Category: Research

What supports housing and health for people living with HIV in BC? Positive Living, Positive Homes Study Findings

Posted On: Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

PAN is pleased to announce the launch of our new whiteboard video, “What supports housing and health for people living with HIV in BC?”, as part of our ongoing knowledge translation and sharing of findings for our community-based research study, Positive Living Positive Homes (PLPH). We decided to develop this whiteboard explainer video to help… Read more »

HIV/Hepatitis C Services Providers Survey

Posted On: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Options for Sexual Health is doing a Provincial assessment of services providers for women (inclusive of all women) who are at risk or living with for HIV and/or hepatitis C infections.  We would appreciate if you could take a moment to fill our survey by May 15th, 2019.  In addition please pass it on to… Read more »

Safer Spaces: Gender & Overdose Prevention Site Access

Posted On: Friday, April 12th, 2019

The Safer Spaces: Gender & Overdose Prevention Site Access project was a partnership of AIDS Vancouver Island and the Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative in Ontario.This project examined how women use Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS) and what makes OPS more or less accessible to women. Between June and August 2018 surveys were conducted at 5 OPS:… Read more »

The Cost of Living: the Lower Mainland’s Affordability Crisis and PLPH

Posted On: Friday, April 12th, 2019

Living in the Lower Mainland means a hyper-awareness of the housing affordability crisis. It is impossible to ignore the uncomfortable reality that the Lower Mainland is an expensive place to live. Similarly, in Positive Living, Positive Homes (PLPH for short), a community-based research study, it became evident that the housing affordability crisis in the Lower… Read more »

Transitions Into and Out of Correctional Facilities (UWW Seminar)

Posted On: Friday, April 12th, 2019

Universities Without Walls seminar 9: “A narrative inquiry study into the experiences of transitions into and out of correctional facilities in Alberta for people living with HIV”   Date: Monday April 15th, 2019. This is an online event and you must register in advance. Time: The registration will tell you to log on next Monday, April… Read more »

Community Forum: HIV Stigma, Disclosure, Criminalization and Access to Care

Posted On: Monday, April 8th, 2019

Positive Living BC presents their latest Community Forum: HIV Stigma, Disclosure, Criminalization and Access to Care: Findings from the Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Women’s Longitudinal Needs Assessment (SHAWNA)   Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Time: 5:30 pm – 8:00 PM Location: Chateau Granville Best Western – 1100 Granville Street (@ Helmcken) in Vancouver   Presenters:… Read more »

Smash HIV Stigma: seeking serodifferent couples across Canada

Posted On: Monday, April 8th, 2019

CATIE, Canada’s leading source for HIV information, is developing a new HIV awareness media campaign. CATIE seeks the participation of magnetic couples (wherein one member is HIV+ but the other isn’t) of all sexualities, genders and races. The project aims to educate Canadians that people who are effectively treated for HIV do not pass the virus… Read more »

Take part in LHIVE Healthy Study

Posted On: Friday, April 5th, 2019

Submitted by LHIVE Healthy  The LHIVE Healthy Study recruitment period has been extended to March 2020. Interested in taking part? Would you like to  … Exercise more? Eat better? Smoke less?   A web-based study is currently looking for someone like you!   LHIVE Healthy is a study that aims to find out if web-based… Read more »

New Horizons for Seniors Program Seeks Input

Posted On: Saturday, March 30th, 2019

Does your organization work with seniors? The New Horizons for Seniors Program is looking for feedback on their funding process. They are looking for input from organizations comments on the application process whether or not you have applied for funding.   The New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) provides funding opportunities for organizations across Canada… Read more »

Take part in PEIRS (Patient Engagement In Research Scale) study

Posted On: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Please find attached the poster for the PEIRS (Patient Engagement In Research Scale) study. The study is focused on validating PEIRS as a tool. The study is still looking to recruit patient partners who are able to communicate in English for an online survey. Please feel free to share with your contacts. Want to take… Read more »

Survey: BCCDC Injectable Hormone Supply Distribution

Posted On: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Help the BC Centre for Disease Control improve access to harm reduction supplies for injectable hormone therapy. An online survey on accessing gender affirming harm reduction supplies (needles, syringes, etc.) for trans, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse folks in BC. Completed surveys will be entered into a draw for $25 gift cards. Questions? Email [email protected] Survey closes… Read more »

“Time goes flying away”: How housing insecurity affects time for health

Posted On: Friday, March 15th, 2019

As I read through interviews from Positive Living Positive Homes (PLPH) (a community-based research study that explores experiences of people living with HIV on HIV and housing over time), one thing that has struck me is the way that unstable housing can affect people’s experience of time. Many people have shared that when they do… Read more »