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PozQoL is the most commonly used quality of life scale by organisations in Australia that provide services to people with HIV.
The PozQoL Scale is the HRQoL scale of choice, used and recommended by Australia’s national and state-based peer-led HIV organisations. PozQoL is also used to measure HRQoL in the HIV Futures Study — a study that informs the Australian National HIV Strategy.
Service providers and researchers in Australia use PozQoL to:
- Evaluate the impact of community and peer HIV programs, such as:
- Peer-led workshops for people newly diagnosed with HIV
- Peer-led retreats for PLHIV
- Peer navigator programs
- Improve the quality of social and welfare support programs
- Improve decision making in case management and clinical settings
PozQoL Stories from Australia
PozQoL and other PROMS recommended by UNSW study for use in clinical and community services working with people living with HIV.
HIV Futures is a survey of QoL among PLHIV in Australia. Project lead, Dr Jennifer Power, talks about the study, and about how PozQoL helps this research.
HIV clinician and researcher Professor Jenny Hoy talks about the benefits of using PozQoL in clinical settings. (Duration: 2m15s)
PozQoL Project Officer Petrina Hilton chats with HIV peer navigator Sarah Feagan about how PozQoL is used to support her work. (Duration: 5m54s)
Queensland Positive People (QPP) use PozQoL to evaluate their Life+ Program, which supports people with living with HIV throughout Qld.
PLHIV organisation, Living Positive Victoria, uses PozQoL to monitor and evaluate their peer programs for people newly diagnosed with HIV.
