E.g. PrEP, treatment as prevention
-+*Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important PrEP is a highly effective medication taken to prevent HIV. PrEP consists of the use of antiretroviral drugs to lower the chance of HIV infection when taken by individuals at risk of acquiring (18, 19). PrEP reduces the risk of contracting HIV from …
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-+*Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising globally: more than one million new infections of syphilis (caused by bacteria Treponema pallidum), gonorrhea (bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae), chlamydia (bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis), and trichomoniasis (protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis) occur each day worldwide (29). In Canada (1) and the …
-+*Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Supervised drug consumption sites or services (SCS) refer to spaces where individuals can use pre-obtained illicit substances in the presence of trained health professionals (19, 20). A model of care based on harm reduction, SCS are an evidence-based intervention (21–24) aiming to reduce …
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-+*Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as PEP, is a way to prevent HIV in an HIV-negative person who may have been recently exposed to the virus (25). From a clinical viewpoint, PEP management involves addressing five key questions (26): According to the 2017 …
-+*Download pdf Questions Key take-home messages The issue and why it’s important Women at risk of HIV are confronted with multiple barriers throughout the HIV care continuum, including (but not limited to) stigma, discrimination, and oppression around their HIV status (24, 27, 28, 41, 43, 44). In Ontario, the following groups of women are disproportionately …
-+*Download pdf Questions What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation after a negative HIV test result? Key take-home messages Several clinics have implemented same-day PrEP programs and have reported that clinics offering this model of care, in general, have positive health outcomes (1–5). Studies also report …
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-+*Download pdf Question What is the effectiveness of and what are the best practices for using contingency management and incentives for health care issues such as HIV, STIs, and PrEP? Key take-home messages Using contingency management and incentives at the different steps of HIV care continuum (such as testing, treatment adherence, viral suppressions) is widely …
-+*Download pdf Questions What are examples of online interventions providing HIV and sexual health information to young newcomer men who have sex with men originating from the top countries of citizenship among international students in Canada (such as China, India, Vietnam, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil and Nigeria)? Key take-home messages There is a high HIV …
-+*Download pdf Question What is the latest evidence regarding interventions for immigrant Latino men who have sex with men along the HIV prevention and treatment cascade? Key take-home messages Among reported HIV cases with a known race/ethnicity in Canada in 2017, 6.3% were among individuals from Latin America (1). In 2018, Latinx persons in the …
-+*td {vertical-align:top !important; padding: 20px !important;} Download pdf Questions What is the current evidence among women in high-income countries regarding HIV risk after acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI)? What does the evidence state regarding the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV among women who have acquired an STI? Key take-home messages A …
