[Viva] Fwd: Update on BC CHIWOS activities - Recruitment of Focus Group Participants

Wed Aug 17 22:02:13 PDT 2011

I will be away Aug 24-31.Melanie
 Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:05:35 -0700
From: margaritesanchez at gmail.com
To: viva at lists.resist.ca
Subject: [Viva] Fwd: Update on BC CHIWOS activities - Recruitment of Focus	Group Participants

Hi ViVA gals, Please take a look at the attached recruitment flyer to participate in this National research project on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care of Women Living w/HIV.I know some of the women involved in this focus group and it should be a lot of fun! It is happening in Vancouver on August 26th. If you are interested or want more information contact Allison Carter ajc17 at sfu.ca

Thanks and have a great day!Margarite

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From: Allison Carter <ajc17 at sfu.ca>

Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: Update on BC CHIWOS activities - Recruitment of Focus Group Participants
To: Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>

Dear Margarite,

Espero que esté bien! I just wanted to follow up to this email update below. As Angela mentioned, we have three Pear Research Assistants joining the CHIWOS team for the formative phase of the project. They will all be in Vancouver with us on August 25-26 for a 2-day training session on facilitating Focus Groups. On the 2nd day, we will be conducting a pilot focus group to support their experiential learning. We would like to invite an additional 4 women living with HIV to participate in this pilot focus group. I am wondering whether you might be willing to put the word out to some of your peers and help us recruit 4 participants? I have attached a recruitment flyer that has some more details about the study and contact info. Muchísimas gracias (in advance)!

Best,
Allie
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Allison Carter, BSc, MPH
Phone: 778.388.6177
Email: ajc17 at sfu.ca

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From: "Angela Kaida" <kangela at sfu.ca>

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Cc: "Allison Carter" <ajc17 at sfu.ca>, "Mona Loutfy (Dr.)" <mona.loutfy at wchospital.ca>, "Alexandra Depokomandy" <alexandra.depokomandy at mcgill.ca>

Sent: Tuesday, 2 August, 2011 11:54:43 PM
Subject: Update on BC CHIWOS activities

Dear BC CHIWOS team members,

I hope you are all enjoying our late-but-now-glorious summer!

I am writing to give you a quick update on CHIWOS' "formative research phase" in BC. We have been busy since our delicious Lunch and Launch in April.

The formative phase has focused on:
1. Developing a profile of HIV and women in BC (previously referred to as the environmental scan);
2. Conducting FGDs with women living with HIV to (i) better understand perceptions of the availability, value, and meaning of women-specific HIV/AIDS-related services among HIV-positive women; and (ii) to improve the validity, reliability, and sensitivity of the national survey instrument from the viewpoint of HIV-positive women.

3. Partner relationship building.

As you know, this formative phase was not in the original grant (and thus is under-resourced!) but our team considers this phase critical to the longer term validity and usability of the survey and study findings.

We are currently working to develop the BC Profile (as it's known). This document will include information on the epidemiology of HIV among women in BC, a social determinants of health perspective on HIV and women in BC, availability of women-specific services for women living with HIV in BC, and other relevant topics. Allison Carter (our BC Provincial Coordinator) and I are working on this profile and will be in touch with you for input and to ask if you have any data or documents that would be helpful to this effort. We have ready access to published literature but would be most grateful for any other related reports that should be included in the profile.

The up-coming FGDs will be led by Peer Research Assistants. We are thrilled to have three PRAs join the CHIWOS team for the formative phase of the project. Valerie Nicholson (from Vancouver), Kecia Larkin (from Vancouver Island), and Stephanie Rawson (from Prince George), all cc-ed here, will be travelling to Vancouver on August 25-26 for a 2-day training session on facilitating Focus Groups in the context of women-specific community-based research. Val, Kecia, and Stephanie will conduct the FGDs in their respective regions in September-October. We are also excited to welcome Dr. Saara Greene from McMaster University and Ms. Shari Margolese from Women's College Hospital who will help lead the training. Thank you to members of the Food Security team for helping to put us in touch with our PRAs under such short timelines. In the coming months we will put together a formal PRA Hiring Committee, who will be responsible for advertising, interviewing, and selecting the PRAs for the up-coming survey phase of CHIWOS.

Our next priority step includes hosting our first Community Advisory Board meeting (in CHIWOS, we are defining 'community' to include all project stakeholders, including women living with HIV, ASO representatives, front-line service providers, researchers, and clinicians). At this meeting, we plan to provide a more thorough overview of CHIWOS activities in BC and nationally. Once we secure a date (likely in late September/early October), we will send you a letter of invitation with the necessary and exciting details.

We are aware that you are all very busy people and we are trying to seek your engagement and feedback in a way that genuinely respects your time and other commitments. Please feel free to contact Allie or myself at any time if you have any suggestions about how we can do this more efficiently.

I'll be in touch again soon.

Many thanks and all the best,

Angela.

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Angela Kaida, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University (SFU)

8888 University Drive
Blusson Hall, Room 10522
Burnaby, B.C. CANADA
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Tel: 778-782-9068
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