Posted On: Friday, February 26th, 2021
Three Bridges Substance Use Services is a Vancouver Coastal Health service that supports people living in Vancouver wanting to address their substance use – we offer groups, counselling and care coordination. At intake we provide you with brief counselling and consultation on your substance use concerns, discuss eligibility for our services and can connect you… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 19th, 2021
The FTIR machine will be on site at Living Positive Resource Centre (255 Lawrence Avenue in Kelowna) every Wednesday from 2 PM – 6 PM. Samples can be dropped off during this time, or the rest of the weekdays between 2 PM – 4 PM. For sample drop-off outside of these hours, please call ahead… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 5th, 2021
The BCCDC Overdose Dashboard provides updates on: Illegal drug overdoses attended by paramedics (BCEHS) Illicit drug toxicity deaths (BCCS defined) Mortality rate maps by Health Services Delivery Area (HSDA) Severity of ingestion poisoning calls coded in most severe category at time of ambulance dispatch (provincial view) Severity of overdose patient presentation assessed by paramedics using the Glasgow… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
MindMapBC is a mental health service finder which helps people locate appropriate and accessible mental health services. It can be difficult to access mental health services, especially those that are affirming of LGBTQ2 (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, Two-Spirit, and other gender- and sexually-diverse) people. In addition to barriers that are commonly experienced by people of… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2020
Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working in harm reduction. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. With the added layer of the coronoavirus/COVID-19 public health constraints, those working in harm reduction have heightened concerns about how… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, November 26th, 2020
One of the most important parts of a research project is how the knowledge you uncover is shared out with the world to create impact. But how do you ensure that this is done in a way that is ethical, that creates positive impact for community, and that meets the needs of everyone on a… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 23rd, 2020
The Digital Sexual Health Initiative (DiSHI) describes themselves as “a group of researchers, program leaders, and policy-makers that have been working together since 2009 on studies about the individual, system and population impact of online and other digital public health interventions[.]” (DiSHI, 2020). DiSHI has shared a new resource – a report sharing preliminary results… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Services are available at the clinic on 655 West 12 Avenue, Vancouver. The Bute St Clinic, operated by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and co-located with QMUNITY in Vancouver’s West End has proudly served the 2SLGBTQ+ community for over 30 years. Many of our BCCDC STI clinicians and staff have been working to… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, November 5th, 2020
A new resource from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), developed by Harlan Pruden (who is nēhiyo/First Nations Cree and works as an Educator with the Chee Mamuk Program at BCCDC) and Travis Salway (who is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University), provides an introduction to Two-Spirit. This resource is… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 30th, 2020
Substance Use News provides a snapshot of news and resources for those working in harm reduction. We share pieces on the social, medical and political responses to the opioid crisis, from advocacy to welcome change. With the added layer of the coronoavirus/COVID-19 public health constraints, those working in harm reduction have heightened concerns about how… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Just as awareness and urgency towards BC’s target for elimination of hepatitis C is growing, so is the base of education resources to support community efforts. A great example is the BC Hepatitis Network (formerly the Pacific Hepatitis C Network) reference guide for peer navigators called ‘Charting the Map’. Relevant and timely, the purpose of… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, October 23rd, 2020
New testing technologies for different sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) are being developed and introduced for wide use across the country. Health Canada is expected to provide final approval for the distribution of HIV self-testing kits in the Fall of 2020. HIV self-testing will enable people to collect their own samples and interpret their… Read more »
