Posted On: Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
In 2013, a diverse team of community-based researchers completed the Food Security Study, which explored the relationship between food, nutrition, and health for people living with HIV in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. Recently they published postcards and fact sheets with their study findings. They also shared some of their housing-related data from BC with… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Abbas Jessani, a graduate doctorate student at UBC Dentistry is conducting an oral health needs assessment study for persons living with HIV as a part of his PhD project. He has collaborated with UBC Dentistry to conduct a survey on un-met oral health needs of Persons Living with HIV in British Columbia. To date, we… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
PAN has recently launched a new, online tool to support the building of shared, or common measures for community-based HIV and HCV Organizations in BC. This tool outlines a series of indicators that can be used to measure the contribution community-based HIV/HCV organizations are making to the prevention and care cascade in their region. It is hoped… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
As HIV rates have stabilized, HIV-positive individuals are living longer lives. More and more people today are in relationships where only one of the two people has HIV (an HIV-serodiscordant relationship). While there has been research on living with HIV, far less is known about the issues faced by HIV-serodiscordant couples. Researchers from the Dalla… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Last summer staff and volunteers from PAN had the opportunity to participate in a great event called, Working Together: A Dialogue for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Research Partners. This event was hosted by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Community Based Research Collaborative Centre, a Program of the CIHR REACH Centre, and the CIHR-funded Aboriginal HIV and… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, August 8th, 2016
BC Stigma Index Peer Research Associate (PRA) Job Opportunity JOB DEFINITION: The Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) is presently in the process of hiring four to six Peer Research Associates to assists us with a community-based research project, the BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index, a dynamic research project born out of a community-identified need… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, August 5th, 2016
July 28th marked World Hepatitis Day. World Hepatitis Day is an international event focused on raising awareness about viral hepatitis and works to influence real change in disease prevention and access to testing and treatment. In Canada, there is an estimated 250,000 people living with chronic hepatitis C in Canada, many of them are unaware of their… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
The Canadian Association of HIV Research held its 2016 annual conference from May 11-15 in Winnipeg this year, and for the first time, the Positive Living Positive Homes team was there. Darren Lauscher, peer consultant, and Heather Picotte, study manager, discussed using a visual method in which HIV+ participants map their living space and point… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 27th, 2016
Hepatitis C treatment has changed dramatically in the past few years, with the development of medications that have cure rates of 90% and greater, few side effects and short durations, often just a few months. While these new medications are an exciting improvement, only a small percentage of people who inject drugs are able to… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
On May 10, 2016, Island Health held a symposium on patient-centered research. Dr. Bernie Pauly (RN, PhD; Scholar in Residence, Island Health; Associate Professor, School of Nursing; Scientist, Centre For Addictions Research of BC (CARBC); Provost’s Community Engaged Scholar, University of Victoria), co-presented with Jill Cater, Board Member, S.O.L.I.D (Society of Living Illicit Drug Users) on… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, June 9th, 2016
Written by Micaela Pereira Bajard The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS, www.chiwos.ca) is a community-based research study seeking to measure the use and impact of women-centred care for women living with HIV. The study meaningfully engages HIV-positive women throughout the research process and aims to create new knowledge that can… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, June 6th, 2016
