Grant: Catalyst Grant: Patient-Oriented Research

This proposal aims to develop and mobilize partnerships between people with lived experience of vulnerable housing , healthcare professionals and health system administrators to develop a trauma-informed care intervention for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the vulnerably housed. We propose to mobilize these partnerships to develop a theoretical model of trauma informed care for this population as part of the preparation phase of a multiphase optimization strategy (MOST). To do this, we will collaborate with people with lived experience of PTSD and vulnerable house, health professional and health care system administrators to develop a theoretical model that forms the basis of the intervention. This will be informed by the existing literature, clinical experience, secondary analysis of any existing data and any other relevant information. Second, we will mobilize our partnerships with people with lived experience of vulnerable housing and PTSD, healthcare professionals and health-care system administrators to identify the important components of the intervention that they will develop and evaluate through a one-day event. Patient partners will also help the research team decide on the "optimization criteria"; that is, what constraints the intervention is going to operate under. What we are doing that is novel is explicitly incorporating patients lived experience into a MOST strategy. That is, through this proposal, we plan to extend the benefits of the MOST framework by pairing it with the patient-oriented research principles of inclusiveness, support, mutual respect, and co-building. Trauma-informed care is suited to patient-oriented research projects as it emphasizes the importance of understanding a patient's lived experience as the foundation of providing effective care.