Welcome to the HIV PPI map
People with lived experience of medical conditions can provide valuable input for research projects to ensure that they are relevant and adapted to their needs. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) is the process whereby patients and members of the public work alongside researchers, from the definition of research priorities, grant writing, study conceptualization, research tool development, results interpretation, through to dissemination. Increasing evidence highlights how PPI can improve research in terms of patient relevant outcomes, project implementation, acceptability of the proposed intervention and participant recruitment and engagement. Further, funders and publishers increasingly require PPI as an integral part of a research project.
And so does the Swiss HIV Cohort Studies (SHCS). For each SHCS nested project funding proposal, a description of how PPI will be applied in the proposed project is required.
This hands-on, easy-to-search, continuously growing online evidence map aims to help researchers implementing PPI in their own HIV research project.
Share your examples of PPI with us via this template, and we will add them to this site.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments.