Broadening the Lens – What can we Learn from Other Complex Conditions for Successful Ageing with HIV? (2018)

The Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London and the Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CIHRRC), hosted the Broadening the Lens Symposium on Friday November 9, 2018 in London, UK. The Forum was funded by a Fellowship from the British Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences.

Aim of Symposium was to advance knowledge and partnerships in rehabilitation in the context of HIV across complex chronic and potentially episodic conditions.

Key Areas of Focus included:

  • Evidence on effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions and knowledge exchange · Outcome measurement issues
  • Rehabilitation service delivery innovations
  • Priorities and strategies for moving forward – Where are we going to go from here and working towards a collaborative grant proposal.

The Symposium brought together 77 stakeholders, including researchers, community leaders, clinicians, research and health professional trainees, and people living with HIV from the United Kingdom (UK) (n=74), Canada (n=2), and Ireland (n=1) to exchange research evidence related to rehabilitation, HIV and complex chronic disease. Thirteen speakers were invited to present on research related to the role and evidence for rehabilitation using HIV as an exemplar, role and evidence for rehabilitation in other complex chronic diseases, and advancing patient-reported outcome measures in rehabilitation implementation science research.

For more information on the above Broadening the Lens Symposium at King’s College London (November 2018), see below.

Video Presentations: access all the video presentations from the Broadening the Lens Symposium on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist

Report: Access the Final Report for the Symposium the report, published online February 28, 2019: https://cihrrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Report-Broadening-Lens-Symposium-FINAL-CIRCULATED-Feb-28-2019.pdf

Publication: O’Brien KK, Brown DA, Corbett C, Flanagan N, Solomon P, Vera JH, Aubry R, Harding R. AIDSImpact Special Issue – broadening the lens: recommendations from rehabilitation in chronic disease to advance healthy ageing with HIV. Volume 32. 2020.  AIDS Care. Issue Sup2: DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1739203

Funding: The Symposium was funded by a Fellowship from the British Academy.