Category: Research

Trans Youth Survey 2024

  Trans youth know best: Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey 2024. Are you between 14 and 25 years old and live in Canada? Do you identify as trans or non-binary, or feel your gender doesn’t match your body? You are invited to to participate in this anonymous survey developed by a team of health researchers… Read more »

Substance Use News March 2024

Substance Use News provides a monthly collection of news and resources on the social, medical and political responses to the toxic drug supply crisis and harm reduction. To get the latest toxic drug safety alerts, visit Info for People Who Use Substances page from Toward the Heart. Subscribe to our newsletter for information weekly- scroll… Read more »

Dealing with stigma and its negative impacts on people living with HIV continues to be an important topic of discussion in the PAN network and beyond. Where prioritization could shift in reducing the effects of stigma, however, is to focus on the strengths of people living with HIV. Evidence from the qualitative study, “People with Lived… Read more »

The Connexion Webinar Program Gilead Sciences is pleased to share an invitation to our webinar program, ‘The Connexion.’ We will host a session on health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes. Friday April 5, 2024 9-10 AM Pacific time Please refer to the attached invitation flyer for information on the program, session speakers, and registration. A… Read more »

Updated with on-demand recording   Meet the team, see the vision, and learn how BC’s new STBBI dashboard can support your work. The dashboard team includes community members and BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) staff. This webinar shares their vision for a tool that is easy to use and understand. The dashboard information… Read more »

Intended Audience: Healthcare professionals looking for a syphilis public education resource Community educators looking for a syphilis community education resource People who are sexually active with multiple partners who want to learn more about syphilis People in general who want to learn more about syphilis This blog series specifically focused on periods of time for… Read more »

  One of the most important phases of research is knowledge translation, which is about all the steps taken to create awareness of research activities and findings so they can be put into practice by decision-makers, professionals, and the public. Knowledge translation can be viewed as a mechanism for change. If research information can be… Read more »

From the BC Viral Hepatitis Elimination Roadmap team     The BC Viral Hepatitis Elimination Roadmap Service Mapping Survey has now launched. We are collecting responses to this survey until April 8th, 2024, so please complete it as soon as possible, and share this invitation with anyone else who you think may wish to complete it.  Our ask… Read more »

An interdisciplinary research team that consists of people with cancer prevention, social epidemiology and trans and/or gender diverse (TGD) community research experience is conducting a study! The study is called, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Use in Trans and Gender Diverse Communities in British Columbia. This study will look at alcohol, smoking, vaping, and/or cannabis use… Read more »

Blog Series Part 2: Key Periods for Treating Syphilis

  Intended Audience: Healthcare professionals looking for a syphilis public education resource Community educators looking for a syphilis community education resource People who are sexually active with multiple partners who want to learn more about syphilis People in general who want to learn more about syphilis In this second blog post of the series, we… Read more »

Via BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS We are pleased to invite you to the BC-CfE Update. The focus of this event will be syndemic conditions, including syphilis and other sexually transmitted and bloodborne conditions, and comprehensive care clinical models. This is an open educational event sponsored by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS…. Read more »

Blog Series Part 1: Key Periods for Diagnosing Syphilis

  Intended Audience: Healthcare professionals looking for a syphilis public education resource Community educators looking for a syphilis community education resource People who are sexually active with multiple partners who want to learn more about syphilis People in general who want to learn more about syphilis   In the first blog of the series, we… Read more »