Dissemination plans {31a}
psychosis
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The aims and impact of the RCT will be achieved through a comprehensive communication plan, which will inform the different stakeholders of the research findings and programme outputs. This will ensure that the new knowledge obtained translates into improved health outcomes. Target audiences include (but are not restricted to) people with psychosis and their family members, service commissioners, hospital managers, policy-makers, clinicians, academics and the public. Dissemination activities will include the following:A project specific website has been developed and is regularly updated and we utilise social media (including Twitter, Instagram and blogs) to communicate research findings to a wider audience. Social media within India and Pakistan is increasingly popular as a way of mass communication. We will ensure information is available in different written and visual formats and will include videos outlining the main findings to be uploaded to portals such as YouTube and Instagram to increase reach.The adapted DIALOG+ intervention will be available as an app in the local languages as well as in English. Both the app and training package will be freely available online via the project specific website and the partner organisation websites. The app will be available to download via the app store and play store. Dissemination and knowledge exchange activities focused on services, policy-makers and researchers will increase access to and awareness of these materials.Findings will be published in high-impact peer-reviewed open access journals to maximise impact. Clinicians and early career researchers from Pakistan and India will be encouraged to take the role of lead author as part of the capacity building process.Newsletters and user publications will be produced for clinicians, patients and the public, which will aim to be engaging and appealing to both professionals and lay people. The Lived Experience Advisory Panel will be actively involved in developing lay summaries and ensuring the content is understandable to the local audience.To launch the findings of the intervention and all associated materials, we will hold dissemination and knowledge exchange events inviting different stakeholders including academics, clinicians, policy-makers, service managers, patients, carers and the local community.Senior and junior researchers will be encouraged to present findings at national and international conferences.The co-applicants and ISC will use their existing networks (with links in commissioning, policy-making, quality improvement and service development) to disseminate the findings and online materials. The two WHO collaborating centres (SCARF and QMUL) will make use of this status and actively engage the regional officers in the dissemination activities.