Research Methods

 

The research methods will include:

  • Stakeholder interviews (15)
  • Core themes: Challenges older people living with HIV face, and obstacles to developing effective policies and services to address them
  • Focus groups (6)
  • Core themes: The circumstances, and the psycho-social and other needs/resources, of older people living with HIV
  • Interviews + mental health surveys (90)
  • Core themes: Life history; current health and social circumstances; stigma, social relations and social support; everyday (practical, emotional, social, and medical) management of HIV; and quality of life
  • Supplemental mental health interviews (50)
  • Core themes: Depression, anxiety, and memory

 

Because we are committed to conducting inclusive, sensitive research that represents the HIV community and its concerns, our research is being steered by an active advisory board including service users and advocates whose background and expertise represents the range of informants whose experiences etc. the project seeks to capture. This group, led by Mr. Simon Collins of iBase, is continuously informed of HALL’s progress, and asked for advice and guidance on such important features of the research process as recruitment, the wording of topic guides and information sheets, and dissemination.