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“Hepatitis C: The Basics” course increases knowledge and capacity to engage in care
Jul 10, 2018 by Terri Buller-Taylor, Research Manager, Hepatitis Education Canada
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In British Columbia, a lack of engagement is contributing to a rising tide of morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis (HCV) infection and could impact Canada’s goal to eliminate HCV by 2030.[1]
In...
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Categories: Program updates
Revisions to the BCCDC Non-Certified Practice Sexual Assault Decision Support Tools
Jul 9, 2018 by Geoffrey Ford, HIV/STI Senior Practice Lead, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
A number of changes have been made to the BCCDC Communicable Disease Control Manual, Chapter 5:...
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Categories: Current practice
The DuDHS Trial: PrEP for syphilis and HIV
Jun 27, 2018 by James Connell, Research Coordinator, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Background
Researchers at the BC Centre for Disease Control are looking for men to take part in a study looking at syphilis Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill in the form of doxycycline that may help prevent syphilis...
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Categories: Program updates
What are the mental health-related needs of bisexual people?
Jun 13, 2018 by Travis Salway, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UBC School of Population and Public Health and BC Centre for Disease Control, by and Lori Ross, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Background
Much of what we know about the health of sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, two-spirit (LGBQ2), and other non-heterosexual groups) fails to account for meaningful differences within sexual minority...
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Categories: New knowledge
PrEP 4 Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll: HIV Prevention Community Forum for Lower Mainland Indigenous and Two-Spirit community members
Jun 7, 2018 by Harlan Pruden, Educator, Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program, BCCDC
Presented by The BC Center for Disease Control's Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Health Program and the...
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