Co-creation of a patient engagement strategy in cancer research funding

Table 1 Demographics

	Core strategy development team	Validation—key informants	Validation—survey	Validation—advisory council
Total N	6	8	166	13
Gender (man/woman/non-binary/two-spirit/prefer not to say⁺)	3/3/0/0/0	1/7/0/0/0	46/115/0/0/2	8/5/0/0/0
Cancer experience (patient/caregiver)	2/2	7/1	147/11	0/1
Researcher* (n)	2	2	3	13
Underserved community representation** (n)	Rural and remote (1), young adult (1)	Black (2), South Asian (1), East Asian (1), francophone (1), rural and remote (2), young adult (1)	Black and racialized groups (25), francophone (27), rural and remote (50), young adults (10)	East Asian (1)

⁺The question on gender also included the option to self-describe. No respondents chose this option
^*Researcher denotes an individual that conducts research as part of their daily work or career
^**Young adult is defined as an individual who was diagnosed with cancer between ages 15 and 39
Some survey respondents opted not to disclose gender or other identity information (demographic questions were optional)

ISSN: 2056-7529