Posted On: Sunday, August 9th, 2015
In the past decade reports have suggested that some HIV-positive people are at heightened risk for aging-related issues including the following: heart attack stroke some cancers severe organ injury and dysfunction fractures This has led some researchers to theorize that perhaps HIV infection is associated with accelerated aging. A team of researchers in Denmark has… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
SFU – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded a $6.5-million grant to Simon Fraser University health sciences researcher Robert Hogg. The award is among the CIHR’s inaugural Foundation Grants totaling $409 million. They have been presented to 150 established and new investigators to support a wide spectrum of innovative research programs during… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
A new paper written by researchers from the OHTN, the AIDS Bureau, U of T and St. Michael’s Hospital has shown that community-based HIV prevention programs help avert new infections and save health care dollars. Here are some key findings: From 1987 – 2011, community-based prevention programs averted 16,672 new infections and saved the Ontario… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 20th, 2015
Despite high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who use street drugs, access to treatment for HCV is very low for this population. Studies in Canada and the U.S. have shown that less than 1% of people with HCV who inject drugs access treatment. A number of barriers to HCV treatment have… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015
We would like to bring to your attention a great new resource created by Terry Howard, Director of Community-Based Research at Positive Living BC : Peer Worker Support Project: Developing Industry Support Standards for Peer Workers Living with HIV. The need for this resource, which develops an industry standard of support tools to be used when employing people… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 13th, 2015
Posted On: Monday, July 13th, 2015
You can participate in this study from anywhere in Canada! What is the e-wHEALTH Intervention? The e-wHEALTH (electronic – Women’s HIV Empowerment And Life Tools for Health) program is a web-based version of the wHEALTH Intervention offering women living with HIV on-line peer case management support. This intervention is aimed at reaching those women who… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 13th, 2015
Background In the province of BC we have a public healthcare system in which all residents use and pay for healthcare. In Vancouver Coastal Health we experience individuals not showing up for scheduled appointments, for treatment or tests, or cancelling less than 24 hours before the appointment time. Each time this occurs there is a negative… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Authors: Olivier Ferlatte12*, Joshun Dulai2, Travis Salway Hottes23, Terry Trussler2 and Rick Marchand2 Background While several studies have demonstrated that gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of suicide less attention has been given to the processes that generate the inherent inequity with the mainstream population. This study tested whether syndemic theory can explain… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, July 9th, 2015
We’re excited to announce that The Learning Place for Community-Based Research has partnered with the Faculty of Education at York University to launch a professional certificate program. Tools for Community-Based Research (CBR) is a 5 week, 25 hour course that incorporates self-directed education modules, live online discussion and in-person seminar discussions to get you ready… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, July 6th, 2015
This blog was published in 2015. Its title has been changed to reflect Janice’s expanded role to Director of Evaluation and Community-Based Research. Janice Duddy is the Manager of Evaluation with the Pacific AIDS Network – in partnership with the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH). Janice started working with PAN in August 2013 as the… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
Devyn is a former staff member of PAN. Devyn Flesher, PAN’s Prince George Site Coordinator for the Positive Living Positive Homes study, is a 2nd year graduate student at the University of Northern British Columbia, pursuing a Master’s Degree in Gender Studies. Her Master’s thesis focuses on representations of female sexuality in the Twilight Saga… Read more »
