MOESM2 of How to help researchers in palliative care improve responsiveness to migrants and other underrepresented populations: developing and testing a self-assessment instrument

Additional file 2. Self-assessment instrument Diversity responsiveness in palliative care projects. The aim of this self-assessment instrument is to help researchers establish a project responsive to the diversity of the palliative care patient population. It helps to assess your project’s responsiveness at present and identify areas for improvement. The instrument is structured according to three project stages: 1) the project set-up; 2) the project execution; 3) project follow-up. By means of 23 diversity responsiveness measures you assess your project’s responsiveness at present. Every measure has three response options indicating the level of implementation in the project (no, partially, completely). You can specify actions for improvement on each measure. This self-assessment instrument has been developed as part of the project “Palliatieve zorgprojecten langs de diversiteitsmeetlat”, an implementation project of the program Palliantie. Meer dan Zorg funded by The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development. The development of self-assessment instrument is based on the standards for equity in healthcare for migrants and other vulnerable groups [13] and additional of literature research, expert consultation and a usability study.