*+-OHTN Senior Scientist and Director of Prevention Research Barry Adam works with researchers, policy-makers, and community-based organizations in building capacity in effective interventions for HIV prevention. With an extensive background of community-based research into HIV prevention and issues of living with HIV, Barry works with community research teams in a number of areas. Recent Research […]
*+-OHTN generates research evidence to guide the implementation of effective HIV programs, services and policies in Ontario. Rapid Responses Full index of completed Rapid Responses
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*+-OHTN is committed to Impact-focused research, defined as research relevant to the lives of people living with and at-risk of HIV that will have a measurable impact on their lives. In November 2014, OHTN partnered with the Ontario AIDS Network (OAN) Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) to gather input from people living with HIV (PHAs)
*+-Quitting smoking is one of the best things that people living with HIV can do to protect their health. Our new website, www.positivequitting.ca, is full of information for HIV clinics, AIDS service organizations and people living with HIV.
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*+-TVO has just released a roundtable discussion about the national blood supply crisis which affected thousands of individuals and their families, and which culminated in the Krever Inquiry and in changes to the blood supply system nation-wide.
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*+-Keeping track of the support activities you deliver is an important part of your agency’s practice. It allows you to collect the information you need to: fulfill your accountability requirements to your funders show that you are delivering the activities you are funded to provide in your community or across Ontario. Tools to Track Day-to-Day
*+-Instead of our usual annual research conference, this year, the OHTN is holding a series of themed satellite conferences. The first of these is Back to Basic, the OHTN’s basic science conference. Back to Basic is a different kind of conference. It will focus on helping basic scientists and clinical science researchers communicate their work
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*+-The OHTN Rapid Response Service provides access to research evidence in response to questions from community-based HIV/AIDS organizations in Ontario to help support evidence-informed programs, service delivery and advocacy. We conduct searches of the scientific literature and contact experts in appropriate fields to locate key information resources. From the research evidence that we identify, we
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*+-There has been a rising tide of criminal prosecutions of HIV non-disclosure in Ontario over the last decade. Drawing on results from the OHTN Cohort Study, the Positive Places Healthy Places Cohort Study, and in-depth interviews with 122 HIV-positive people, this research study reports on the ways that criminalization impacts the everyday lives of people
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*+-Although the Positive Spaces Healthy Places (PSHP) study is over, its effects continue to ripple through the health and housing systems. A new article by the PSHP team — Not Just “A Roof over Your Head”: The Meaning of Healthy Housing for People Living with HIV — has been published in Housing, Theory and Society.
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