Grant: Dissemination Events

We will disseminate the research results of the "Creating Our Families (CoF) Project: A pilot study of the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people accessing Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) services in Ontario" to our two key audiences: AHR service providers and LGBT prospective parents. Drawing on our project's qualitative research and interviews, advisory committee expertise, consultations with AHR clinicians, LGBT community members, LGBTQ researchers and service providers, we will engage in a process of sharing and discussing our research results in order to develop key, evidence based messages. These will draw from the results of the study, the existing literature, clinician experience and LGBT community knowledge. We will use interactive or "forum" theatre, an art-based knowledge translation approach, to disseminate our research results. In forum theatre, audience members are shown a mini-play, which in this case would be about a client-service provider interaction, and the audience is given the opportunity to interact with the play, by having members step into the play to change, add or improve what is going on in the scene. Forum theatre sketches will be used with AHR service providers to engage them in discussions about how to provide culturally competent care for LGBT people. They will be used with LGBT people to build skills for self-advocacy in accessing AHR services. This project will result in improved health care service delivery and more equitable access to AHR services for LGBT people in Ontario.