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Blog: September 2013
What are the latest Gonorrhea treatment recommendations and what are the trends?
Sep 25, 2013 by Richard Lester, MD, FRCPC, Medical Head STI/HIV Control, BCCDC
Emerging multi-drug resistant gonorrhea is a global concern. In response, we at BCCDC Clinical Prevention Services (CPS) have been working with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to produce...
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Categories: Clinical tips
Sex and East Asian teens in BC
Sep 18, 2013 by Yuko Homma, Post-doctoral research fellow, UBC School of Nursing, by Elizabeth Saewyc, Professor, UBC School of Nursing
Background
In British Columbia, about 90% of adolescents of East Asian backgrounds (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese) have never had sexual intercourse. However, among sexually experienced teens, most have engaged in risky sexual...
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Categories: New knowledge
Special Feature Series: Trauma Informed Care - Prevalence of trauma
Sep 5, 2013 by Fiona Gold, Outreach Nurse, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Trauma prevalence is difficult to establish when looking at the common categories of trauma:
- Simple or single incident trauma ...
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Categories: Current practice
