Posted On: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
The North American Housing & HIV/AIDS Research Summit VII is taking place September 24 to 27 in Montreal. Save the date! The Housing & HIV/AIDS Research Summit Series provides a unique interdisciplinary forum for presentation and discussion of new findings on the role of housing in HIV prevention and care. Now in its seventh year,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 4th, 2013
HIV and Aging: An Environmental Scan of Programs and Services in Canada Please join the PROJECT TEAM! Click here to download this announcement. The Project Team will be composed of: • Universities without Walls Fellow Charles Furlotte • People living, and aging with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) • Mentors, Le-Ann Dolan and Glenn Betteridge (CWGHR) • National… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, February 4th, 2013
The BC CHIWOS (Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study) Team is officially transitioning to the second phase of CHIWOS, the national survey phase, where they plan to enroll 350 women living with HIV from across British Columbia into their study beginning in May 2013. In anticipation of roll-out in May, they are now initiating a… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, January 21st, 2013
The New Year has certainly come in like a gale-force wind, with many things to consider as the HIV/AIDS research world ponders next moves. Dissemination, translation and exchange of new findings continues to shape the way that we understand HIV in our country, and this month’s “review of what’s hot” shares some new reports and… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Application deadline: February 15, 2013 The REACH CBR Collaborative Centre in HIV/AIDS aims to foster rigorous, relevant community-based resarch that will improve the health and well-being of people affected by HIV in communities across Canada. While the Centre is national in scope, it aims to be highly responsive to provincial and regional needs through regional… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 10th, 2013
AIDS Vancouver’s 30 year anniversary in the summer of 2013 is fast approaching. The team from Be the Change Group Inc., has been contracted to help showcase the incredible 30 year journey of AIDS Vancouver and the HIV/AIDS movement in Vancouver. We aim to celebrate and remember AIDS Vancouver’s work, from its roundtable inception as… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
In early December, the BC Core Team of the REACH CBR Collaborative Centre met in Vancouver to ignite the Centre’s work here in British Columbia. Funding for the REACH CBR Collaborative Centre in HIV/AIDS was announced by CIHR in June of 2012, thereby launching a vibrant national collaborative among HIV researchers, people living with HIV,… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 17th, 2012
We are pleased to announce that PAN is hosting a workshop for people involved in community-based HIV research. This two-day workshop (February 27-28) will bring together community-based organizations, people living with HIV/AIDS, academic researchers, public health representatives, funders and other stakeholders to explore how knowledge can be moved to action in HIV/AIDS research. In this… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 17th, 2012
In this guest blog post, CATIE’s James Wilton explores the challenges and opportunities in moving research around new HIV prevention technologies into practice, highlighting the important role of community based organizations in implementing new approaches to HIV prevention and in doing community-based research to evaluate new models of intervention. ——————————————————————————————————- Moving research on new “biomedical”… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, December 13th, 2012
This fall, the Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN) embarked on a Core Program and Service Planning Project. To develop an effective Core Program and Services, we need to learn what is important to you in your work (direct or indirect) with people living with or at-risk for hepatitis C. Our needs assessment process includes surveys,… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Engaging people who use drugs in policy and program development: A review of the literature Authors: Lianping Ti1, Despina Tzemis, and Jane A Buxton Published in: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy ABSTRACT Health policies and programs are increasingly being driven by people from the community to more effectively address their needs. While a large… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Surita Parashar helps facilitate “The way I see it,” a community based research project that uses Photovoice methodology to examine the impact of housing on health as seen through the eyes of people living with HIV and AIDS in Vancouver. The project is led by a team of Community Researchers – Randy, Rob, Valerie, Lora,… Read more »
