Community Engagement and Involvement
Community engagement is central to our project’s impact. Community members were involved in identifying the need for the intervention – Rwanda912 - and we hope to empower patients and community members to form a group for CEI work for this study and beyond.
There are currently no community or support groups for injured patients or their relatives in Rwanda, however the National Council of Persons with Disabilities contains members who have been injured who have been approached to inform the development of this project and to assist in the ongoing CEI work. Based on their input, we have structured our program of work to support and enable stakeholders to engage in evidence-based advocacy for this intervention and general improvement in Injury care in Rwanda. We will base this on the Kingdon agenda setting framework, through which community and health systems stakeholders will convene and engage in structured deliberative processes to enable policy support and recognition for improved injury care based on evidence.
To address the desires of these community members for this study and beyond, we will form an Injured Persons Community Group (IPCG). We will ensure representation of all sectors of society in this group, from those who are leaders in the community to those who are hard to reach. Meetings will be led by the Rwandan CEI lead (Denys Ndangurura) and frequency will vary depending on the stage of the project.
We will involve the IPCG in contextualising the research tools, participating in the study, (via input into the development of the DDSA ), interpreting the results, using Visual Participatory Analysis, and disseminating the findings.
Biographies
Collins Fred Inkotanyi
Collins Fred Inkotanyi
Collins Fred Inkotanyi holds a Bachelor of Biotechnology from the University of Rwanda and currently pursuing an MBA from Edinburgh University and a certificate in project management from Galilee Institute of Management. Collins has more than 10 years of working experience in operations, project management, business development, and community engagement. From working as Health Operations at Zipline, Business Development Manager at Inkomoko Entrepreneur Development (where he oversaw more than 8000 small start-up businesses in refugee camps in Rwanda!), as well as Student Coordinator at These Numbers Have Faces. Collins is passionate about community development, and he strongly believes in social justice, empowering communities, and access to quality healthcare.