Title: Adding Value - Knowledge Transfer Scheme: Reproductive care for HIV affected men and women: Improving knowledge and understanding among healthcare professionals in relation to the care needs of HIV affected women and their partners from reproductive decision-making to post natal care.
Funder: Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (HSC R&D) of Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland

Abstract: Brief synopsis of knowledge transfer process Phase 1: Educational resource development Kelly’s doctoral thesis will form the basis for identifying the research themes on which the scripts for patient scenarios will be based (Kelly, 2010). The project team will work with an appointed professional production company to develop storyboards based on significant research themes. A series of service user groups (HIV affected women and men recruited via the HIV Support Centre NI) and target user groups ( 2 x midwives and 1 x mixed healthcare professionals representing obstetrics, midwifery and social services) will be set up to further explore and refine these themes and also to review resource development at different key stages. These groups will convene at three times throughout the project’s development phase. The first meeting will explore the development of the content and design, including the scripts for scenarios. Between six and eight months into the project, and prior to the filming of vignettes, the team will return to the service user / target user groups for feedback, which will, in turn, be incorporated into the final stage of resource development. Poster design and corporate image will also be reviewed at this stage. The final meeting with these service user / target user groups will pilot the first resource production. Close scrutiny of usability of the interactive features of the resource will occur at this stage and modifications made by the tool developer prior to final production. Phase 2: Communication Strategy As success of the project is highly dependent on uptake and utilization of the resource by the target audience, the project team will develop and implement a communications strategy to support the launch of the resource and a system to monitor its usage over the first year of its life. Specific knowledge transfer deliverables •An interactive web based educational resource, with accompanying booklet incorporating key medical information alongside patient vignettes derived from research and presented by actors. •A poster campaign to promote pregnancy as a desirable and achievable goal in the context of HIV and signpost professionals to the web based resource. •A series of promotional events across all health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland. •Collaboration between the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, and key stakeholders within health and social services and professional bodies representing key health service staff, aimed at promoting ongoing HIV training and awareness. •Collaboration with UK professional bodies to explore the feasibility of promoting the resource materials to a wider UK audience.


Research activity codes: 7.1 INDIVIDUAL CARE NEEDS;7.3 MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING
Health categories: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND CHILDBIRTH;INFECTION