Positive Voices is a survey of the lives, experiences, and health care needs of people living with HIV in the UK led by Public Health England in collaboration with University College London and Imperial College London. The survey was conducted from January – September 2017, and over 4,400 people living with HIV took part nationally. Watipa is collaborating on the analysis of the survey results.
Results have been presented at the British HIV Association conference in Edinburgh (April 2018), and and the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam (AIDS 2018, July 2018). Positive Voices work has also been published in the World Health Organisation (WHO) good practice compendium in August 2018 (pg. 19).
International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam (AIDS 2018, July 2018):
- Health conditions and use of medications by people living with HIV: the Positive Voices 2017 survey
- Development of a nationally representative HIV patient survey: Experiences from the Positive Voices survey in the United Kingdom
- Social and welfare inequities in people living with HIV in England and Wales: results from Positive Voices 2017
- Prevalence of diagnosed depression and anxiety in adults living with HIV in England and Wales compared to the general population
- Experiences of people attending their HIV specialist and GP services in England and Wales in 2017
- Health-related quality of life of adults living with HIV in England and Wales: a utility analysis of EQ-5D-5L compared to the general population
The collaboration also includes a community led project that is a themed analyses and adding depth through stories to the data set provided from the survey. It is a partnership with Positively UK, National AIDS Trust and Watipa. Dissemination of results and further publications forthcoming in 2018.
For further information contact watipa.cic@gmail.com.