Category: Advocacy, Policy, Public Health

Women who suffered severe sexual trauma as kids benefit most from intervention. A UCLA-led study of HIV-positive women who were sexually abused as children has found that the more severe their past trauma, the greater their improvement in an intervention program designed to ease their psychological suffering. View article on Health Canal here The study, conducted by researchers at UCLA’s… Read more »

Integrating mental health and substance use in HIV is an essential component of  care and support. In BC, the Pacific AIDS Network is leading this initiative – and it is one of the most concerted efforts in Canada to do so.  We are also committed to including HCV in our approach, even though there is… Read more »

The Pacific AIDS Network invites member agency frontline workers to participate in a Mental Health & Substance Use & HIV & HCV Community of Practice.  Our goal is to support and foster individual, community and regional expertise in community-focused mental health.  When: June 27th @ 2:30 3:30 pm Email: [email protected] for the dial in info   Sharing, Collaborating, Learning… Read more »

The first article in a landmark series to help health care workers and providers, donors, and decision makers understand the importance of including mental health care in global health programs is being published in this week’s PLOS Medicine. Giving a global perspective on integrating mental health into health services around the world, the series focuses… Read more »

The Mental Health, Substance Use and HIV/HCV Community of Practice is exploring some exciting opportunities that may have a direct impact on your community. Please read this update and consider joining this network to help shape mental health services and support in your region and community. Our April discussion focused on two main areas: How… Read more »

Check out this new document released by the provincial government on integrated care models for mental health and substance use.       Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to inform planning around the particular program models that are appropriate for individuals with mental health and substance use problems when integrating primary… Read more »

Mental Health, Substance Use and HIV/HCV April 25, 2013 @ 2:30-3:30 To join in simply call:  Toll-free dial-in number: 
 1-866-554-6142 Conference Code: 
 3580419276#   Catch the wave of this new space for learning, sharing and leadership development for Frontline Workers in HIV and HCV. Since we launched this initiative in January, discussions around the… Read more »

2012 was a big year for building on the foundation set by the Mental Health, Substance Use and HIV/HCV Advisory Committee. We are aiming for more meaningful work this year. To review a summary of what we accomplished and where we aim to head this year, please take a look at the Year at a Glance… Read more »

Community of Practice Meeting March 28, 2013 2:30- 3:30 PM Catch the buzz of this new space for learning, sharing and leadership development for Frontline Workers in HIV and HCV. Since we launched this initiative in January, discussions around the CoP are helping to shape this forum to reflect the community of frontline workers across… Read more »

Last week with PAN has been rewarding and inspiring and I want to share a few thoughts about some of the events that occurred.   My PAN week began with the community-based research conference “Knowledge to Action”. I mean, I love CBR for lots of reasons, but mostly because it’s a space that takes research… Read more »

Discussions about Trauma Join us on Thursday, February 28, for our monthly Mental Health and HIV/HCV Community of Practice meeting at 2:30-3:30 PM, for a discussion about Trauma. We held our first conferenced session last month when we launched PAN’s new Community of Practice space for dialogue and connection around mental health. For our next call,… Read more »

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our first CoP discussion last Thursday (January 31 @ 2:30) – and a special thanks to Rosalind Baltzer-Turje from the Dr. Peter Centre for hosting.  We had a great opening discussion and I think we may have all come away with more questions than answers… and this… Read more »