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Key Updates:
- We have completed all interviews and focus groups with participants and intervention deliverers.
- We have conducted a focus group with our Young Women’s Advisory Group as part of the public involvement evaluation.
- We have conducted a focus group with members of the research team who are directly involved in public involvement, as part of evaluating public involvement in the study.
What’s Next:
- Our final Trial Steering Committee meeting will be held on 4th March.
- We will send out our final follow‑up measures to study participants.
- We will begin analysing the interview and focus group data we have collected.
Key Updates:
- All session observations conducted as part of the process evaluation have been completed.
- We are currently interviewing participants who have taken part in the study.
- We are preparing for the focus groups we will be conducting with the Young Women’s Advisory Group (YWAG) and the research team.
What’s Next:
- We will hold our focus group with YWAG members on 3rd February.
- We will continue inviting participants to take part in interviews and focus groups.
Key Updates:
- We have interviewed staff members who delivered the faith-based intervention
- We are continuing to interview participants who have taken part in the study
- We have met with the Young Women’s Advisory Group to finalise our data-collection tools for the public involvement evaluation.
Whats Next:
- We will be interviewing staff members who delievered the control intervention sessions
- The team are working on plans for the next stage of the project
Key Updates:
- All intervention and control group sessions are completed now.
- Study is now in follow-up phase; data collection is ongoing.
What’s Next:
- We are organising interviews and focus groups with the staff members who delivered the control and faith-based interventions.
- We will be meeting with the Young Women’s Advisory Group in December to finalise our data-collection tools for the public-involvement evaluation.
Key updates:
- We currently have three intervention groups running in London and one group in Birmingham.
- We held our 7th Young Women’s Advisory Group meeting, which focused on plans for evaluating the impact of public involvement on the study.
- So far, we have interviewed six participants about their experiences of taking part in the study.
What’s Next:
- We are planning to write a “lessons learnt” paper following discussions with our Trial Steering Committee.
- We will begin organising focus groups for intervention delivery staff to share their experiences.
Key updates:
- Recruitment for the IM-Adapted study ended on 30th September.
- Four intervention groups have completed their sessions
- Two new intervention groups are ready to start their sessions
- We held our third TSC meeting on 9th September, where we discussed the next steps for the study.
- We held our first Stakeholder Forum meeting on 16th September, with members from various organisations attended
What’s next:
- We will have our next Young Women’s Advisory Group meeting in October
- We will start to invite study participants to take part in the next phase of the study which includes interviews where they can share their experiences of participating in the study.
Key updates:
- The IM-Adapted study protocol paper has been published – https://rdcu.be/eDBTm
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) and Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds Collaborator) presented the IM-Adapted study at the 2nd International Conference, Applied Research and Data Collection Methods with Hidden, Marginal, and Excluded Populations
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) and Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds Collaborator) held a IM-Adapted study event at Cha Cha Chai (café in London)– there was a great turn out and lots of discussions took place.
- We have started to invite participants from our earlier intervention groups to take part in the next phase of the study, which involves interviews and focus groups.
- We have developed and shared our new study posters
What’s next:
- Our fourth London therapy group will start their sessions soon
- We will be having our third Trial Steering Committee meeting on the 9th of September
- Our first Stakeholder Forum meeting is scheduled for 16th of September
Key updates:
- We have extended our participant recruitment until end of September 2025
- Our first Birmingham therapy group started their sessions on 5th July
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) and one of our YWAG promoted the study at an event in Al-Abbas Mosque in Birmingham
- We have started to invite participants from our first therapy group for the interviews and focus groups
- We had our first in-person team meeting
What’s next:
- We have developed a new study poster which we will be sharing soon with our networks
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) and Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds Collaborator) are planning to hold a IM-Adapted study event in a café in London
- Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds Collaborator) is working on a partnered outreach event (Pilates & Matcha) that will take place in late August
Key Updates:
- Members of the research team were at the Eid on the Square event, where they shared our study flyers
- Members of the research team have gone to East London and Birmingham to put our study posters in local venues such as cafés, restaurants, supermarkets, charity shops, mosques and community centres
- Our Process Evaluation documents (information sheets, consent forms and interview topic guides) have received ethical approval
What’s next:
- We are excited to have our first in-person meeting with the management team and our young women’s advisory group
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) and Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds collaborator) are planning to host an Instagram Live to talk about the IM-Adapted study
- Our third London therapy group will be starting soon
- Our first Birmingham therapy group will be starting their sessions on 5th July
Key updates:
- Our second London therapy group have completed all their sessions
- Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds collaborator) attended the Muslim Researchers Network Nurturing Minds Conference. She shared our study flyers, and lots of interest was generated in the study.
