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Communicating the harms of methamphetamine use to men who have sex with men

Danielle GiliauskasDecember 16, 2020Men who Have Sex with Men, News, People Living with HIV, People who use Drugs, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Substance Use

Men sitting around a sunlit table talking

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

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Case management and patient navigation models for people living with or at risk of HIV

Danielle GiliauskasDecember 9, 2020Care, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, People Living with HIV, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

A bronze compass sitting in a windowsill

Questions

What case management and patient navigation models exist for people living with or at risk of HIV?
How do these models determine client care?
How has the effectiveness of these models been measured?

Key take-home messages

Common

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Testing interventions for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young men who have sex with men

Danielle GiliauskasNovember 3, 2020African, Caribbean and Black Communities, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, Men who Have Sex with Men, News, News, People Living with HIV, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing, Uncategorized

Three men walking down the street

Questions

What are effective interventions to increase uptake of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) testing among young men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

In Canada in 2018, 63% of all HIV diagnoses among youth

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Effectiveness of take-home naloxone programs and availability of naloxone nasal spray in different jurisdictions

Danielle GiliauskasSeptember 14, 2020News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Substance Use, Uncategorized

Picture of NARCAN box and spray

Questions

What is the evidence of the effectiveness of take-home naloxone programs and administration of naloxone by laypeople?
Which jurisdictions provide take-home naloxone programs?
What is the current availability of naloxone nasal spray in different jurisdictions?

Key take-home

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Interventions for immigrant Latino men who have sex with men along the HIV prevention and treatment cascade

Danielle GiliauskasSeptember 10, 2020Care, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, Men who Have Sex with Men, Non classifié(e), Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

Two hands reaching across a blue sky with clouds

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

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Free HIV self-testing: Best practices, positivity rates, and associated costs

Danielle GiliauskasAugust 17, 2020News, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

Single green cacti in a pot with a pink flower on top

Questions

What are the different approaches to providing free HIV self-testing to reach different groups of population?
What are the program costs associated with providing free HIV self-testing?
What are the positivity rates for HIV self-testing?

Key take-home

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Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among men who have sex with men

Danielle GiliauskasJune 16, 2020Men who Have Sex with Men, Mental Health, News, People Living with HIV, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

Silhouette of man standing alone face window

Questions

What interventions have been helpful to reduce social isolation and loneliness among men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

Social isolation and loneliness are significantly associated with all-cause mortality in the general population (1).
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Possible benefits of providing safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic

Danielle GiliauskasApril 27, 2020News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Uncategorized

Small white tablets spilled on blue background

Questions

What are possible benefits of providing a safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

Key take-home messages

Safe supply is an approach that focuses on saving

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Cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care testing (POCT) programs for HIV

Danielle GiliauskasApril 22, 2020Interventions Across the Cascade, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

Questions

What evidence exists regarding the cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care testing (POCT) programs for HIV?
How is the cost-effectiveness of these programs determined?

Key take-home messages

Studies suggest that rapid HIV tests can be cost-effective in high-income settings

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The use of comic books, graphic novels, and fotonovelas as a health promotion tool

Danielle GiliauskasFebruary 5, 2020Care, Engagement, News, People Living with HIV, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider

An open comic book being read by a person

Question

What evidence exists for the use of comic books, graphic novels, and fotonovelas as health promotion tools (including HIV and STIs)?

Key take-home messages

Comics — including graphic novels, comic books, and fotonovelas — are one way

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