-+*In collaboration with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, the Department of Psychiatry at Sinai Health System is pleased to announce a call for applications for an innovative secondment opportunity for frontline counsellors currently employed at community-based HIV agencies in Toronto. Deadline: May 31, 2021 Info session: There will be a Zoom information session about this …
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-+*Download pdf Questions What structural, process, and outcome measures are used to monitor and evaluate the impact of supervised consumption services (SCS)? Key take-home messages A 2019 systematic review identified several types of outcomes from scientific literature that guide assessment of SCS, including: usage by high-risk individuals, safe injection practice, overdose management, uptake of treatment …
-+*Download pdf Questions 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? Key take-home messages There is a large body of evidence examining best practices, outcomes, impact, and other aspects of laboratory (non-rapid) HIV testing in emergency departments (EDs). Many …
-+*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 …
-+*In February, we celebrate Black History Month. This year, the national theme in Canada is “The Future is Now” a ‘chance to celebrate and acknowledge the transformative work’ of Black Canadians and their communities. Sunday, February 7, 2021 is the seventh annual African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Please visit http://blackhivday.ca/. The OHTN …
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-+*The OHTN is pleased to announce the launch of our newly redesigned SHARE website, www.hivevidence.org where we host over 3500 published HIV-relevant systematic reviews. Featuring a brand-new layout, we hope you’ll find the new website easier to navigate and more user-friendly. Our goal with this new website is to provide our visitors with a simple …
-+*Download pdf Questions What are best practices for communicating the harms of methamphetamine use to men who have sex with men in order to prevent its uptake? Key take-home messages Focus groups within the community can provide useful insight on how methamphetamine is used among men who have sex with men in the local context …
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-+*World AIDS Day, December 1, which also launches the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada, is an opportunity to contemplate what we have achieved and what challenges still lie ahead. As we continue to deal with the reality of COVID-19, social isolation, lockdowns, threats to access to HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care, …