- We have met with young women’s advisory subgroup to review the participant documents and interview/focus group topic guide
- We have submitted our responses to the reviewers’ feedback on our protocol paper
What’s Next:
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) and Safiyah will be attending and taking our study poster to the NIHR ARC East of England Annual Showcase.
- Daksha Trivedi (Chief Investigator) and Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds collaborator) have confirmed a date for being interviewed about the study by ITV News Anglia.
Key Updates:
- Our second London therapy group started their sessions 10th April
- We will be holding our first Stakeholder Forum meeting on 16th September 2025
- We had our 6th YWAG meeting on 29th April and Professor Andy Jones (study Co-Lead) presented on public health
- Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds Collaborator) and Professor Daksha Trivedi (Chief Investigator) were invited for an interview on Unity FM on 22nd April
- We are working on the reviewer comments for our protocol paper
What’s Next:
- We will be attending the NIHR ARC East of England Annual showcase to present our study poster
- We are planning an in-person summer get together with our trial management team and our Young Women’s Advisory group
Key Updates:
- We have extended the study recruitment period until end of June 2025
- Our first London therapy group finished their therapy sessions
- Safiyah Khan (Inspirited Minds Collaborator) and Professor Daksha Trivedi (Chief Investigator) were invited on the Breakfast Show on the Voice of Islam Radio Station on the 26th of March
- We have two new blog posts written by our YWAG members
What’s Next:
- We will have our 6th YWAG meeting on 29th of April
- We will submit an abstract to present at the NIHR Annual Showcase 2025
- Our second London therapy group will start their sessions on 10th of April
Key Updates:
- We have submitted our first annual progress report to the NIHR (study funder)
- Our first intervention group in London started their sessions
- Farzana Karawalli (Public Co-Applicant) presented the IM-Adapted study at various mental health events across London and at a university careers event in Birmingham
- We have attended the BIMA Muslim women event in Birmingham on the 2nd of February to promote our study
- We have a new blog written by one of YWAG members
- We had our second Trial Steering Committee meeting on 26th February
What’s Next:
- Our second for intervention group for London is ready to start soon
- We are planning to hold a stakeholder forum meeting in September 2025
Key Updates:
- Our first group has been randomised and will soon start their group sessions
- We have submitted our protocol paper for publication
- We had our fifth YWAG meeting on the 28th of January focusing on recruitment and had a mini-evaluation session
- We attended the Hyderi Ladies Committee event in South London, where we shared our study video and hosted an IM-Adapted stall
- We have two new blogs written by our Public Co-Applicant: one on guilt and its impact on mental health, and another on her reflections of public involvement
What’s Next:
- Our first group will start their group sessions
- We will have our second Trial Steering Committee meeting on the 26th of February
- Our Public Co-Applicant, Farzana Hirji Karawalli, will lead an event on mental health and resilience at Aston University in collaboration with other Birmingham universities and University of Warwick in February
- We will be attending the BIMA Muslim women event in Birmingham on the 2nd of February to promote our study
Key Updates:
- We attended the One ‘Faith and Health networking Event’ at the House of Commons on the 5th of December, where we discussed the importance of addressing health inequalities and examining ways of improving health of underserved populations
- To keep our participants engaged while they are waiting for a group to be formed we have developed a participant flyer to share with them
- We attended the Beyond Boundaries ABSoc Sisters event at King’s College London, where we set up an IM-Adapted stall and promoted the study
What’s Next:
- Re-scheduling the date for our Stakeholder Forum meeting for the new year
- Submitting our protocol paper for publication
Key Updates:
- We attended the Global Relief Trust and Quranic Insights’ Resilient Minds Mental Health conference on the 2nd of November and had an IM-Adapted stall
- We now have study specific sign-up form available on our website to make the study sign up easier for interested participants
- We had our fourth YWAG meeting on 12th November and focused on Process Evaluation
- We have a blog post written by one of the YWAG members reflecting on the third meeting
- Our first participant consented to taking part in the study on 28th November
What’s Next:
- We have a few community engagement events lined up for the New Year where we will advertise the study
Key Updates:
- Members of our team attended the Global Peace and Unity Festival in East London on the 19th & 20th October to promote the study
- We now have study video available on our website and on YouTube
- Our YWAG members have written blogs reflecting on the first two meetings
- Inspirited Minds has advertised the study via their social media channels
What’s next:
- Continuing to increase awareness about the study through social media and community engagement
- Continuing the stakeholder mapping work
Key Updates:
