Developing powerful PPIE partnerships in the design of an inclusive weight management service: a case study from the NewDAWN programme

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Weight loss programmes can help people achieve remission of type 2 diabetes (T2D). People from underserved communities are less likely to participate in—and may experience poorer outcomes from—weight loss programmes than people from healthier populations already better served by healthcare systems. Unless health services including weight management programmes are based on the needs of the people most in need of them, health inequalities may get worse. Here we describe how PPIE—with a specific focus on reaching the most underserved communities—has shaped a new weight management service for T2D remission and impacted the study design, stimulating new ideas to further engagement and enhance outcomes from remission programmes more broadly. We assess our approach against the UK Standards for Public Involvement in Research and the Diabetes UK Addressing Health Inequalities in Diabetes Through Research guidance, and reflect upon achievements and areas for further development.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Mitchell, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-0095 Fryer, K. Newbert, C. Joyce, J. Jebb, S. Aveyard, P. Guess, N.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2025. Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Dates:	Accepted: 3 April 2025 Published (online): 1 October 2025 Published: 1 October 2025
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Medicine and Population Health
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2025 12:04
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2025 12:04
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1186/s40900-025-00709-z
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:232573

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