1. The IMPRESS Health 2 project: Overview of Project Interventions
Dr Mun-Yee Tung
Consultant Physician GUM/HIV
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
25 March 2015

2. Back in the 1980s…….In the United Kingdom
“There is now a danger that has become a threat to us all. It is a deadly disease and there is no known cure.”

3. Back in the 1980s…….In France

4. IMPRESS Health 2 project
Project Partners:
The Health and Europe Centre
Canterbury Christchurch University
Kent County Council Public Health
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Medway Maritime Hospital NHS Trust
Kent Community Health NHS Trust
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D’Amiens
Instance Regionale D’education et de promotion de la sante du Picardie
Association AIDES

5. IMPRESS Health 2 – Implementation phase
The results from the initial research phase have influenced the interventions that have been designed.
Two common themes were identified:
Information is powerful
Importance of educating Healthcare professionals

6. IMPRESS Health 2 – Implementation phase
Design and test new interventions to improve rates of earlier HIV diagnosis in Kent, Medway and Picardy
Public promotional campaign – posters, radio and social media
Promote and increase availability of HIV testing clinics
Educational programme of talks to healthcare professional teams
Educational video on HIV testing
HIV educational training pre and post evaluation*
UK HIV testing week 23rd – 30th November 2014
World AIDS Day 1st December 2014
* where available

7. IMPRESS Health 2 Interventions - Summary
IMPRESS Health 2 is European research project to reduce the rate of late HIV diagnosis in Kent, Medway & Picardy.
The project has helped to highlight the importance of collaborative research and the sharing of best practice.
The presentations that follow will illustrate the range of implementations developed from this project which have been tailored to local needs and requirements.