Grant: Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS

Held in September 2012, the Research, Policy and Advocacy Agenda Setting Summit for Heterosexual Men with HIV was a peer-led meeting of heterosexual men with HIV from across Ontario which identified the research, policy and advocacy priorities of this community. The planning and execution of the summit were notable for the high degree of involvement by a community advisory board (CAB) of heterosexual men with HIV. The overall purpose of this proposal is to bring together heterosexual men living with HIV, community-based researchers, frontline workers and policy makers involved in the funding and delivery of services for people with HIV to promote the dissemination and uptake of the knowledge generated during the summit. We plan to implement a highly structured, community led knowledge translation and exchange approach to: 1) report the findings back to the community of heterosexual men living with HIV; 2) identify key messages from the summit for translation and dissemination to stakeholders involved in the planning of services for persons with HIV; and 3) host the Heterosexual Men With HIV Knowledge Translation and Exchange Forum, an event that will bring together members of the community of heterosexual men with HIV, policy makers, community-based researchers and frontline workers from community agencies to discuss the policy and practice implications of the findings generated from the Research, Policy and Advocacy Agenda Setting Summit for Heterosexual Men with HIV. In addition, we will develop an online community of interest for sharing all documents and information generated from the dissemination events. The CAB have been involved in all facets of the planning of dissemination events and will lead all activities at the proposed events, including delivery of presentations, moderating all discussions, and preparation of fact sheets, reports and presentations for policy makers and knowledge users.