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 »
Posted On: Monday, June 22nd, 2015
Mona is a former staff member of PAN. Mona Lee joined PAN in January 2015 as the Greater Vancouver Site Coordinator for the Positive Living, Positive Homes study and went on to become PAN’s Manager of Evaluation. She has a B.Sc. from UBC and a Master’s in Public Health at SFU. What first piqued your… Read more »
Posted On: Sunday, June 14th, 2015
A large, well-designed clinical trial called START has confirmed that by initiating anti-HIV therapy early—when their CD4+ cell counts are still relatively high—HIV-positive people can significantly reduce their risk of developing AIDS, other serious illnesses unrelated to AIDS or dying. According to the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the results from… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
The Canadian Associate for HIV Research (CAHR) 2015 Conference provided a lot of food for thought on Program/Implementation Science. Program Science is the approach that the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS, of which PAN is an active partner, has chosen to adopt for its work. Program science can be defined as promoting “collaboration and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 29th, 2015
Last year, the Institut national de la santé publique du Québec published an expert opinion of the impact of an undetectable viral load on the risk of HIV transmission. At the time, only the Executive Summary was available in English. The full report has now been published in English and is available here: http://www.inspq.qc.ca/pdf/publications/1987_Viral_Load_HIV_Transmission.pdf
