PAN LONDON HIV PREVENTION ENGAGEMENT EVENTS TUESDAY 12TH & WEDNESDAY 13TH JULY 2011

Public Health INWL are currently undertaking a rapid needs assessment of HIV Prevention (both primary and secondary, excluding disease progression) across London to inform future commissioning of HIV prevention services.

AIM

To gather insights and feedback from key stakeholders on the following questions:

  1. What prevention interventions work?
  2. How do you know they work and at what level (Pan-London, Sector, Borough or Neighbourhoods). What key outcomes to we need to incorporate in evaluating whether an intervention works?
  3. Given the responses from the above questions, which key interventions you would prioritise?

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The events are targeted at:

  • Service users – Gay Men, African and African Caribbean communities
  • HIV positive people
  • Voluntary and Grassroots Community Sector organisations working with Gay Men, African and African Caribbean communities (in particular those providing HIV and other sexual health support services)
  • Clinicians
  • Commissioners
  • HIV Prevention Intervention Providers – this includes current Pan London Providers as well as other London based Prevention Providers

EVENTS DETAILS

Workshop Details (Each workshop will f gather feedback on HIV Prevention Interventions particular to target groups below; all stakeholders are welcome at every session, except the last session which will be for HIV+ people only.) / Date / Time / VENUE DETAILS
Gay Men / Tuesday 12th July / 10.00 – 12.30 / All the workshops will be held at ULU, 12 Malet St, London WC1E 7HY
Lunch and refreshments will be provided
African and African Caribbean Communities / Tuesday 12th July / 2.00 – 4.30
Service Users / Tuesday 12th July / 5.30 – 7.30
HIV+ People / Wednesday 13th July / 10.00 – 12.30

OTHER WAYS TO FEEDBACK YOUR VIEWS:

We would like to provide everyone with the opportunity to feedback their views and insights on HIV prevention interventions. For those who are not able to attend the workshops above, please use the attached template to comment. The deadline for receiving feedback is WEDENSDAY 13TH JULY.

If you would like further information about the raid HIV prevention needs assessment or to reserve a place for one of the above events, please contact Saumu Lwembe at ,

All completed questionnaires should also be returned to Saumu Lwembe at the above email address.

PAN LONDON GAY MEN AND AFRICAN HIV PREVENTION

Template For Gathering Insight From Service Users And Providers.

  1. Given your or your organisations experience, what HIV prevention interventions work?

Please include here interventions you know about, brief description of what it is, who it is for, how it works to prevent HIV

  1. Based on your answer to Q1, how do you know these HIV prevention interventions work?

Please include here any evidence you have, both published research references as well as internal or unpublished reports, as well as your own experience, about the outcomes of the interventions

3. Which interventions work best at what level (Pan-London, Sector, Borough or Neighbourhood) and why?

Please include any evidence or reports on your understanding of why something works best at a particular level

4. What key outcomes do we need to incorporate in evaluating whether an intervention works?

Please include any outcomes or evaluation frameworks you use to monitor the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions, whether published frameworks or from internal reporting

5. Given the responses from the above questions, which key interventions you would prioritise for pan London HIV prevention interventions, and why?

Deadline for returns: 13th July 2011

Please return to: Saumu Lwembe, Public Health Projects Manager

Inner North West London PCTs

15 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JD

Email: ,