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

Danielle GiliauskasApril 26, 2022News, People who use Drugs, Priority Populations, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing, Uncategorized

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

Danielle GiliauskasApril 7, 2022News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

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

Danielle GiliauskasMarch 11, 2022Interventions Across the Cascade, News, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

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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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Interventions and best practices to address increasing rates of syphilis transmission

Danielle GiliauskasFebruary 15, 2022News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

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

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

Danielle GiliauskasJanuary 5, 2022News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

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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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Psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men

Danielle GiliauskasOctober 28, 2021Men who Have Sex with Men, News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

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

Danielle GiliauskasJuly 29, 2021Men who Have Sex with Men, News, PrEP, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

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

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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?

Key take-home messages

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

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Immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after HIV diagnosis

Danielle GiliauskasJuly 15, 2021Care, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, People Living with HIV, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

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What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of immediate initiation of ART after HIV testing and diagnosis?

Key take-home messages

The benefits of beginning antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after HIV diagnosis include improved health outcomes

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Factors associated with methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men

Danielle GiliauskasJune 8, 2021Mental Health, News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use

Close-up black-and-white photography of crystal methamphetamine

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What are the predictors of methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

An abundance of literature details problematic sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men (1–3); additionally, several interventions

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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)

Danielle GiliauskasJune 4, 2021Care, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

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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?

Key take-home messages

Using contingency management and incentives at the

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