NICHE
A person-centred Needs Informed model of Care for people living with HIV (NICHE), to improve wellbeing, mental health and reduce socio-economic disadvantages and stigma.
Project summary
NICHE aims to develop a new model of care for People Living With HIV, in which regular assessment of psychosocial need is incorporated into routine HIV care, to identify those eligible for a potentially low-cost intervention based on one-to-one health coaching with social prescribing. We adopt a broad definition of psychosocial needs, including mental and physical health and wellbeing; social support and integration; socioeconomic status (housing, financial and occupational) and stigma. Such an intervention could demonstrate improvement in health and wellbeing, reduce risk factors for chronic disease, and potentially be cost effective or cost neutral, particularly by reducing reliance on the NHS and specialist clinical HIV services. Due to the low utilization of primary care by people with HIV, and specifically by more marginalized groups, we have developed this as a secondary-care based intervention.
Key Project Information
Dates: 01/05/2021-01/05/2026
UCL lead/Principal Investigator: Prof Alison Rodger & Dr Fiona Lampe
Partners: UKHSA, LSHTM, KCL, Barts & the London NHS Trust, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, George House Trust, NHSE
Funding: NIHR
Contact: j.sewell@ucl.ac.uk
Website: www.niche.ac
Alison Rodger (PI), Fiona Lampe (co-PI), Andrew Phillips, Colette Smith, Fiona Burns, Lorraine Sherr, Valentina Cambiano, Ada Miltz, Annegret Pelchen-Matthews, Charlie Witzel, Fumiyo Nakagawa - UCL
Richard Harding - Kings College London
Carl May, Lucy Cullin, Andy Briggs, Alec Miners (Source Health Economics) - LSHTM
Meaghan Kall, Valerie Delpech, Adamma Aghaizu, Veronique Martin, Carole Kelly, Clare Humphrey, Alison Brown - UKHSA
Ryan Ottridge, Rebecca Woolley - University of Birmingham CTU
Vanessa Apea - Barts Health NHS Trust
Michael Brady - NHSE/King
Alex Sparrowhawk (PPI Lead) -GHT
David Asboe - Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Andy Ustianowski - North Manchester General Hospital
NHSE: James Sanderson (Director of Personalised Care)
