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A review of supervised inhalation services in Canada

News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Uncategorized / 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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Top view of syringe with pills and powder

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

News, People who use Drugs, Priority Populations, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing, Uncategorized / 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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An overview of Patient Advisory Councils and Community Advisory Councils in health care

News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / 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 review of internet-based testing services for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Interventions Across the Cascade, News, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing / 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

News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / 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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Low-level HIV viremia: Definitions, predictors, mechanisms, and clinical outcomes

News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / 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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Psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men

Men who Have Sex with Men, News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / 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

Men who Have Sex with Men, News, PrEP, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized / 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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Immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after HIV diagnosis

Care, Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, People Living with HIV, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

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

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

Mental Health, News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

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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