Category: Research

Positive Women’s Network member Monique Desroches has developed a member engagement survey, so the organization can continue to develop programming that responds to women’s needs and wants as defined by them. In this post, she explains why she feels passionate about her engagement work and what it will mean for members. Positive Women’s Network wants… Read more »

Consensus is emerging among members of the BC health research community around the actions and research gaps that could be addressed by a provincial health research strategy. This finding is among the conclusions drawn from a new report summarizing responses to a recent online survey seeking feedback on the strategy’s development. The report indicates broad… Read more »

Welcome to PAN’s July review of What’s HOT in Research! In honour of World Hepatitis Day on July 28, this posting will focus on hepatitis C research. Hepatitis is often known as the “silent killer” so on this World Hepatitis Day the call is to “Know it, confront it!” First, let’s start with the epidemiological… Read more »

The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) has launched their official website at www.chiwos.ca! Visit the website and find out more about the study, view a short video on the project, and access news about the project, papers and presentations, and learn more about their team. Women who are HIV-positive have… Read more »

First Report on Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV Prevention to Bring Science Together with the Wisdom of Communities June 19, 2013 – To make an impact on new HIV infections globally, antiretroviral (ARV)-based HIV prevention strategies need to be closely tailored to local contexts and cultures, according to a new report released today by RAND Europe… Read more »

Please join the Urban Health Research Initiative for the launch of the 2013 edition of The Drug Situation in Vancouver.  This is the latest comprehensive report on drug use in Vancouver and contains more than 15 years of prospective data on drug use and related trends among some of the city’s most vulnerable drug users…. Read more »

To ensure the BC health research strategy will meet the needs of the health research community in BC, we are looking for input from a wide range of individuals. One element of our multi-pronged consultation process is an online survey that we are hoping will be completed by as many stakeholders as possible. The survey… Read more »

The Conference Report from our February 2013 Knowledge to Action event is now up on our website. The report captures the main themes of the event and also outlines the results of our evaluation of the conference, including lists of research and capacity building priorities identified by attendees. Click here to read the report. Please… Read more »

Discussions and research about the use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis as an HIV prevention tool continue to expand our understanding of how it might fit into our toolkit. In this guest blog post (originally published on PositiveLite.com) Robert Birch talks to Jody Jollimore of B.C.’s Health Initiative for Men, whose position on Pre-Exposure prophylaxis remains “cautiously… Read more »

Please help CATIE evaluate – Prevention in Focus  – CATIE’s prevention bulletin that covers HIV and hepatitis C prevention research and programs. Please complete this brief survey to provide us with your thoughts on this publication and how we might improve it. The survey should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. All responses… Read more »