Rapid Responses

The use of electronic medical records to prompt HIV testing

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

Question

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

Key take-home messages

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

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

Key take-home messages

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

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A review of supervised inhalation services in Canada

-Mental health or substance use, -Organization of care, -People who use drugs, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What supervised inhalation services are available in Canada and what are their characteristics?
What are the best practices that provide evidence supporting supervised inhalation services as a harm reduction approach?

Key take-home messages

Reports from different Canadian

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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

Questions

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

Key take-home messages

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

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Two computers on a table with a document in between with a man holding a pencil

An overview of Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils in health care

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

Questions

What are the best practices, lessons learned, and limitations of Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils in health care settings?

Key take-home messages

Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils promote patient engagement and the development

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A hand on a mouse with a computer nearby

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

Questions

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 doctor's notepad that says diagnosis syphillis with some coloured pills on the page

Interventions and best practices to address increasing rates of syphilis transmission

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -Organization of care, -Women at risk, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are the effective interventions and best practices to reduce syphilis transmission among various population groups?

Key take-home messages

Infectious and congenital syphilis rates have seen a sharp growth in Canada since 2016 (1). The COVID-19 pandemic

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Microscopic image of a virus

Low-level HIV viremia: Definitions, predictors, mechanisms, and clinical outcomes

-Epidemiology and HIV care cascade, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are the factors associated with low-level HIV viremia?
What are its possible mechanisms and clinical outcomes?

Key take-home messages

The definitions of optimal viral suppression, low-level viremia, blips, virologic failure, and recommended management approaches to low-level

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Two elderly hands resting on a thigh

Psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men

-Men who have sex with men, -Mental health or substance use, -Social determinants of health, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are the psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men?

Key take-home messages

Health outcomes related to the intersectionality of aging and sexual minority status is an emerging area of research (1, 2).
It

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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

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

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