported by other colleagues.

IMCAN Study session:

• Dr Floor Christie-de Jong, Associate Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine,  University of Sunderland.
• Dr Rawand Jarrar, Research Associate, IMCAN Study, School of Medicine,University of Sunderland.
• Peer educator (tbc)

The IMCAN Study remains committed to tackling inequalities to ensure everyone, regardless of where they live or their ethnic background, has the best chance against cancer. This 3-year feasibility study  has been funded for 2023 to 2025 by Cancer Research UK to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a co-produced and faith-based intervention to encourage the uptake of breast, bowel, cervical cancer screening among Muslim women in the North East of England and Scotland.

The IMCAN Study remains committed to tackling inequalities to ensure everyone, regardless of where they live or their ethnic background, has the best chance against cancer. This 3-year feasibility study  has been funded for 2023 to 2025 by Cancer Research UK to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a co-produced and faith-based intervention to encourage the uptake of breast, bowel, cervical cancer screening among Muslim women in the North East of England and Scotland.

Women’s Wellbeing Café:

Women’s Wellbeing Café has been providing a weekly programme of cookery classes focused on healthy South Asian cooking. It started as a 6-month pilot and extended for another year.

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