Posted On: Saturday, March 24th, 2018
As many of you know, the Positive Living, Positive Homes (PLPH) study has been actively sharing its findings in its final research phases. One of the ways we have been sharing findings is through holding gatherings at various community-based organizations that helped and supported us throughout the study. We recruited participants living with HIV at these… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 16th, 2018
This survey is designed for individuals living with HIV/HCV/STBBIs in Canada who have participated in or may be interested in accessing rehabilitation and wellness services/programs at community-based HIV organizations. Realize would love to hear about your experiences, preferences and needs accessing these services and programs at community-based HIV/HCV/STBBI organizations. This anonymous survey will help Realize… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Substance Use News, March Those that live or work in the Vancouver area have a variety of drug checking options available to them in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). The added good news is that the province has made drug checking available beyond the DTES too. Drug checking options in the Downtown Eastside In late… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the project, Making It Work (MIW) is an Indigenous-focused, community-based research project in British Columbia co-led by PAN and the AHA Centre at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). It’s been several years in development, born out of conversations within the community when looking at the… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
BC patients and primary care providers invited to shape future research Have you ever been to a family doctor or a walk-in clinic in BC? If so, the British Columbia Primary Health Care Research Network (BC-PHCRN) would like to hear from you. This applies to caregivers too! The PREFeR (PRioritiEs For Research) Project is carrying out… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
What is LHIVE Healthy? LHIVE Healthy is web-based research conducted across Canada. It aims to evaluate if tailored web-based interventions are effective to help people living with HIV (PLHIV) make healthy choices like smoke less, do more physical activity and eat better. Making such choices helps to reduce the risk of developing other diseases… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, March 1st, 2018
The Positive Living, Positive Homes study is now in its final phases of knowledge sharing! Over the next several weeks, look on the PAN website and in your PAN e-news for findings from this innovative, community-based research study that’s been active in Prince George, Kamloops, and Greater Vancouver since 2015. Today we present the “data… Read more »
Posted On: Saturday, February 17th, 2018
Researchers from Dalhousie University and Nine Circles are working on a CIHR-funded study, Moving Beyond Piloting POCT: A Social Ecological Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling up HIV Point-Of-Care Testing (HIV POCT) in Canada. Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan (Dalhouise) and her team devised this study to determine the number of HIV Point-Of-Care (POCT) pilots that were created… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Share your experience and enter to win a $100 gift card In British Columbia income assistance is paid once a month to all recipients on the same day, generally the last Wednesday of the month. This day is often known as ‘Cheque Day’. There has been a lot of research, and acknowledgement from… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 19th, 2018
PAN’s community based research (CBR) projects are guided by collaboration, change, and inclusion. CBR begins with needs identified by a community and includes people in the community on the research team. Research questions are developed, answers are sought, and findings are brought to the community so they may use the information to educate and advocate for… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 12th, 2018
Because we know you are committed to having the best sex with the least risks, we want to introduce you to an online questionnaire about sex, health and relationships. This is a repeat of the EMIS survey that happened across Europe in 2010. EMIS-2010 recruited more than 180,000 men and is still the biggest survey… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 11th, 2018
A needs assessment, led by the Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN), will help us better understand the needs of people throughout BC in terms of information about hepatitis C. The final report will be made available on the PHCN website and will be sent to stakeholders via various E-News services and will be used… Read more »