- Conducted training with members of the IM-Adapted site staff on 11th September
- Conducted Intervention and behaviour training for members of staff who are delivering the intervention on 16th & 17th September
- We opened up for recruitment on the 19th of September
- We had our third YWAG meeting focusing on the IM-Adapted Intervention
- We had a stall and presented the study at the Faith and Health Networking Conference, organised by One Vision, which took place on 23rd September
What’s Next:
- Planning study advertisement with the Inspirited Minds Communications team
- Sharing the final study video on social media and on the study website
Key Updates:
- Intervention delivery staff are in place ready for training
- East London Mosque has been confirmed as an intervention delivery venue
- The Brady Arts and Community Centre will be the non-faith-based venue for delivery
- Green Lane Mosque has been confirmed as an intervention delivery venue
- We held our first Trial Steering Committee meeting on 20th August
- We completed our first round of database user testing
What’s Next:
- Working on the second draft of the intervention manual
Key Updates:
- First draft of the intervention manual developed
- We have been working on setting up a stakeholder forum database using the Making Positive Moves Frameworkfor stakeholder mapping,
What’s Next:
- Producing a study animation video
- We will hold our first Trial Steering Committee in August
Key Updates:
- We are working on finalising the intervention manual
- We had our second YWAG meeting and got feedback about the design of the participant facing documents
- Study logo is under development
- We have received ethical approval from the University of Hertfordshire
What’s Next:
- Finalising the study logo
- Updating the website
Key Updates:
- Our website – im-adaptedstudy.co.uk was made live on 31st May 2024
- We have finalised the Case Report Form to be added on the database
- We have amended the Participant facing documents e.g. Participant Information Sheet, Participant Summary, Consent forms and measures have been amended in light of the YWAG members’ comments.
- We are developing the intervention documents
What’s Next:
- We will have the next YWAG meeting in June to discuss the website and ethics
Key Updates:
- Pashtana Zormati has started as the Research Assistant on the study
- We had our first Young Women’s Advisory Group meeting on the 23rd of April. We focused on introducing the project and shared participant facing documents for them to review
- University of Hertfordshire has done a press release for the IM-Adapted study
- We have now been accepted on to the CPMS Portfolio (ID 55794), the ISCRTN Registry (https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN17842222) and the ARC EOE (MHO LC46)
What’s Next:
- To reach out to organisations, community centres and Mosques
Key Updates:
- We have the website URL confirmed – https://im-adaptedstudy.co.uk/
- We have discussed the development of the study database with the Database Manager at the University of Hertfordshire
- Pashtana Zormati has accepted the offer of the Research Assistant post and joins our study team
- We received 9 applications for the Public Involvement Group and 7 have consented to be involved
What’s Next:
- University of Hertfordshire to release the study press release
Key Updates:
- We have started to collate questionnaires and license agreements for the measures we will use in the study
- The Research Assistant role has been advertised
What’s Next:
- Working towards the project milestones
Key Updates:
- We have been working on a press release
- Met with the website creator and discussed our plans for a study website
What’s Next:
- Preparing recruitment documents for the public involvement group
Key Updates:
- Study start date was confirmed for 1st March 2024
- Study tasks have been listed on REALMS (Research Awards Lifecycle Management System)
- We met with Muslim Youth Helpline who have agreed to support recruitment to the research
What’s Next:
- We will register the study on the ISRCTN registry and upload information onto NIHR portfolio
- Advertise Research Assistant post
- We will meet with Green Lane Mosque and East London Mosque in the new year to discuss recruitment plans
- Develop the public involvement plan
Key Updates:
- We had a Public Involvement Group meeting
- We met with the Clinical Research Network (CRN)
- We have now received the funding letter from the NIHR
- Met with the chair of the Trial Steering Committee
What’s Next:
- Work on referral and recruitment pathways
- Produce a press release
Key Updates:
- We now have a Trial Steering Committee consisting of 6 members including the chair (Prof. Gurch Randhawa, Professor of Diversity in Public Health from University of Bedfordshire)
- We have started to develop our stakeholder forum
- Our public involvement team developed a flyer to invite young women who were interested to be involved in the Public Involvement Group to the event on the 7th of November.
What’s Next:
- Recruit a Research Assistant to join our team
- Complete Risk Assessment
- Prepare documents: Protocol, Participant Information Sheets, Consent Forms etc.
- Complete Ethics Application
- Complete Sponsorship Application
- Develop the Public Involvement Advisory Group.
Key Updates:
- Awarded funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
- We held our first Trial Management Group meeting consisting of all co-applicants.
What’s Next:
- Drafting the study protocol
- Develop the Trial Steering Committee (TSC)