Over the last 18 months we have been working in partnership as a group of researchers and people living with HIV (two peer researchers and three advisory group members to undertake a co-produced peer research qualitative study exploring the experiences of COVID-19 among people living with HIV. This work is a collaboration between the Patient Experience Research Centre at Imperial College London and Positively UK.
As part of this participatory study, co-researchers undertook training on research ethics, the fundamental aspects of qualitative research, how to conduct and analyse interviews online and emotional wellbeing/safeguarding while undertaking research.