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Fostering Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) is more critical than ever in today's healthcare landscape. These principles accelerate equitable treatment, enhance patient trust and satisfaction and improve patient outcomes, ultimately leading to better overall health and wellbeing of the population.

The BHBIA is committed to empowering our members to build inclusive teams, deliver insights that represent diverse perspectives and incorporate best practices into all our activities. Our DE&I Committee leads our work in this area.

Exploring Menopause

Creating an inclusive business intelligence community means recognising life stages that can shape people’s wellbeing and working lives. This resource page below brings together lived experiences, practical insight and guidance to support open conversations and more supportive workplace cultures. By increasing understanding and awareness, we can help create environments where individuals are better supported and able to contribute at their best.

Exploring Neurodiversity 

This section brings together personal stories, practical resources and expert perspectives to help researchers better understand the experiences of neurodivergent individuals in healthcare and research settings. By increasing awareness and encouraging inclusive design, we can create better experiences for participants and generate richer, more meaningful insights for the industry.

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Menopause in Focus

Menopause Conversations: Stories From Our Community

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CIPD: Menopause in the Workplace Guide

Practical guidance for people managers on supporting women through menopause and making workplace adjustments.

Colour of Research (CORe)

Colour of Research (CORe) advocates for the inclusion of ethnic professionals in the market research industry and drives to bring about more diversity

Cultural intelligence training and other resources from Common Purpose

A not-for-profit organisation that promotes 'Cultural Intelligence (CQ), the ability to cross divides between geographies, generations, sectors, specialisations, backgrounds and beliefs and thrive in multiple cultures.'

Diversity & Inclusion - resources from cultureamp.com

This organisation provides employee engagement, performance and development tools, including a downloadable booklet: '6 actionable areas to improve DEI in your workplace'.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Life Sciences - Informa Connect (2022)

A large study asks life sciences professionals worldwide how diverse and inclusive they feel their industry truly is.

Embracing Equality and Diversity - Irwin Mitchell podcast

This podcast discusses studies that demonstrate the commercial benefits to businesses that embrace equality and diversity as part of their model or structure.

Gender health equity: From talk to action (May 2024)

Hear about the work Ipsos are doing to explore why discussions about the gender health gap haven’t translated into action, the focus of a workshop at BHBIA’s annual conference 2024

Guidelines for Inclusive Recruitment for Market Research Studies

The BHBIA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Committee has created these guidelines for pharmaceutical clients, market research and fieldwork agencies to conduct inclusive market research and ensure the final insights accurately reflect the targeted population.

Inclusion, diversity and equality in the market research sector - MRS report (2021)

This report found widespread recognition of diversity and inclusion challenges within the market and social research industry and an appetite for change.

Industry Event Accessibility Guidelines - 214.31 KB

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide best practice guidelines and support pharmaceutical clients, market research and fieldwork agencies in delivering accessible events by considering possible access needs.

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