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What are the best practices to prompt HIV testing using electronic medical records in health care settings?

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Canada has met The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) goal of testing 90% of all

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Cost-effective strategies of testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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What are the best practices of cost-effective testing for HIV and bacterial STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis)?

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Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and infectious syphilis have risen in Canada from 2015 to 2019 (1). An

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Best practices to increase the uptake of HIV and HCV testing among people who use drugs

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, -People who use drugs, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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What are best practices to increase the uptake of HIV and HCV testing among people who use drugs?

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Interventions that provide HIV and/or HCV testing have been offered in a variety of settings. These

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A review of internet-based testing services for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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What are the examples of providing internet-based HIV/STI testing services in high-income settings (both publicly and privately funded)?
What is the uptake of such services and which population groups benefit from them?
What are the implications of

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A requisition for an HIV test which resulted in negative and a bottle for 30 day of PrEP

Best practices of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation

-HIV prevention, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation after a negative HIV test result?

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Several clinics have implemented same-day PrEP programs and have reported that clinics

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Effectiveness of and best practices for using contingency management and incentives for health care issues related to HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -HIV prevention, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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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?

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Using contingency management and incentives at the

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Laboratory (non-rapid) HIV testing in the emergency department: Methods, outcomes, and effectiveness

-HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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What does the literature state regarding the methodology, outcome measures, and effectiveness of interventions that provide blood-based laboratory (non-rapid) HIV testing in emergency departments?

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There is a large body of evidence examining best practices,

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Best practices of using online and geosocial network applications to provide HIV and sexual health information to young newcomer men who have sex with men

-HIV prevention, -HIV testing, -Men who have sex with men, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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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, …